Culture

Offering authentic antipodean coffee know-how in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, Source has rapidly established itself as one of Edinburgh’s leading specialty coffee destinations.Owner and manager Andrew Cohen brings his experience of running...

by Liz Beevers, committee member of Pentlands Book Festival There are huge treats in store for book lovers this Autumn in venues from Colinton to Balerno when  Pentlands Book Festival will welcome Val McDermid and...

The Political History of Smack and Crack is an angry, funny love-song to a lost generation annihilated by the heroin epidemic of Thatcher’s years, leaping from the 1981 riots to present day survival on the streets of...

Continuing to defy the years, the nation’s favourite octogenarian Barry from Watford returns to Edinburgh this year with his Bingo Bonanza show in tow. Following his monthly residency at The 100 Club in London,...

At the photo call for Bonhams Jewellery sale this morning we found the perfect gift for your bride. The gold charm bracelet which has 26 charms on it features not one but two carriages,...

Rev Dr Richard Frazer, minister at Greyfriars Kirk, has written a book about travelling the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela a few years ago, and it will be released this week.He held this...

It will be Champagne Day on Friday 27 October and here are some suggestions on where to sample the fizz - unless you already have some at home of course.The Green RoomThe Green...

Gypsy Pistoleros - Lost In A Town Called NowhereYou may remember Lee Jones in A Rock N’ Roll Suicide, a stunning one-man five-star show at the 2019 Fringe.The show helped put Lee back...

Dennis Elkins has been passing his life as an ordinary ageing, married, straight white American dad. Humdrum.But the reality is rather different and events bring the seeming certainties crashing down. Three solo shows deftly...

LOCAL children have a chance to test their speed against a top Scottish swimming champion.Virtual swimming experience, Challenge Duncan, has arrived in East Lothianallowing pool-goers to see how they compare to Duncan Scott’s record-breaking100m...

A Wonderful weekend in glorious sunshineReport and photos by Donal Ferrie of Queensferry Rowing Club On Saturday September 6th Queensferry Rowing Club in Partnership with North Queensferry Rowing Club held our annual Regatta between the...

28th February 2011The Travelling Gallery is on the road from 28th February to 4th March in Midlothian at the following venues: Monday 28 February - Beeslack High School Tuesday 1 March - Penicuik High School Wednesday 2...

Launching its inaugural programme today (Wed. 8 Sept) in Edinburgh, 'Push The Boat Out' (PTBO) is Scotland’s newest and most boundary-bending poetry festival, .Taking place from the 15 – 17 October 2021 within the...

The coffee scene in Edinburgh is a rapidly expanding and changing one. This is particularly true in the South of the city at present, where several excellent new places have popped up-or are about...

TUESDAY 15TH JULY 2014Edinburgh Hacklab Open Night: Edinburgh Hacklab is part of the worldwide hackerspace movement - shared spaces for people who mess around with technology for fun. Everyone is welcome to Hacklab Open Nights, which...

Maria Rud and Tommy Smith, along with St Giles’ Cathedral, present an evening of solo saxophone and live painting, projected onto the East Wall of the cathedral.After a successful recording of 'Where Rivers Meet' with...

There is a huge programme of events taking place culminating in the Doors Open Days on 28 & 29 September 2013.The programme is below but we have made our choices which we recommend here...

Tobias Nolle's film Aloys sees the eponymous character (Georg Friedrich) and his father running a seedy detective agency together until his father dies.  Now all he has left are the camera and tapes he uses...

'Resilience', the current project by theatre group Active Inquiry, is holding a big event at Out of the Blue on Saturday 11th October. Everyone is welcome to come and support this unique experiment in...

Le Di-Vi Wine Bar at Randolph Place part of La P’tite Folie restaurant in Edinburgh is holding a wine tasting on Tuesday 4  September 2012 at 7p.m. with medium-bodied reds for the autumn, preparing you...

Intelligent, empathic and reassuringly faithful, Christine Mary Dunford's authorititive adaptation of Lisa Genova's novel exploring the horrific impact of Alzheimer's disease brings two dynamically innovative and energised re-appropriations of time and character constructs.Director, David...

When the Pet Shop Boys take to the stage in Edinburgh on Hogmanay it will top a year of touring when the duo played at Glastonbury and on tour in North America. There they...

Kate Grenville’s The Secret River is widely considered to be one of the most important Australian novels of the 21st century. Playwright Andrew Bovell has transformed the novel into a deeply moving, unflinching journey...

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra played music from Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone at Edinburgh Castle on Sunday evening in the final Castle Concert.The orchestra was conducted by Justin Freer and they...

Stewart Brewing - who will play host to the Edinburgh Beer Festival on Saturday 13 May - has announced several limited-edition collaboration beers that will be available at the festival this year, including an ice cream style...

If you find yourself longing for summer as the nights begin to draw in, Otro is on hand with its brand-new autumn menu sure to warm you through.The West End restaurant has crafted a...

Today the 2019 nominees were announced for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now in its 39th year, for Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer.The awards, directed by Nica Burns, celebrate the talent of both established and...

Recently in Edinburgh we have been enjoying the tale of Alice in Wonderland which is playing at the Lyceum, and in January a musical adaptation called simply Wonderland starring Wendi Peters is also coming to The Playhouse.Perhaps it...

In the outwardly perfect town of Bow-on-Tie ‘girls are darling and boys are charming!’ But oh dear, a Crocodile Mayor wants to eat all the kiddies and brainwashes the headmistress with her evil...

An Edinburgh football team formed in memory of a young man lost to suicide has joined forces with mental health charity Support in Mind Scotland to encourage players to open up and talk about...