The Edinburgh Reporter Competitions

Local author Ian Colquhoun’s latest book, The Hibs Are Here, which charts the period from 1992 to 1999 is now available for purchase and will prove to be a wonderful trip down memory lane for all Hibs fans.One reader will win a signed copy of the book by answering the question at the bottom of this article to...

Specsavers have once more kindly given us four tickets for the Edinburgh Rugby match tomorrow, Friday 3 March 2017, at Myreside.You can take three friends with you so look out your thermals and enter now!Edinburgh Rugby take on Ospreys on Friday 3 March 2017 at 19.35pm.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 3 March 2017 at 12...

Cupcakes are to be given a makeover worthy of Sherlock Holmes this Halloween, as Cuckoo’s Bakery unveils a range of cakes, designed to terror and delight its customers. Inspired by the super sleuth created by Scotland’s very own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Dundas Street bakery and tea room has unveiled a range of ghoulish cupcakes, each of which has...

WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE NEXT LOVE YOUR BUSINESS NETWORKING CLUB AT BLACK IVYIf you haven’t heard about the business ‘networking’ club at Black Ivy in Bruntsfield, ‘Love Your Business’, featuring guest speakers, workshops, great networking opportunities and table tennis, then organiser, Michelle Brown, would really like you to try one of their sessions this week - for free!You can...

Last performed in 1930, banned by Hitler along with all Gál’s music, Das Lied der Nacht is a powerful romantic drama. It shows Gál at the height of his musical power as an operatic composer. Premièred in Breslau in 1926, it was hailed as “one of the most powerful operatic experiences ever!” Hans Gál’s third opera, Das Lied der...

Mother's Day is right around the corner, and  Edinburgh has many wonderful ways to celebrate.  The Edinburgh Reporter  has some suggestions to help you brighten up your mum's special day of the year!TREAT YOUR MUM TO AFTERNOON TEAMother's Day Chocolate Afternoon Tea at The ScotsmanTimes: 2pm - 4pm | Price: £16.95  | 10 March 2013Served in the elegant Drawing...

The film The Girl On The Train based on the book of the same name is now showing in cinemas and to celebrate the release of the film Vue Edinburgh and TransPennine Express have teamed up with The Edinburgh Reporter to ask Edinburgh commuters to share their most memorable train trip.Our commuter with the most entertaining story will receive a pair...

Have we got a great competition for you. Enter today to win one of two pairs of tickets for Northern Ballet's 1984 at the Festival Theatre at the end of the month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RovzA%20NTVo8oAs one man risks everything to fall in love, join Northern Ballet in Edinburgh for the Scotland Première of Jonathan Watkins’ critically acclaimed 1984.Northern Ballet is bringing this cult-classic...

The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Dragons this Friday 27 November at 7.45pm at Murrayfield.We have four tickets for one lucky winner but get your entry in now as the competition closes on Wednesday 25 November at 2:00pm. Good luck! Specsavers has stores across Edinburgh and the surrounding...

 Prepare to be scared if you are lucky enough to win one of three pairs of tickets for the screening of Friday the 13th on Thursday evening 30 October 2014 which The Edinburgh Reporter has to give away.To celebrate Halloween in ghoulish style, The Scotsman Hotel is putting on a very special film screening in their state-of-the-art Screening Room which they...

Win tickets for Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 3.00pm at BT Murrayfield.The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh’s game against Cardiff Blues at BT Murrayfield.Four tickets are on offer for one lucky winner.Enter by 12 noon on Thursday 5 May 2016.Specsavers has stores...

This competition ends on 10 April 2014. A graphic novel based upon the life of pioneering conservationist John Muir was launched by Scottish Book Trust today, with free copies going to every secondary school in Scotland, for use by S1, S2 and S3 pupils. Muir, a Scottish born inventor, naturalist, artist, mountaineer, geologist, glaciologist and writer, spent his life exploring wild places...

Win an Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo and Pommery Champagne experience Edinburgh’s most glamorous pop-up, the Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar, is once more running in the historic Signet Library for festival fizz until 25 August 2014.  With superb afternoon teas, sharing platters, lobster, Aberdeen Angus burgers and of course, lots of champagne, the Pommery Bar is a wonderful place to...

