Stuart Laws is attempting to break the world record for number of beer mats flipped and caught in a minute. The current record stands at 74. Laws is going to hit 75. He has three attempts. Can he deliver? We asked him to tell us about the phenomenon of beer mat flipping and exactly what it means to him.

Rhiannon Shaw sits down to chat with Caroline [Surname Unknown], the French exchange student who never went home and now has a starring role in Rhiannon’s show Wedding Night. The results are riveting.

It is only a matter of time before accommodation at Edinburgh Fringe becomes so unaffordable that a flat or room will be out of the question. Here is Schalk Bezuidenhout’s top 10 places to sleep for the month

Benjamin Alborough, connoisseur of interactive comedy, has created this interactive roll-a-dice game for you, the reigning monarch of the Fringe, to decide how you will spend your day (and money).

Matt Hutchinson has some wild dreams about Edinburgh Fringe being fun, affordable AND not exhausting? This may actually be the most unreasonable scenario yet…

If anyone has the clearest vision of the future Fringe, it’s the veterans who’ve been there, year in, year out. Kathy Maniura presents the Fantasy Fringe of 3 staple Fringe objects

John Tothill has uncontroversially been given £300m by the Fringe Society. Unrelated, he’s booked a holiday to Greece in the middle of August and decided to channel £300m into moving the Fringe to Greece.

You might not always see them but you’re never more than two metres away from a Troll. In a bid to make it more Troll friendly, the Edinburgh Fringe has implemented these changes.

Alex Franklin is chill. Because they’re so chill, they’re going to have a perfect Fringe. Follow this schedule to the minute every single day for your very own entirely chill Fringe. 

Lachlan and Brew the witch are making their debut together. As a witch, Brew just knows things, so she’s got a list of tips for being the ultimate Fringe ghoul boss

Lorna Rose Treen is an extremely talented character comedian. Unfortunately the talent doesn’t run in the family, because Lorna’s nephew has none of it. But for some reason, he’s decided to hold his own Fringe at his parents’ house.

Elf and Duffy are bringing their show Heist to the Fringe. Duffy signs, Elf doesn’t. Elf speaks, Duffy doesn’t. In this piece, Duffy imagines what the Fringe would be like if everyone mimed.

How do you make the most of everything happening at Edinburgh Fringe? Kuan-wen Huang teams up with all his different multiverse selves to get the absolute best out of the fest.

The Daily Mail conducted an interview with Laura Ramoso’s German Mother about her daughter’s Edinburgh Fringe show. The interview never made it to print, so we scooped it up and published it ourselves.

Sophie Zucker is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with Sophie Sucks Face, a one-woman musical about love, death, and incest. She’s not personally into incest, but she’s got some reasons why cousin-dating might not be such a terrible idea

Rosa Garland’s show Trash Salad is a joyful queer-femme love story in the shape of a salad. So Rosa has made Edinburgh into a trash salad of her very own.

Have a go at Charlie Vero-Martin and Mr Basketcase’s Edinburgh crossword

The rumours are true: Freya Parker is a cheeky little guy. And she has some tips on how to make this Fringe the cheekiest Fringe possible.

Larry Owens imagines a world where Julie Garland, Elaine Stritch and Barbra Streisand watch his Edinburgh Fringe show…

Adam Flood is stuck in a loop, doing the same show every single day for a whole month — what is this fresh hell? It’s Groundhog Fringe, and he’s determined to nosedive every single time.