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  1. A witch stands over a woman in a white dress on her knees looking distressed, with a large skull in the background
    Highlights

    Six scary Festival scenes for Halloween

  2. Nicola Benedetti stands on a balcony smiling at the camera with a view of Edinburgh behind her
    News

    Welcoming our new Festival Director Nicola Benedetti

  3. Jessye Norman stands on a train platform waving a flag
    Get to Know

    Three Black women who made classical music history

  4. A woman sits in front of a wall of ivy reading from a book open in front of her
    Get to Know

    Edinburgh is a Story by Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery

  5. A man in an open blue shirt stretches his arms above him in a field of golden corn against a blue sky
    News

    Revealing the full details of our 2022 At Home Programme in partnership with abrdn

  6. News

    Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  7. A group of women in bright blue African wax print dresses and colourful braids dance on top of Calton Hill
    Highlights

    The 2022 International Festival in pictures

  8. A row of four woman sit on a sofa, dressed in casual clothes and head wraps, in matching poses with their heads bowed, ankles crossed and toes pointed.
    News

    Scotland embraces the return of Edinburgh International Festival

  9. A painting of the composer as a young man, with dark hair, sideburns and a serious expression, wearing a high white collared shirt and blue velvet jacket.
    Get to Know

    What is Beethovenʼs Fifth Symphony all about?

  10. Highlights

    75 Hours at the 75th Edinburgh International Festival: week four

  11. A view of an Edinburgh street with two Edinburgh International Festival umbrellas in the foreground, one yellow, one black.
    Highlights

    75 hours at the 75th Edinburgh International Festival: week three

  12. A man in white robes sits handcuffed to a chair with a policeman behind him and people gathered around him looking concerned.
    Get to Know

    What is Counting and Cracking all about?

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