28 AUGUST 1999, page 42

Selling Up

John Martin Robinson on the dispersal of a monastic library T he sale of the monastic library from Fort Augustus is a sad end for a great his- toric collection, and a cultural......

Laughs, Tears And Punch-ups

Renata Rubnikowicz finds some rich pickings on this year's Edinburgh Fringe I t's become a tradition to moan about big-name comics taking over the Fringe and treating it like a......