Culture

An opening party was held on Sunday evening at the newest restaurant in the New Town, Under the Table which is owned by chef Sean Clark who set up The Table just upstairs, and...

Fort Kinnaird is teaming up with Musselburgh Library and has set up a free book club hoping to bring the community together over the joy of reading.  The club will be hosted at the centre...

From today until Sunday 28 April there is a celebration of the Japan Sakura at Lauriston Castle.While the scheduled events are fully booked there are lots of drop ins to enjoy including:Learn some...

The world premiere of a show written by Cal Ferguson, Mhairi McCall and Lewis Lauder will be staged at this year's Fringe from 1 to 25 August.This is a tale of a ban...

Pettycur Bay Holiday Park has announced that tribute group, The Jersey Notes – Scotland’s number one tribute act playing the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – will perform on Saturday 20 July...

After taking diners on a culinary journey across eleven different landscapes of India, Dhoom Indian Streatery & Bar in Dunfermline is now ready to take them to Chennai, and the colourful Coromandel Coast in...

NT Art Month, a festival which only launched last year, has announced the line up for its second edition to be held this June.With returning galleries alongside new initiatives and partners, the festival...

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra joins forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Japanese piano virtuoso Makoto Ozone to play Rhapsody in Blue at the Usher Hall on Friday 3 May.Ozone will be...

Edinburgh Science Festival has announced that it has appointed a new director to take over after the retiral of Dr Simon Gage after 34 years with Edinburgh Science.The new Director will be Hassan...

Showcasing the Larder of the Lowlands’ returns this month following a successful inaugural event last year where over 50 producers presented products to buyers from across Scotland and the UK.  The Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries,...

In the first Featured Artist exhibition of 2024, Southside gallery Art & Craft Collective presents two artists in one redesigned exhibition space.Opening on Saturday April 13 and running until Saturday May 18, 'Hunkersliding' presents...

Saxophonist John Burgess becomes the latest musician to play in the concert series in St Peter’s Church in Linlithgow when he appears in the intimate High Street venue on Friday 19th April.A versatile player...

Edinburgh Open Workshop - We are Open to EveryoneJoin the makers at Edinburgh Open Workshop on Saturday 27 April as they throw open the doors and welcome families from across the city to a...

Portobello pizzaiolo Michael Notarangelo has returned to his roots with the opening of a new pizzeria in the seaside town.Pronto, on Brighton Place, promises it will deliver the most authentic pizza possible outside of...

Edinburgh’s Mr Entertainment picks his Hot Tickets to see in the Capital and beyondHamilton is here, Pretty Woman is on the street, and although it’s only April, the Fringe and Festival seem to be...

A consistent theme of this column is that good coffee is not easily made.While specialty coffee culture and language (artisanal, third wave etc) has spread quickly in the last decade and a half,...

The Old Edinburgh Club has published Volume 19 of their Journal for Edinburgh History which is available now.In this volume readers will learn about the goings on at Georgian Edinburgh's Stamp Office, a...

A new exhibition at the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (a charity promoting the study, protection and enjoyment of wild birds in Scotland) presents the work of three artists who apply unusual media to the subject...

Welcome to Hollywood. What’s your dream? Based on JF Lawton’s 1990 Hollywood rom-com of the same name, Pretty Woman is the unlikely love story of billionaire businessman Edward Lewis and Hollywood Boulevard ‘Hooker’, Vivian Ward… but is...

Hidden Door Festival is celebrating its 10th birthday this year and will hold a party in the St James Quarter car park in May.The location has been kept a secret until now, but...

Pretty Woman The Musical, at Edinburgh PlayhouseThe Playhouse began filling up in droves with a dressed-up Edinburgh audience ready to banish the grey, miserable Easter holiday weather.Even before the show began, fans were...

Edinburgh Trams will provide extra trams for anyone travelling to and from the Terminal V techno festival at The Royal Highland Centre later this month.To accommodate festival passengers, the tram operator will run extra...

This is a shameless plug for food writer (and dear friend) Ghillie Basan’s new book Seafood Journey, which includes a foreword by Gary Maclean, winner of Masterchef: The Professionals and the National Chef of...

Residents have embraced Edinburgh attractions with local discounts.The Forever Edinburgh Resident Rewards programme, run by The City of Edinburgh Council, has been declared a success, allowing locals to experience the best of what Edinburgh...

This year there will be a special Scottish commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.Scotland's Salute - a concert at Usher Hall on 6 June 2024 - will mark 80 years...

The pipe band from Merchiston Castle School will fly to New York this week to take part in the parade on Saturday - and they already know the pilot.When they board the plane...

In the heart of Leith lies a gem of ethical entrepreneurship: Lind & Lime Gin. With a recent achievement of B Corp accreditation, (demonstrating the company's social and environmental performance) Lind & Lime has...

One of the Festival's key exhibitions is Growing Home at the National Museum, looking at a variety of materials and in particular how biomaterials like mushrooms can be used in fashion or engineering.As...

The giant pandas gave Edinburgh Zoo a boost in visitor numbers in their final year in Scotland, it can be revealed.Yang Guang and Tian Tian - also known as Sunshine and Sweetie - returned...

People in Edinburgh and the Lothians are being urged to think about their "digital legacy" after new research revealed just one in five people over 30 in the UK have referenced digital assets in...