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  "description": "Boards Of Canada confirm new album, Hidden Door festival line-up revealed, Ottolenghi opening on George Street, First Date romance festival + a big batch of new local creative jobs ",
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    "please get in touch",
    "you can read it online here",
    "Lunchtime theatre: A Play, A Pie and A Pint at the Roxy",
    "Update on new Fringe HQ on Infirmary Street",
    "Comedians get creative on social media to sell out Fringe shows in advance",
    "Hit singer Macy Gray at The Queen's Hall next month",
    "Open calls and paid writing opportunities in the The Good Egg Project newsletter",
    "Pre-order and local stockist details are on the band's website",
    "Instagram",
    "Alex Suskind's report for Pitchfork",
    "Boards of Canada Reveal New Album InfernoIt’s the Scottish duo’s first LP since 2013’s Tomorrow’s HarvestPitchforkAlex Suskind",
    "Tickets are now available and the full line-up is here",
    "Hidden Door reveals 2026 festival line-up - Hidden DoorEdinburgh’s grass roots arts festival, Hidden Door, returns to a huge abandoned industrial site for another ambitious and unique multi artform experience. Responding to the vast complex of forgotten warehouses, factory floors and offices, this year’s festival programme celebrates “The Last Shift” for the building. From Wednesday 3rd – Sunday 7th June, the festival brings […]Hidden DoorHidden Door",
    "changing London’s eating habits forever",
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  "textContent": "👋 Hello and welcome to the **128th** weekly **Culture Minute** : a round-up of Edinburgh’s local creative news, events, jobs and opportunities. As always, if I’ve missed anything please get in touch. Thanks to everyone who contributes!\n\n> **👀 The Culture Minute definitely takes longer than a minute to read, these days. So if this edition is too long and gets cut off in your inbox,** you can read it online here**.**\n\n#### **👀 The most-viewed links from last week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute:**\n\n  1. 🥧 Lunchtime theatre: A Play, A Pie and A Pint at the Roxy.\n  2. 🎭 Update on new Fringe HQ on Infirmary Street.\n  3. 📲 Comedians get creative on social media to sell out Fringe shows in advance.\n  4. 🎤 Hit singer Macy Gray at The Queen's Hall next month.\n  5. ✍️ Open calls and paid writing opportunities in the The Good Egg Project newsletter.\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n## 🗞️ News\n\n🔊 Edinburgh-ish ambient electronica duo **_Boards Of Canada_** have confirmed their new album after 13 years. Titled '**_Inferno_** ', it's due for release on 29 May. - Pre-order and local stockist details are on the band's website and there's another sinister-sounding new clip on Instagram. The 18-song tracklist and album art are in Alex Suskind's report for Pitchfork.\n\nBoards of Canada Reveal New Album InfernoIt’s the Scottish duo’s first LP since 2013’s Tomorrow’s HarvestPitchforkAlex Suskind\n\n🎭 Another week, another big festival line-up announcement. **Hidden Door** festival is planned for 3 - 7 June at The Paper Factory near the Gyle. The 15.5-acre industrial site will (for the final time) be transformed for the arts, with more than 100 creatives on a bill of live music, art installations, dance performances, poetry and spoken word. Newly announced musical acts include: **_BIG WETT, ICHI, Cowboy Hunters, Sarah/Shaun, Makeness, Jenny Hval, Jenny Hval, Valtos, High Water Mark, Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly, Tinderbox Orchestra, Dara Dubh_** and** _Lauren Auder_**. - Tickets are now available and the full line-up is here.\n\n  * I know for a fact that many Minute readers are foodies, so here's the Hidden Door festival's **food and drink line-up** : Harajuku Kitchen, El Dorado, House of Tapas, Chicken Skoop, Big Blu, Artisan Coffee, Bellfield Brewery and Great Grog.\n  * Hidden Door is a volunteer-run charity, funded through ticket sales, sponsorship and fundraising. All its income goes back into the festival to ensure creative contributors are fairly paid.\n\nHidden Door reveals 2026 festival line-up - Hidden DoorEdinburgh’s grass roots arts festival, Hidden Door, returns to a huge abandoned industrial site for another ambitious and unique multi artform experience. Responding to the vast complex of forgotten warehouses, factory floors and offices, this year’s festival programme celebrates “The Last Shift” for the building. From Wednesday 3rd – Sunday 7th June, the festival brings […]Hidden DoorHidden Door\n\n🍽️ Renowned chef Yotam **Ottolenghi** , credited with 'changing London’s eating habits forever', plans to open his first Scottish restaurant on **George Street** in autumn. It will be run by Edinburgh-based Neil John Campbell, who has been Ottolenghi's Executive Head Chef for a decade. - Dram Scotland has more details.\n\n  * Founder Yotam Ottolenghi said: \"_We’ve been dreaming about opening in Edinburgh for years, at last the time is right. The city has a brilliant dining culture and access to incredible local produce. Neil, our executive chef, is from here, so it’s made the whole thing feel special from the very beginning._ \"\n  * The new restaurant is planned at **92 George Street**(map link) formerly home to _Ragu,_ which announced its closure earlier this month. The new restaurant already has a page on Ottolenghi's website and a mailing list.\n  * ⮑ Yotam will be discussing his new cook book,  _Simple Too_ , on 8 September at Ps & Gs Church on York Place. Tickets are available here.\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n👀 BELOW THE PAYWALL: this week's big new gig & show tickets, stage listings, the creative community noticeboard and a huge new batch of local creative industries jobs and opportunities...\n\n## **🎟️ Big tickets this week**\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Edinburgh Culture Minute 🪩 22 - 28 April 2026",
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