Welcome to The Skinny’s biggest issue ever! A biblically-proportioned guide to Scottish culture in August with particular focus on the Edinburgh festivals. Those festivals are back in full-ish force for the first time since 2019. The hoardings are up, the venues are assembled, the tourists are here – are you ready? Excited? Terrified? Largely ambivalent? We have scoured the programmes of the many many festivals (Fringe, International, Book, Art, Film, everything besides) to bring you our top recommendations of exciting, engaging, enlightening things to see in the coming weeks and much much more!