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Fringe veteran Josie Long returns to Edinburgh with a quick-witted show inspired by changes and challenges in her life, including becoming a mother for the second time and relocating from London to Glasgow during lockdown. Loop meets Josie as she prepares to bring her action-packed show Re-Enchantment to the capital and learns how her love affair of Scotland has become integral to her work.

In late 2022, Leyla Josephine's debut poetry book, In Public/In Private, was published, with a whirlwind tour around England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to support it. We meet the performance poet at the top of her game as she pauses for breath in her adopted hometown of Prestwick. In an exclusive recording from the beach, Leyla reads Questions I Have for Birds and gets ready for her much-anticipated homecoming gig at Glasgow's iconic King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.

Ceramicist AJ Simpson won The Great Pottery Throwdown in 2022, impressing the judges with her impressive ceramics.

Classical chart-topping sisters Sarah and Laura Ayoub have been playing violin and cello since they were kids, but it was only when they started playing together as the Ayoub Sisters in 2015 that the world started taking notice. For their latest release, Arabesque, the sisters draw inspiration from their Arabic heritage, fusing classical strings with traditional folk songs from Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt, to reflect their unique musical make-up. The duo perform El Helwa Di for quartet of violin, cello, guitar and percussion.

Ex-Buzzcocks drummer John Maher opens up about his punk past and his current photography obsession.

Yong-Chin Breslin delivers a creative masterclass, artist couple Donna and Carl give buoys a new lease of life as pieces of art, and Charles Young makes a miniature St Giles Cathedral - out of paper.

Scottish comedian and actress Karen Dunbar has turned her hand to something rather unexpected – teaching people to rap! In doing so, she has discovered how spoken word can empower people to tell their own stories, regardless of who they are or where they are from.