Edinburgh Capitals are playing Coventry Blaze this Saturday at 6:00pm at Murrayfield - and you could be there courtesy of the team who have given us two pairs of tickets for the match.Entries must be in by Friday 12 December at 5:00pmEnter now to be in with a chance of seeing the best Ice Hockey team in the city!One of...

We have four tickets to win for the home match Edinburgh Rugby v Benetton Treviso on Friday 8 January 2016. Kick off is at 19:30The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Benetton Treviso on Friday 8 January 2016 at 19:30 at Murrayfield. We have...

One Square is the new(ish) go to bar for the discerning gin drinker. They now have their own gin made a short distance away at Summerhall Distillery. The spirit has 15 botanicals in it especially chosen and now distilled to order by Pickerings Gin. The bottle is screen printed just around the corner from the distillery, and this gin has all the hallmarks of the...

 The 30th Edinburgh International Science Festival begins today for two weeks at a variety of locations across the city. There are events for children but also many which are more suitable for adults.Best Before : The Evolution and Future of Processed Food will be held on Thursday 5 April 2018, at the Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, and is suitable...

Grant Stott and Andy Gray are favourites at the King's Theatre panto at Christmas. But this Fringe they are giving their Kiss Me Honey Honey show one last outing.You can win two free tickets here. The show opens tomorrow so our competition will be fast and furious - you have till Monday at 12 noon to send in your...

The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Ospreys this Friday – October 2 – at 6.00pm at Murrayfield.Four tickets can be won by one lucky winner but entries close on Thursday 1 October at 12 noon.Specsavers has stores...

You have only hours to enter this competition! Enter here by 11.00am on Thursday 5 November 2015. Specsavers have just given us tickets for the Edinburgh Rugby match this weekend Saturday 7 November 2015 at Murrayfield.This weekend the capital team are facing Munster at 5.15pm at Murrayfield Stadium.Specsavers has stores across Edinburgh and the surrounding areas – Shandwick Place, Cameron Toll, Fort Kinnaird,...

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There is nothing like a wee bit of real Scottish tablet to keep you going in the days before the spring and summer weather really begins to work its magic on you. The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with the Loch Leven Tablet Company (so smooth it melts in your mouth!) to bring you a little something to cheer you up. A kilo of...

The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival takes place this weekend between 6 - 8 February 2015.If you are interested in the outdoors for any reason at all then this festival in the lecture theatre in George Square will have films and talks to tempt you. The full programme is available here.The Edinburgh Reporter is delighted to offer you the opportunity...

It’s been twenty years since production of Braveheart began and The Edinburgh Reporter has five pairs of tickets available for a Q&A and screening of Mel Gibson’s Oscar winning picture at 17.45 on Tuesday 24 June 2014 at the Dominion Cinema in Edinburgh. To celebrate the launch of Braveheart on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on 23 June by Twentieth...

 The Edinburgh Reporter is pleased to bring you a new competition - to win two tickets to the Saturday afternoon opening session of the PDC's Unibet Masters which takes place at Royal Highland Centre Ingliston next weekend on 1 and 2 November 2014.The 16 best darts players in the world are coming to Scotland – and you can be...

A total of 24 events are featured during the tenth Balerno Music Festival from 27 September to 15 October.Local performers will be on stage as well as an impressive line up of professional musicians renowned throughout Scotland and beyond.Margaret Logan, one of the officials, said the festival offers a wide selection of musical events including classical, jazz, folk and...

Foodies Festival Edinburgh – Inverleith Park – Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2013 Foodies Festival is delighted to return to Edinburgh’s Inverleith Park this August.  Foodies started in Edinburgh in 2007 and now hosts eight events across the UK which have attracted over half a million food-loving visitors.  Always striving to be at the vanguard of British...

UK’s biggest Christmas drive-in cinema coming to the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston. With the world’s biggest outdoor screen, the Edinburgh Christmas Spectacular, a drive-in cinema festival that promises to be the festive family event of the year, will be playing iconic Christmas films and hosting a variety of festive entertainment at the Royal Highland Centre from the 19th to...

We have four tickets to win for the home match Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors on Sunday 27 December 2015 Kick off is at 15:05 The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Glasgow Warriors on 27 December at 3.05pm at Murrayfield.We...

Win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby take on TrevisoThe Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the Guinness PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Edinburgh’s game against Treviso on 19 December at 19.35.Two pairs of tickets can be won.For a chance to win this prize fill in the...