Culture

A new service, launching this week, aims to turn recent arrivals to Edinburgh into locals.Your New Crew will host exclusive monthly events in some of the city’s best known venues and best-kept secrets. Created...

Creative Edinburgh is set to celebrate their 900 strong community with an evening of awards and entertainment at The Bongo Club, 12th November, 7-10pm.  The Creative Edinburgh Awards is an annual event featured in...

Previously...Scotland's History Festival Two events on 18 November.... The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction 13:00 at The Stand 5 York Place. Everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and...

The Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian held an intimate whisky dinner on Tuesday 6th June to mark the fifth anniversary of the critically acclaimed movie, Angels' Share.Renowned spirits guru, Charles MacLean hosted the...

 “MEANWHILE”Susan Boyle Magdalen Chua “Meanwhile” brings together the work of two artists based in Glasgow. Magdalen Chua’s work deals with the unspoken rifts and deposits in our familial and personal landscapes brought on by the experience...

Whilst it has been kept a secret until now, Stewart Brewing and Hot Rum Cow have been joining forces to design a recipe to release together. This is where we need your help! We...

They say the island of Arran represents Scotland in miniature. If so, I have just been cycling round this virtual Scotland without ever leaving the Firth of Clyde. In just 25 miles, I’ve gone...

In his new comedy show ‘Robin Ince is In (and out of) His Mind’, Ince explains that the human mind is one of the most complex organisms in the Universe. This week’s sell-out show...

Baba Brinkman's primeval soup-stirring Fringe First Winner, A Rap Guide To Evolution (2009), really did have the egg/chicken first debate chasing its own tail-feathers around a mobius strip of perpetual conjecture. Either cast as...

Sex trafficking is to be discussed by the Church of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Members of the Church and Society Council are teaming up with the author and cast members of a play...

Every autumn, two and a half thousand pink-footed geese fly from Greenland to winter at Fala Flow, a protected peat bog south-east of Edinburgh. From this windy plateau, Karine Polwart surveys the surrounding landscape...

Apart from the Street Party and all that is Edinburgh's Hogmanay there are other things to do! Here is a small selection for you to consider.Afore the Bells: Hogmanay at the Queen's Hall-Sun 31 Dec,...

The Urbane Gallery, Edinburgh’s dynamic and leading edge art gallery, is taking part in this year’s International Science Festival, featuring the work of artists who have made use of science or technology for the...

A reminder that this year's HippFest begins on Wednesday and if you haven't got your tickets you had better get your skates on. The full programme is shown below.This year, amongst the live music,...

On a rainy day like today you might be looking for inspiration on something to do indoors. Look no further, as there is a new(ish) and interesting little festival taking place at Summerhall for...

  Original plans for Edinburgh's New Town are going back on display at the Museum of Edinburgh in the Canongate having been painstakingly conserved by a specialist paper conservator.The plans, drawn by architect James Craig,...

The Edinburgh Reporter's Mike Smith got married last week and spent part of his honeymoon in London. Clearly, he wasn't impressed...It's been nearly ten years since I was last in the Big Smoke and,...

Sunday 28 October  Edinburgh Queens HallWith over three million YouTube hits and a growing international reputation, it’s fair to say that ‘The Sons’ have ‘given a cappella a kick up the backside.’ https://youtu.be/jlwkXMU2GPYExpect fast-paced medleys and mind-bending...

SILVERWOOD LODGE OFFERS TO TEMPT YOU FROM THE CITYWith Christmas approaching, some Capital dwellers may want to go further afield for festive shopping, dining and attractions. Dundee, with the new V&A, is proving to...

The fifth annual Show Scotland will host a range of exciting, colourful and dramatic events over the May Day weekend offering something for all ages to enjoy. Over forty venues are involved in this year’s...

by guest reviewer, Alex D'Anci Steak Edinburgh can be found on Picardy Place, just across from the Omni Center and the Playhouse theatre. The decor is modern with clean lines. Large mirrors where you think...

Bar and restaurant openings are generally fun affairs, although sipping fizz, air kissing and negotiating canapés can be a multitask too far.I was rather delighted when attending the reopening of The Scottish Café that...

Today marks the 41st birthday of the famous Hard Rock Cafe, born in 1971 in London there are now Hard Rock Cafes Hotels and Casinos all over the world. The Reporter visited the George Street...

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...

The Scottish Ambulance Service and NHS 24 have today launched a nationwide recruitment drive to fill vacant positions on their public boards. Both organisations are hoping to attract interest from a broad cross-section of society,...

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...

Monday was a glorious day, like much of the week. The sun was bright yellow, the sky was blue, temperatures were well above the usual 12 degrees Celsius. Here on the east coast there...

Hi, I am one of the organisers of Edinburgh’s very own flash mob harlem shake. It was shot today and have been uploaded to youtube[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-Mo4FvEfk&w=560&h=315]Over 130 students took part today. It went really...

SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2014Edinburgh Canal Festival: raft race, free boat trips, canoe taster sessions, stalls, canoe polo, music, dance, wee boat flotilla, face painting, water walkers, bouncy castle, model boats, classic cars & lots...

Comedy (stand-up)Iain Stirling – Onwards!Scotland’s very own 'Tam Fatale', Iain Stirling, is reluctantly growing up in to his late twenties with a string (or is that a noose?) of TV vox pop-tart show credits...