Brian Ferguson
@brianjaffa
Edinburgh-based journalist, arts-follower, traveller-around-Scotland. Any views expressed are mine alone. Follow me on Instagram @brianjaffa
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Do these folk not know that their restrictions & charging regime already makes it almost impossible to put events on in Princes St Gardens - even those that are actually funded by the council & the Scottish Government?
This appalling penny-pinching tells you everything you need to know about the approach of cllrs & officials in Edinburgh towards events that are the envy of cities across the world. Don’t forget the same folk signed off £1.7m in Tour de France funding. heraldscotland.com/news/25336311.…
This appalling penny-pinching tells you everything you need to know about the approach of cllrs & officials in Edinburgh towards events that are the envy of cities across the world. Don’t forget the same folk signed off £1.7m in Tour de France funding. heraldscotland.com/news/25336311.…
Thanks to @McDougall1994 for helping us share vital water safety messaging as Scotland sees warmer weather this week: heraldscotland.com/news/25294983.… @heraldscotland
I see Edinburgh’s cllrs have started their annual welcome letters to the performers & audiences visiting their city from around the world… They always seem to deliberately ignore the thousands of folk from Edinburgh who will be working at & enjoying these world-class festivals.
As we head toward August and the worst excesses of poorly managed over-tourism, the folk of Edinburgh will be lectured on how fortunate we are to have so many profiting from our public spaces, how much fun over crowded public transport is on the way to work etc.
Thanks to @heraldscotland for their great live blogging from Dundee today and for publishing 2 of my images. My photos were exclusive to them and @thecourieruk today
Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games mascot revealed as unicorn with nod to city landmarks ift.tt/xXagL9p
Moving Tommy Burns play ensures his memory will live forever says theatre critic @NeilCooper1 heraldscotland.com/life_style/253… @heraldscotland
RIP Glen Michael. The great man on Cartoon Cavalcade, regrets and what happened to Paladin heraldscotland.com/news/13159686.… @AliHowardAllan @heraldscotland
'I’m staying with it now because I can see the potential for the success of the yard becoming what it used to be and what it should be again' EXCLUSIVE interview with boss of Scottish yard who has revealed hopes for hundreds of new jobs @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25302420.…
♦️An interesting new role for the chair of the Edinburgh International Festival. @heraldscotland ⬇️ heraldscotland.com/news/25301123.…
Wow! The vast majority of Richard Demarco's collection is to leave the country for a museum in Poland Exclusive via @brianjaffa @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25299045.…
Most of the vast cultural archive collected by Richard Demarco since the early 1960s is to leave Scotland for Poland. Full details: heraldscotland.com/news/25299045.…
Oasis? Some might say I have already had enough of them, says @TeddyJamieson heraldscotland.com/life_style/252… @heraldscotland
Some festivals dropped Baillie Gifford in the face of threats to boycott and disrupt events. Baillie Gifford is still working with festivals and arts organisations that refused to drop the company.
Our work has made an impact: - Nicola Sturgeon pulled out of a Steve Bannon event after our story - Greta Thunberg boycotted Edinburgh’s book festival over oil-linked sponsors. Baillie Gifford then dropped festival deals - Scotland ruled out fracking after we exposed its risks
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The name Fred Goodwin will go down in Edinburgh’s history books as the man who led the Royal Bank of Scotland to become the biggest bank in the world & then the brink of collapse. Now he is about to be portrayed on stage for the first time. heraldscotland.com/life_style/252…
