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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Huge thanks to team working on the Paisley Museum redevelopment for showing me around the transformed attraction ahead of its big reopening early next year. My exclusive feature for The Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @heraldscotland.bsky.social @weareoneren.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There has been huge interest from our readers in this extraordinary and surreal story ahead of the launch of new Scottish musical Ceilidh this week. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Catch up here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2660733... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What will become of Summerhall? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2660599...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎥 Exclusively in The Herald today. Sir Sean Connery’s family reveals plans for a new filmmaking centre in Edinburgh - and launch a hunt for a suitable site for the project. 🎥

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Revealed in The Herald today: The new vision for the home of the Hydro & the Armadillo aimed at transforming the riverside site into a £1 billion-a-year destination. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s definitely been one of those weeks…anyone else? What will tomorrow bring, I wonder?

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Herald’s final Edinburgh festivals supplement of the month is out today. Don’t miss it if you’re still trying to work out what to catch and don’t worry - there’s loads more coverage from the capital to come in the next few days.

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Edinburgh at this time of year really does become the United Nations of the arts…”

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A big development in the CCA building saga today. “We now call on the board of Creative Scotland to suspend the process before any proposal is assessed and open a public consultation, which must help determine how the building’s cultural and public value will be protected.”

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NEW: The figurehead of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has ramped up pressure on the city council over its support for major cultural events & accused it of using a “loophole” to shut down a debate over their future funding.

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Edinburgh City Council: “There’s plenty capacity on the buses.” Time to dust off the bike yet? 🚲

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 Exclusive: City council chiefs have urged people to plan ahead for “walking or cycling wherever possible” when the city’s festivals are up and running as they insisted they are still unable to set a date for the reopening of Princes Street. 🚨

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

More grim news for Glasgow’s nightlife and cultural scene: The Garage has been put up for sale. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2625642... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

ICYMI: My exclusive for The Herald on Edinburgh’s new Festival City Ambassadors. Could that be a role for you? @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🎟️ Exclusive: Edinburgh’s new tourist tax will pay for a new team of “Festival City Ambassadors” to welcome & help visitors, festivalgoers & performers, as well as work with the police & the city council to respond to complaints and report incidents. 🎟️ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2625274...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

NEW: A David Bowie treasure trove spanning his entire career is to go on display in Scotland after V&A Dundee secured the premiere of an exhibition which will tour across the UK. Full details: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2624100... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🎶 First look at the work underway on the project to create Edinburgh’s first new purpose-built concert for more than a century. 🎶 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2622945... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸 🌎 ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸 🌎 ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸 🌎 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2622499...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📺 NEW: Edinburgh has lost its TV Festival to Greater Manchester after hosting the event for half a century. 📺 Full details: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2621844... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When the Edinburgh Festival Fringe launches its programme this Thursday there will be well over 3600 shows to choose from. Here’s my early pick of intriguing new Scottish productions to seek out in August. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2615160... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🖼️ Exclusive: The National Galleries of Scotland has revealed plans for a multi-million pound revamp of its 167-year-old building on The Mound in Edinburgh to secure the future of the landmark attraction.

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

📚 A reminder of my exclusive on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to write a “chunky new chapter” of her memoir for a new edition of Frankly due to be published within the next few months. 📚 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585850... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Back in Edinburgh after a terrific night for The Herald team at the Scottish Press Awards. It meant a huge amount to me to be recognised along with some real legends of Scottish journalism. It was also lovely to see so many friends and colleagues from down the years. @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🎉 Chuffed to bits to be named Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. Huge thanks to everyone who helped me out during my first year at The Herald! 🎉 @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It’s hard to believe I joined The Herald as its new Arts Correspondent just over a year ago. Here’s what has happened! www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2611... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The real football drama tonight was of course at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh for the opening night of Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil. Read all about the show in my interview with writer Gary McNair & singer Ricky Ross. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2608801... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Elaine C Smith went to see Eilidh Loan’s debut play Moorcroft 3 years ago, loved it so much she immediately booked tickets again, then started trying to track the writer & director down. I spoke to them about the new play they will launch at the Fringe. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2610236...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🚨 Impressed by what The Herald has been doing lately? Our latest subscription offer is available until 23:59 on Thursday. 🚨 Support our journalism for the next year from just £20. Join us: www.heraldscotland.com/subscribe/ @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Exclusive: Edinburgh’s festivals have called in the city’s leading academics, experts and thinkers on artificial intelligence to advise them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609728... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

