Neil McIntosh Editor of The Scotsman

Good afternoon Voornaam,

Hello from The Scotsman. It's been an amazing Festival month for The Scotsman - one of our most successful years of coverage in recent memory. So you may be surprised to learn that, even though we are still only midway through it all, we're already discussing plans for our arts coverage for later in the year, and into next.

The talk has been of excitement around another big effort for Edinburgh's winter festivals later in the year, but there's also a steady stream of interesting events - across the country - which we will bring you exclusive coverage of in the months ahead.

I won't reveal all our plans just yet, but do make sure you're signed up to our Arts and Culture email to keep up with all our coverage. The email is weekly outside the festivals, and daily through August, and will lead you directly to coverage you simply can't get anywhere else. As a subscriber, you have access to it all.

On that subject, as a subscriber I thought it might be interesting for you to see the top stories read by your fellow subscribers.

We keep a close eye on who is reading what - it guides us as to what you're interested in, of course - but what subscribers look at is often quite different to what less regular visitors might look at. It's a list which shows the breadth and quality of our output, too, so I'm happy to share it.

1. Fringe Firsts: seven more winners of our prestigious new writing awards

2. Scottish Government warned against raising taxes to plug £1bn black hole

3. Festival Diary: Frankie Boyle goes on the offensive after ‘polite titters’ from audience

4. Graham Linehan stages gig outside the Scottish Parliament after venues cancel

5. The face of young Bonnie Prince Charlie recreated

6. Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says her stance on independence has 'moved'

7. 30 -year-old tin of William Low peas removed from museum display

8. How Hearts overturned three decades of history with stunning win over Rosenborg at delirious Tynecastle

9. Marriage proposal etched into Barra sand for plane landing

10. SNP-Green coalition should stop constantly asking for more powers and do better with the ones they have – Scotsman comment

From Frankie Boyle to happy Jambos, via Fringe Firsts and the Bonnie Prince, it's quite a wide-ranging list, is it not?

So here's to your eclecticism, and another week of the similarly eclectic Festival.

Best wishes,

Neil McIntosh,

Editor, The Scotsman