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Shakespeare for Breakfast C Venues: 130 George Street, EdinburghTHIS show was an absolute hoot. This was sixty minutes of tight as a drum punning and comedic interaction.You never know what you are going to...

CITY CHOICE.. COUNTRY FEELING! Karelia House Crafting Centre has as much choice, if not more, as top city centre department stores – and is a day out in itself!If you’re creative, and looking for...

Ofcom today is proposing 20 specific sites for consultation that should constitute the minimum rollout requirement for the local television multiplex licence that Ofcom will advertise, if proposed legislation is passed by Parliament, and...

WIN TRAVEL’S BIGGEST, BADDEST BUCKET LIST WITH MYDESTINATION.COM/EDINBURGH  Edinburgh globetrotters are being given the opportunity to win the prize of a lifetime.  Launched in Edinburgh last week, travel’s Biggest, Baddest, Bucket List competition offers one lucky...

The MS Marco Polo called in at Leith on Monday morning to pick up some passengers and also allow some to reluctantly disembark  after a short trip to the north of Scotland. She is...

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the UK’s leading marine charity, says it hopes a last push for people volunteering for its ‘Great British Beach Clean’ which takes place between 16th - 19th September 2016...

A trail of new installations features in this year's Festive light attraction at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh which helps fund plant conservation at home and abroad. Kari Coghill, the director of enterprise and communication at the garden, said...

TOP MUSICIANS RALLY TO SOUNDHOUSE CAUSE SHOOGLENIFTY, THE BEVVY SISTERS, DEAN OWENS, ADAM HOLMES & DJ DOLPHIN BOY SPEARHEAD VENUE FUNDRAISING DRIVE BENEFIT GIGS ANNOUNCED @ PLEASANCE THEATRE, EDINBURGH: 18TH APRIL, 16TH MAY & 27TH JUNE An...

An exhibition that captures the faces and stories of people who champion the joy of everyday walking in Scotland is launching this weekend.The Humans of the Walk portrait photography exhibition celebrates the many ways...

Nicola Sturgeon’s eleven are hoping to win the Independence World Cup, or at least to take Scotland into the top ten small countries in the world.  It’s been reshuffle week in the government here....

Charlotte Josephine has received a Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in BLUSH. BLUSH is also written by Charlotte and is presented by Snuff Box Theatre.  This fast-paced two-handed tells five candid stories about revenge porn and...

The Edinburgh International Science Festival’s flagship City Art Centre venue will open on Saturday with five floors transformed into a giant science playground packed full of exciting circuits, scary skeletons, racing robots and manic...

Yesterday afternoon a plea emerged on Twitter about getting around with a goat in tow. Yes indeed it is Festival time!Around 1.30pm on Waverley Bridge four people stopped two of the Festival City Volunteers...

Lidl’s fifth Scottish Gin Festival introduces craft spirits to its shelves for the first time.The promotion celebrates the very best of the nation’s renowned gin distillers.   A selection of the nation’s most unique artisan...

The boutique Wine House Hotel 1821 claims to be an innovative concept in hospitality and it opens on October 10.Italian wine producer ZONIN1821 and Scottish restaurateur Sep Marini are behind the project which is...

Forming part of Army@The Fringe 2019 is Creative Electric's The Happiness Project which was originally performed at The Biscuit Factory.This play explores our need for non-sexual physical contact in a highly digital era....

Women By The Sea: portraits by Eleanora Scalise. Launch party for this new exhibition of watercolours painted on Eleanora's recent trip to Southern Italy. From 7.30pm, Sofi's Bar, 65 Henderson Street. Free refreshments!Quartermile Christmas Market: street...

Multiple Chortle Award nominee and star of The Mash Report, Pierre Novellie brings an American-style hour of high-quality stand up comedy to the Fringe. A sincere attempt to recreate the best of what the...

Are You Going Up The Road? A new exhibition by Carolann Alexander, and Land Sea and Sky, new works by Newton Ross. Preview 6-8pm today, then 11am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday, The Gallery on the Corner, Northumberland Street. Exhibitions close 29th November...

'You were oppressed: I am free' Apartheid is history; the youth of South Africa want to get on with their lives - but should they abandon all their traditional values? What is freedom if you...

At June's council meeting Councillor Steve Burgess lodged a motion requesting that the Lord Provost marks the latest accolade for one of the capital's bands. His motion read: Congratulates Edinburgh-based ska band Bombskare for winning the prodigious...

2018 is Scotland’s Year of Young People and IRONKIDS Scotland is to provide opportunities for young volunteers between the ages of 8 and 26 to become part of the event planning and delivery teams...

Foodies have been going wild for an Edinburgh chef’s arancini ball recipe, with more than 150kgs worth of the classic Italian snack being produced over a six-month period.Pedro Videira (22), Chef De Partie at...

Bross Bagels have teamed up with Farr Out Deliveries – Edinburgh’s zero emission cargo bike delivery service.Bagel lovers within a 3 mile radius of the Bruntsfield shop who are working from home or indeed the...

7th March 2011 Weekly hoop jam session at Forest Café. Bring your own hoop or even one more to share an join a fantastic hoop party! Forest Café ( 3 Bristo Place, EH1 1EY)| 6-7...

In November the Traverse will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a double bill of Scottish theatre, with a play written in 1987 and the follow up written some 35 years later.John McKay's two-hander...

Patrick Monahan: Adventures in Monahan Land, Gilded Balloon Teviot 8pm, until 24th August, £12 (£11 concessions)Monahan's charismatic and positive aura emits around the Gilded Balloon Wine Bar well before the show starts and well after it is meant...

A new exhibition opens on Saturday with a very long name - the 143rd Open Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW).The show includes 370 new paintings by...

MONDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2015 Gorgie City Farm Bird Box Week. Invest in property! Get to know your feathered neighbours! Come along and learn about the housing needs of local birds, and build your own bird box...

It's been more than three years in the making, and this week all the work and wild imaginings have paid off: GENERATION, the National Galleries of Scotland's largest ever exhibition, opens to the public...