Scotland Magazine

Editor’s letter

This issue, with festival fever starting to build, I got to write about one of my favourite places once again: Edinburgh. It doesn’t matter how many times I visit this (p17) useful in planning your next visit, whether you are coming for the annual extravaganza or at any other time.

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