{"id":17967,"date":"2015-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contini.com\/blog\/history-of-porridge-the-perfect-start-to-24-hours-at-edinburgh-festival\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:11:18","slug":"history-of-porridge-the-perfect-start-to-24-hours-at-edinburgh-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contini.com\/blog\/history-of-porridge-the-perfect-start-to-24-hours-at-edinburgh-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Porridge &#8211; The perfect start to 24 hours at Edinburgh Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#24HoursInEdinburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were delighted when we received this request from BBC journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beccabryers\">Becca Bryers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m producing a series of material for BBC radio and online around spending \u201c24 hours in Edinburgh\u201d. It&#8217;s a quirky idea around me physically trying to stay awake for a full day, while reflecting the sheer diversity of cultural offerings in the city during the August festivals!I&#8217;d love to include <strong>History of Porridge<\/strong> in my coverage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Becca&#8217;s plan was to showcase Edinburgh as somewhere that joins New York as a &#8216;City that never sleeps!&#8217;Perfect start (well second show) for Becca to the day we thought! Becca really enjoyed Carina&#8217;s lively History of Porridge show at 9am at the beginning of her Festival day. Find out about her fullday by listening to her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02z74z4\">radio package here<\/a>or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-33850787\">BBC News online piece here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in attending Carina&#8217;s History of Porridge show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#24HoursInEdinburgh We were delighted when we received this request from BBC journalist Becca Bryers: &#8220;I&#8217;m producing a series of material for BBC radio and online around spending \u201c24 hours in Edinburgh\u201d. 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