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                <title>The Free Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you're on a budget and want to see lots of Fringe shows, the Free Festival offers an annual series of free Fringe shows - over 130 different shows are programmed for August 2007. <br><br>It makes a change from the usual high ticket prices!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Forest cafe and arts space</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[One of the most loved places for hippies, lefties, backpackers and young artists: the Forest Cafe, run by a DIY collective of artists, is the best place in Edinburgh to hang out in a non-capitalist fashion and meet like-minded people.<br><br>With free internet access, an art gallery, vegan and vegetarian food and stunning entertainment and events during and outside of the festival, this is the craziest place in town for dissidents and thinkers.<br><br>No matter if you want to watch films, read the latest protesting leaflets, or drop off your clothes and old books in the free shop, the Forest is the space for you. Just around from the university, it constantly changes.<br><br>It’s usually open from about 11am -11pm, licensed - sometimes with bring-your-own bottle - and during August it’s open till 3am. Also, it sells famous organic heather ale and seaweed beer.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Edinburgh International Book Festival</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Jam-packed full of famous writers, poets, novelists and journalists – plus some you’ve never heard of!  Lovely, relaxed venue in Charlotte Square Gardens.  If you love books, you’ll love this festival but be warned, the big names sell out quickly so get booking.  Look out for Harold Pinter, Charley Boorman, Antonia Fraser, Andrew Motion, Owen Sheers, Stephen Venables and Sarah Waters among the 600 authors.<br><br>There is also a mix of ticketed events and free drop-in workshops and storytelling sessions for kids, as well as some great events for teenagers this year, including a debate on climate change with Joss Garman and Sandy Starr from the Manifesto Club.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Fringe</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If it’s culture you’re interested in, then it has to be the festival. Not the Edinburgh Festival. The Fringe. Originally a late night revue with Peter Cooke, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Millar and Dudley Moore, the Fringe has outstripped the original, certainly in content, and in many cases, quality, and is now, in the public imagination, the main festival. One thing that will be learnt, if you visit the city during the festival, is that the world has too many jugglers.]]></description>
                
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