75 year old set to Rock Fringe

Seventy-five year old Lynn Ruth Miller is set to strip at this year Fringe's Festival. The former teacher and librarian has only been removing her clothes in public for three years. Ms Miller is a lady on a mission. She is intent on dynamiting society's preoccupation with youthful good looks.

Twice married Ms Miller finds that campaigning against discrimination provides her inspiration for her shows. She told The Times (on 11 July) that: “Most comedy springs from anger, and it's ageism that infuriates me. My routines attack the notion that old people don't remember who they are... I'm thrilled that I'm ageing... My show is about all the things that happen to you but I let the audience know I'm still having fun.”

Ms Miller will be appearing in Ageing is Amazing. She will also appear in a show called Grannies Gone Wild.

The annual Fringe Festival begins on 3 August and will end 25 August. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the largest arts festival on earth. The Fringe began more than 60 years ago, in 1947.

This year's Edinburgh International Festival runs from 8 August to 31 August. The International Festival provides a stage for dance, opera, theatre and music from leading artists around the world.

Heading to Edinburgh in August? Fancy doing a spot of sightseeing? Edinburgh's Old and New Towns were awarded UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) World Heritage Site status in 1995.

The best way to get to grips with Edinburgh is to go walk about. There are two Walk Talk Tours of Edinburgh. Each audio downloadable walking tour can be completed in two hours, but with a Walk Talk Tour, Edinburgh travel guide you're in charge. Each Walk Talk Tour comes complete with a downloadable map - for you to print off - so you won't miss a thing.

Go on a journey through time on the Old & New Towns mp3 guided tour. The Old & New Towns iPod travel guide begins outside the Castle. Hear of the origins of the name 'Edinburgh', learn about murder and intrigue and hear about the annual Military Tattoo. Then descend to the Grassmarket. Once the site of a cattle market and public executions, which didn't always go to plan. Hear about the woman who survived the hangman' noose and more. Visit Scotland's museum of money, the Museum on the Mound.

Head into Princes Street Gardens. Visit the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy. Then head to the Scott Monument built to commemorate Sir Walter Scott. Walk up into St Andrew Square once the heart of Edinburgh's financial district. Walk along George Street. Discover why the Church of St Andrew and St George has a significant place in Scottish religious history and why it is round. Head on to the Assembly Rooms, a popular Fringe venue with a distinguished past.

The Old & New Towns podcast guided tour concludes in Charlotte Square. Number 7 is home to the Georgian House, a National Trust of Scotland property and next door at Number 6 is Bute House (pictured above), the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. To hear an audio sample from the Old & New Towns audio downloadable walking tour please click here.

Charlotte Square is the venue for the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival, which runs from 9 August - 25 August. The Book Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Make the most of your Walk Talk Tour, Edinburgh visitor guide by checking out our Where & When pages, which provide information about the admission charges and opening times of leading attractions on each tour's route.

The Old & New Towns city guide and The Royal Mile & More self guided tour cost just £5.95 each. Customers purchasing both tours simultaneously will receive a twenty per cent discount.