Susan Mansfield
Art critic
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Installation view of The Big Art Show, Paisley

The Big Art Show, Paisley review: 'joyful in its inclusivity'

Yes, Yes by Oisín Byrne

Art reviews: Oisín Byrne | Scott Myles | Between Islands

Calum Colvin at Summerhall

Art reviews: Helen Denerley, Calum Colvin & more

Jackie Kay at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Edinburgh Book Festival round-up: Jackie Jay | Matt Haig

Richard Osman

Book Festival: Richard Osman | Irvine Welsh | Caroline Lucas + more

Blindboy Boatclub

Book Festival round-up: Jenni Fagan | Blindboy Boatclub + more

Katherine Payne in 'plewds'

Edinburgh Fringe reviews: A Room of One’s Own  | plewds + more...

Olesya Khromeychuk

Edinburgh Book Festival: Andrey Kurkov | Olesya Khromeychuk + more

Dear Annie, I Hate You

Edinburgh Fringe Theatre reviews: Dear Annie, I Hate You + more

Economist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz

Book Festival reviews: Joseph Stiglitz | Colm Tóibín + more

Táin

Fringe theatre reviews: Táin | Nobody Meets Nobody + more

RUM by Joe Mallalieu

Fringe theatre reviews: RUM by Joe Mallalieu | Covenant + more

My Mother's Funeral The Show at the Edinburgh Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews: My Mother’s Funeral | La Bella

Pop Off, Michelangelo at the Edinburgh Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe musical reviews: Pop Off, Michelangelo and more

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Scots poet Len Pennie

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Lesley McDowell

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Florida in Winter, by Sir John Lavery PIC: Courtesy of National Museums NI, Ulster Museum Collection

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Bellringers at Summerhall

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Failure Project

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The Edinburgh International Festival's opening event Where to Begin is being staged in the grounds of George Heriot's School from 2-4 August. Picture: Jess Shurte

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A History of Paper, Traverse Theatre

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Nicole Sawyerr in My Mother's Funeral - The Show

Why the Edinburgh Fringe is bulging with shows about grief and loss