After Angus Roberson’s departure from Holyrood, what now for Scottish culture, its seat at the cabinet table in Bute House & all those promises and pledges made before and during the campaign? My thoughts for The Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609247... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🗳️ Make sure you’re following The Herald’s live Holyrood election blog for all the latest from our team: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2608833... 🗳️ Here’s how we will be covering the election as the new political landscape takes shape: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2608473... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

⚽️ How has one of Scotland’s least successful football clubs inspired a major new musical theatre production? ⚽️ I spoke to singer Ricky Ross and playwright Gary McNair on the making of Black Diamonds & the Blue Brazil. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2608801... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

“…old school political cabaret writ large”. The Herald theatre critic Neil Cooper on the National Theatre of Scotland’s Mayday event. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Don’t miss The Herald’s arts power list of the 50 key figures shaping the nation’s cultural landscape: www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Read all about the expansion of The Herald’s arts and culture coverage here: www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📰 Launching today in The Herald: Our new Scottish arts supplement and our power list of the 50 key figures shaping the nation’s cultural landscape. 📰 @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🌊 Starting today….a new deep-dive series from The Herald on Scotland’s island music festivals! @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🌊

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Next week: A deep-series into Scotland’s island music festivals - how they have hugely expanded, why they are important, what it takes to put them on & the challenges they are grappling with to ensure they thrive and survive. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2604769... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🎶 Exclusive: Scotland will get a new national company for traditional music if the SNP returns to power after the election. 🎶 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2601807...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A double dose of good news in the Scottish Press Awards shortlists! Really chuffed to get an arts journalist nomination for our screen industry series. Also super-proud that our Future of Edinburgh series is in contention in the team of the year category. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2600375...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just announced: Alan Cumming has lined up Sam Heughan & Ewan McGregor for special events at Pitlochry Festival Theatre this summer as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599085... @heraldscotland.bsky.social @pitlochryft.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Exclusive: Leith has launched a “people-powered” bid to become the first UK Town of Culture. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2598572... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🎟️ Exclusive: Travis singer Fran Healy will be appearing in a musical improv show at this year’s Fringe after persuading American actor and comic David Magidoff to bring it to Edinburgh from Los Angeles. 🎟️ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2596169... @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A bonny warm day in the Burgh. Can’t honestly remember the last time!

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Exclusively in The Herald today: The Scottish Government has handed a £500,000 lifeline to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - two years after organisers warned it was becoming “almost impossible” to deliver the event. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2595494...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

🎥 Somehow it’s Glasgow Film Festival’s final day - catch up here on all of The Herald’s coverage of Scotland’s biggest celebration of cinema. 🎥 www.heraldscotland.com/topics/glasg... @heraldscotland.bsky.social @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

✈️ Ready for take-off: My behind the scenes feature on the making of The High Life - the National Theatre of Scotland’s stage musical adaptation of the short-lived Scottish airline sitcom. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2589566...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“As the tension ramps up, it’s literally edge of the seat stuff & I can guarantee you this – the release, when it comes, will have you punching the air.” Read The Herald’s 5-star verdict on Glasgow Film Festival curtain-raiser Everybody to Kenmure Street. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/258...

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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

NEW: A new “Race Across the World” live experience is to be staged on the streets of Edinburgh. Full details: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2588054...

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