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Watching Stephen Fry was like being in the presence of a god

The best of Edinburgh Fringe this week included Einstein the comedian, a savage polemic, a funny doctor and Keith Moon's Faustian pact

issue 31 August 2019
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    Pleasance Courtyard

  • Westminster Hour

    Sweet Novotel

  • Vote Dr Phil

    Surgeons’ Hall

  • Keith Moon: The Real Me

  • Gilded Balloon

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