Christmas dining experiences – feasts to tempt you
Sail into Christmas with the new "Festive Afternoon Tea" aboard Scotland’s only five-star luxury floating hotel, Fingal.
Adding some festive magic with an afternoon tea...
It’s Fair Saturday Scotland
It is Fair Saturday Scotland on St Andrews Day on 30 November - and there are many events to choose from over the weekend....
New treatment for feet may offer a breakthrough in pain
Swift offers breakthrough hope in condition affecting millions of people.
A breakthrough in treating painful corns that blight the lives of millions of people has...
Capital Coffee – The Howdah Tea and Coffee Company
Stockbridge is something of a mecca for those tracking down boutique charity shops, posh bakeries - and good coffee.
The Howdah Tea and Coffee...
Líam’s Twelve Days of Must See Theatre
Panto time is here again, but there's so much more to savour, there's Donny Osmond and Lean Jean Silver, Tiny Tim and Robin Hood...
O’Hagan’s diagnosis of dark times
The 25th Anniversary Angus Millar Lecture took place on Monday evening at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, on Queen Street.
The speaker...
Bangkok meets brunch – a Thai twist on Edinburgh’s breakfast scene
Located on the third floor of an unimposing office building on North Castle Street, Chaophraya (pronounced chow-pry-a) offers more than just another breakfast spot...
Santa’s Grotto coming to Newkirkgate
Santa Claus is coming to Edinburgh soon, thanks to the UK’s leading Smart PAYG energy supplier
Energy supplier, Utilita, will provide a different kind of...
Liberté opens at the east end
New European style Café-Bar & Brasserie and cocktail lounge now open in Edinburgh
Liberté Café-Bar & Brasserie and Bar 1819, has opened at Apex Waterloo...
Edinburgh classic film was written on menu cards
Restless Natives screenwriter Ninian Dunnett has said he wrote the Scottish cult comedy classic film on the back of menu cards.
Dunnett was 24 when...
Festive stories told at the Sheraton Grand
Storytelling on a plate - a literary feast at One Square
The holiday hustle and bustle of Edinburgh's city centre can be overwhelming. Princes Street,...
Lifecare invite everyone to their January ceilidh
Charity Lifecare Edinburgh announces its first Burns Day family friendly ceilidh
This January join LifeCare Edinburgh for dancing and delicious food at their Community Ceilidh....
Morrisons roll out of gourmet luxury toffee popcorn
Sephra Popcorn, made in Kirkcaldy is fast finding its way onto more shelves, with an announcement that supermarket chain, Morrisons, will now stock more...
Christmas shopping on Thistle Street
Visitors to Thistle Street are promised a joyful day of shopping on Saturday 7 December as traders on the cobbled street transform it into a festive...
Picture this – ideal Christmas gift for potential travel writers
An Edinburgh journalist and a national news photographer have teamed up to give would-be travel writers a platform to hone their writing and photography...
Colinton stories – the history of Davidson House Care Home
The history of Davidson House
Care Home on Colinton Road.
The Salvation Army’s Davidson House Care Home on Colinton Road, opposite Dreghorn Cavalry Barracks, came...
James Braid the father of modern hypnosis
World Hypnotism Day is held every year on 4 January to promote the benefits of hypnosis and to answer any misconceptions about hypnosis, such...
Alan Taylor’s Autobiographical Edinburgh
There have already been several events and publications celebrating Edinburgh 900.
The latest of these took place at the Central Library on Wednesday, focusing...
Laura Cumming wins Book of the Year for Thunderclap at Scotland’s National...
Laura Cumming took the Book of the Year this evening (Thursday 28th November) for Thunderclap, a memoir on the art of the Dutch Golden Age, as The Saltire Society presented Scotland’s...
Eating out – many choices at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh
Celebrate in style at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh this month with a range of eating and drinking options on offer.
COMMONS CLUB: Chefs Table Great...
Barbara Dickson on Sandy Bell’s – “it was not a music...
It's the world famous Edinburgh pub where Barbara Dickson and musicians such as Sir Billy Connolly and fiddle ace Aly Bain are often said...
Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction announce two new judges for...
The Chair of Judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has announced the arrival of two new judges to its 2025 Prize...
Review – Singh Street
Bruntsfield Place has no shortage of restaurants, but Singh Street offers something fresh and dynamic.
The alluring decor draws in the eye and I...
Cool new venue – Edinburgh’s Christmas announce the city’s first Ice...
The coolest new bar in town, the Ice Bar will have tables, chairs and glasses sculpted entirely from ice.
Edinburgh's Christmas have announced today that...
Review – Treasure Island ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Duncan McLean's reimagining of Treasure Island by Edinburgh-born author and lover of the sea Robert Louis Stevenson keeps the original spirit of the epic...
Culture Secretary announces St Andrew’s Day celebrations
Biggest ever programme of events and offers for national day.
The Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, was at the glasshouses at...
Five spring walks in Edinburgh
All of our walks start from the city centre and are easily manageable with children in buggies. There are no really steep hills either...
Fringe 2024 – Tending ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
One was inspired by a TV programme about nurses saving babies in a war zone. One became a nurse because he realised that nurses...
Review – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
A sense of atmosphere builds before Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit take the stage at the Usher Hall.
Save The World begins with...
Concert to be held in May to mark VE80
Poppyscotland and Legion Scotland are organising a joint concert at Usher Hall to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
Scotland's Salute VE80 will...
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