The annual cultural carnage that is the Edinburgh Festival kicks off next week. Our critics pick their highlights to help you navigate the artistic avalanche overwhelming the Scottish capital
Time Out finds more excellent offerings at the Edinburgh Festival
Time Out encounters the Edinburgh Fringe's eccentrics
Jane Edwardes feels the tension between the International and Fringe Festivals
Rachel Halliburton is imbued with calm at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
A solar plexus punch of a play about Scottish soldiers in Iraq and new work by Will Adamsdale are among Edinburgh‘s highlights
Rachel Halliburton surveys the most ludicrously titled shows on the Fringe
Malcolm Hay experiences a crude awakening at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival