Culture

Up-and-coming comedy duo Isle of Edna invite Edinburgh Festival-goers to become residents of the gentrified G Street. There’s nothing worse than being caught short, thinking you’ve found a toilet and then discovering it’s actually an...

The Open Eye Gallery on Abercromby Place will reopen this week.There are two exhibitions running from 1 - 25 July 2020 which can be viewed either in the gallery or online.If you...

With Bonfire Night approaching in order to commemorate a certain Mr Fawkes and his mischievous gunpowder plot of 1605, it's time to carry on the Halloween celebrations, stick on your spookiest dressing up outfit...

The Edinburgh College of Art Performance Costume Show will take place next week on 18 and 19 May 2018. I was told today that all of the shows are already sold out but some...

After meeting at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo it was love at first sight for two performers who were married just six weeks later. Now the couple share their secrets to married bliss...

The Beating Retreat and Waterloo Dinner was held tonight at The Royal Scots Club.As part of that 1SCOTS Pipes and Drums led the Beating Retreat along Abercromby Place.The Battle of Waterloo was a significant...

SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2014Edinburgh Canal Festival: raft race, free boat trips, canoe taster sessions, stalls, canoe polo, music, dance, wee boat flotilla, face painting, water walkers, bouncy castle, model boats, classic cars & lots...

The biggest cycling event takes place on 6 September when thousands of cyclists will cover the 50+ miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh. The more able will then do the return journey rather than having...

Brazil may have been knocked out by Germany in spectacular style but their arch-rivals Argentina are ready to take up the challenge in the World Cup Final. Get a taste of the best bars in...

SILVERWOOD LOCHAN ADDS EXTRA ATTRACTION TO STUNNING NEW PERTHSHIRE RESORTA new luxury lodge resort at Errol in Perthshire is offering an additional attraction for both lodge holiday makers and visitors – its own fully...

  Carfraemill Lodge is a restaurant, venue and hotel set in the beautiful Lauder countryside. Within the lodge there are a choice of eating areas: Jo's kitchen, the Bistro bar and the Conservatory, all offering...

Jet2.com has partnered with Yorkshire Tea to introduce the popular tea brand to its new in-flight menu and the hot drink will be available to buy on-board or offered as a hot drink option with...

It is quite usual in the autumn to have many dinners and awards ceremonies, but this one is to be held in the new creative hub The Biscuit Factory right here in Edinburgh and...

Visitors to Camera Obscura & World of Illusions in Edinburgh were seeing double  as twins Max and Oscar Lithgow (age 2) took to the roof of Camera Obscura to check out some of the...

Some of the magnificent costumes from classic children’s books, The Box of Delights and a Stephen King novel were among the creations showcased by Edinburgh College of Art students.The outfits and performers will take...

Students will get in for free at the Cheltenham Trials being held at Musselburgh Racecourse on 7 February 2016.Doors open at 11am and the last race starts at 4.30pm. Tickets are usually up to...

Chef Scott Cameron who is now Head Chef at Brasserie Ecosse in Dundee honed his skills at some of Scotland’s top Hotels and restaurants before returning to his hometown.He previously worked at Chez...

Blood Brothers, Willy Russell’s play about class divide, was first performed in 1982 at Fazakarley Comprehensive in Liverpool.  It has since been transformed into a massively successful musical, boasting stars as diverse as Barbara...

2015 Just Festival Launch! The Just Festival will return to Edinburgh for its 15th year in August; it has been called the 'compassionate heart of the Edinburgh festival scene'. Events will include music, theatre,...

Craft brewer Innis & Gunn has advised that it now has a deal signed to send beer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.The company has made an arrangement with distributors Dxcel International...

As a cyclist myself, I can only stand on my pedals in awe at Mark Beaumont’s achievement of cycling round the world in 79 days.  He came freewheeling under the Arc de Triomphe in...

WEDNESDAY  4TH FEBRUARY 2015 Centenary Choral Concert in aid of Poppy Scotland. Edinburgh Napier University Chamber Choir and soloists, directed by Michael Harris, present a re-creation of a charity concert originally given in 1915 by...

The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning - National Theatre Wales.    Audience awareness of Bradley Manning's imminent life-imprisonment - what writer Tim Price, director John E McGrath and cast could only have speculated upon during pre-production -...

The Living Memory Association (THELMA) are 'Edinburgh's Reminiscence Project', based at The Little Shop of Memory in Ocean Terminal which is also a Festival venue.They are launching an online radio station for Leith Festival and you...

I was approaching 44 years round the sun… To be clear: ageing doesn’t bother me much but Mother tells me I could get away with knocking a few years off the official number.Not...

A multi award-winning Musselburgh fish and chips takeaway has launched a glass bottle recycling scheme for its own branded chippy sauce.East Coast Fish & Chips Takeaway on North High Street has been selling more...

LeithLate now have a virtual tour map which is live online now, but they also have some events planned for next month which you can book ahead.The map shows the various murals and...

1 April 2017 Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Philippe Herreweghe conducts SchumannBach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus I & IV Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Schumann: Symphony No 2Philippe Herreweghe: conductor; Martin Helmchen: pianoTickets here.2 April 2017 Rhiannon Giddens plus...

The return of Edinburgh Zoo’s popular 'After Hours' events for summer 2021 have been announced by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).Staff at the wildlife conservation charity are inviting visitors to take a...

Laurie Black’s first solo show Space Cadette is a Best Show Winner at Newcastle Fringe Austrailia and recently featured on BBC 2’s Edinburgh Nights, this blend of synth-pop, cabaret, sci-fi and David Bowie is...