The 62nd Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ending today, appears to have survived the wettest August on record and a ticketing fiasco which saw it suspending counter and telephone ticket sales even as preview shows were about to start.

By John Ritchie

The final piece of the Fringe booking fiasco jigsaw fell into place yesterday when Jon Morgan confirmed that the ticketing and booking problem had been an inheritance from the previous Fringe Administrator.

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