With Stephen Jardine
It's the first day of the Edinburgh Festival, but has it got too big? Plus, could vegan cheese replace the real thing?
TODAY’S BIG TALKING POINT: Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival Fringe begins today – and it’s bigger than ever – for the next three weeks performers, tourists and locals will be flooding Edinburgh. But with Auld Reekie bursting at the seams has the Festival grown too big? 08085 929500 or text 8029
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