Pulp will headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
Edinburgh will celebrate the arrival of 2024 in the company of Pulp at the 30th anniversary Concert in the Gardens.
This is the first...
Hidden Doors Days 2023 – Outer Spaces on Henderson Row
The annual Doors Open Days offer public access to buildings which are not usually accessible. It can be a great treat to explore places...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023 – Celebrating Joan Lingard
The author Joan Lingard was born in a taxi on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, but spent much of her childhood in Belfast, where her father...
Edinburgh International Festival – John Cale ★★★★★
There’s a low-level drone entering the Festival Theatre before the 81-year-old Welsh co-founder of The Velvet Underground takes the stage in front of a...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023 – Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller isn’t afraid to tell it like it is; he’s been doing just that for over 30 years, making art works that challenge...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Patrick Spicer: Yes…haha. what? ★★★
After initial microphone issues, Spicer quickly built a nice rapport with the audience and made it clear to them that they were in safe...
Torchlight procession to return this Hogmanay
The Torchlight Procession will again be part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay this year, raising much needed funds for homeless charity, Social Bite.
This will be...
EIFF 2023 – Choose Irvine Welsh ★★
There was a tremendous sense of atmosphere before Choose Irvine with the man himself arriving and looking sharp.
When the film, directed by Ian...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023 – Alice Oseman: Stopping Hearts
I arrive much earlier than I usually would for Alice Oseman’s Edinburgh International Book Festival event. I know she’s popular and the tickets for...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – EIFF – ends with hope for...
The Edinburgh International Festival (EIFF) has just ended after a smaller event with just 94 events - 75 cinema screenings, 10 outdoor screenings and...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 – surf star needed swimming lessons
Actor Louis McCartney has revealed he had to learn to swim after he was cast as a surfer in Scottish movie Silent Roar.
McCartney plays...
EIFF premiere – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr...
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, director Hope Dickson Leach’s new version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story, co-written with Vlad...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023 – Don Paterson
The poet Don Paterson says his Scottish identity only became apparent to him when he moved to London at the age of 20.
Before...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 – Silent Roar ★★★★
The world premiere of the film Silent Roar took place at the Everyman cinema in St. James Quarter on Friday as the Edinburgh International...
Hidden Door begin crowdfunding for 2024
The arts charity, Hidden Door has a begun a public appeal for financial help to support the 2024 festival which will be its 10th...
The stars come out for the Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) hosted by Edinburgh International Festival, opens on Friday 18 August 2023 with the world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut...
First Minister is a first timer at the Tattoo
First Minister, Humza Yousaf attended The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on Saturday night to watch the show for the very first time.
Seated...
Book Festival responds to authors over Baillie Gifford sponsorship
A group of 50 authors have written to the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) asking it to drop its major sponsor Baillie Gifford over...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2023 begins on Thursday
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) opens today.
The 2023 festival is the first under the direction of Kim McAleese who was appointed last year, and...
Edinburgh International Festival – Trojan Women 9 to 11 August
K-pop and Greek tragedy come together in Trojan Women by the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
Trojan Women features original music by K-pop producer and Parasite and Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il, in collaboration...
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh takes the salute at the Tattoo
On Monday evening HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was in the Royal Box at Edinburgh Castle to take the salute offered by all performers...
Edinburgh International Festival – the opening weekend was all about music...
Edinburgh International Festival opened at the weekend with an array of live events, attracting large crowds to venues in the city.
Free to access Opening Fanfare:...
EIFF – world premiere for CHUCK CHUCK BABY
The feature film CHUCK CHUCK BABY, created by Artemisia Films and funded by the BFI, awarded National Lottery funding, BBC Film and Ffilm Cymru...
Book – Demarco’s Edinburgh
A new book, Demarco's Edinburgh, will be launched at an event next week telling tales of the racehorse winnings which paid for seed capital...
Greta Thunberg cancels Edinburgh appearance over opposition to sponsors
The environment campaigner, Greta Thunberg, who was to appear at the Edinburgh International Book Festival will no longer appear over a spat with sponsors,...
The Tattoo brings myths and legends to life
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo makes its anticipated return with this year’s Show, Stories as performers from across the globe entertain audiences with sensational music, dance,...
EIF – Benedetti launches her first festival programme
Onlookers were startled by the media circus around the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens, but many became embroiled in the photo frenzy although...
What the Culture Vulture will be up to in August
As I write my copy for August, I’m coming out the other side having contracted Covid-19 for the third time, which has rather put...
Performers arrive for the 2023 Tattoo
The cast of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo have arrived in Edinburgh for this year’s Show, Stories, and have been given a very Scottish...
The Culture Vulture shares her tips on enjoying the Fringe on...
So, to me, August means one thing – Festival month.
I used to be Head of Press at both Assembly and the Gilded Balloon,...
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