Cover story: Summer Festivals

It's time to dust off your camping equipment, wellies and sunscreen as festival fever grips the nation once more. As well as the usual celebrations of rock, pop

, and dance, from Jay-Z at Glastonbury to Rage Against

a the Machine at T in the Park, there are hundreds of

' weird and wonderful seasonal beanos taking place across the globe. Cherry Festival, anyone? Our comprehensive guide starts on page 20.

Features

16 Edinburgh International Film Festival

In the first of a bumper two-part preview we talk to screenwriter Sharman Macdonald about keeping it in the family with daughter Keira Knightley for The Edge ofLove, while filmmaker Chris Waitt revisits his past relationships i in A Complete History of My Sexual F ai/ures.

72 Estelle The R&B starlet is back on home turf following massive success Stateside with American Boy.

101 Vanity Fair Portraits As a major exhibition of photographs from the iconic

magazine arrives in Edinburgh :3 Mark Robertson ponders our g; ! love/hate relationship with

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i Edinburgh Fringe highlights

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James Bond exhibition

13 Live it

Spend it: Happy Campers - get your hands on eco-friendly gear for the festivals season Get Stuffed: Chez Pierre

Around Town

Books

Clubs

Theatre

TV

Visual Art

Classified

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Refugee Week Edinburgh Treefest

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Mark Watson

Simon Critchley

Alexander Terekhov

Comics 41

Cola-stat 42

Studio 24 13th birthday Fabrikken Dopplereffekt

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Wendy Wason

3mm 52

Gone Baby Gone

Sex and the City

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Un Secret

Priceless

DVDs 56

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Events & shows

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Netherlands Dans Theater 2 Swindle and Death

The Red Room

Blackbird

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Margaret Thatcher drama

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Foto Haptic Paul Rooney

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Courses 8 Tuition Message Board Property Personal

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