Culture

The 2015 Edinburgh Art Festival launched today with the - metaphorical - unveiling of Charles Avery's fantastical tree at Waverley Station and two exhibitions  - a Bernat Klein retrospective, A Life in Colour, and...

Edinburgh is known for many things, one of which is the vast array of different markets and food stalls. It’s easy for one to get lost by just wondering around the city eating, drinking...

La Poème, Summerhall, 2 to 25 August (except 6, 11-12, 15, 19, 23) 7:45pm, £11 (£9 concessions) Company Bal presents the world premiere of La Poème, a joyously strange solo performance by actress, ventriloquist, juggler,...

Whilst our friends at Birmingham Repertory Theatre are all gearing up for their annual BE FESTIVAL international four day bonanza, nips and final tucks are being made to two of their home-grown productions that...

It’s the astonishing performance by Paul Reid that really carries this one-man show. White-faced and wide-eyed, he’s Farrell, a corporate drone contending with the daily grind of commuting and irritating colleagues, but in his...

This year for T in the Park will forever be known as the first year it moved to its new home, Strathallan Castle. It's situated only 20 miles from its old home of 18 years,...

Although all of our theatres have gone dark there is plenty of room for online performance. Coldplay, Ronan Keating and Gary Barlow have already taken to Instagram to offer some musical entertainment.The Met...

 Edinburgh diners are invited to try  something new by enjoying a world of culinary adventure in the capital next month at the Edinburgh Restaurant  Festival which runs from 6-16 October 2016.With the city currently enjoying a surge of new  restaurant...

Chef Barry Bryson is more used to catering for huge events for clients than preparing meals for one, but that is what he is doing right now.This home delivery service allows him to...

 Titian in Ten: ten minute pop-up talks delivered by NGS staff.  Gain an exclusive insight as staff from across the galleries offer different perspectives on Titian's masterpieces. 2pm, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound.  Free and...

Just how much fruit and veg should we be eating?5-a-day. 7-a-day. Even 10-a-day? It’s well-known that we Scots are not the best at consuming fruit and veg. The mantra of five-a-day has been drummed...

 We are all guilty of saying we should do more exercise but here are some ideas for getting out and about.   The Scottish Government recently launched the next phase of the national Active Travel campaign...

The Scottish Book Trust has listed some suggestions for those of you who want to read about food. Here are some of their suggestionsPerceptions : Recipes from Restaurant Mark Greenaway Sadly Mark is now closing his...

The annual migration of students has begun. The pavements of our great university city are crowded with badly dressed young people wheeling large suitcases or wandering the streets looking for somewhere cheap to eat....

 While all the Festival and Fringe hubbub goes on outside it is still possible to escape it by retiring to the darkness of The Filmhouse where they are playing Sid and Nancy over the...

Want to get on top of your finances?  The City of Edinburgh Methodist Church runs a weekly session every Tuesday from 1pm - 3pm where  people can get information and help about saving and borrowing...

It’s so good to hear from my wildlife friends that they’ve seen 30 or 40 dolphins in the Firth of Forth in recent days.  They describe, with great excitement, how these large and friendly...

To raise money for their PINKTOBER campaign, there will be auctions for two Hard Rock Cafe T- Shirts signed by Billy Connolly, who was kind enough to sign them whilst performing his High Horse Tour Scotland 2014...

Cultivating Crafts from Scotland and PakistanTwilling Tweeds is a cross-cultural initiative set up by Scottish Pakistani designer Adil Iqbal. It works with Pakistani embroiderers and Scottish weavers.The Exhibition opens at Whitespace Gallery, 25 Howe...

 Local singer to fulfil childhood dream by making Fringe debut with ‘The Music of Doris Day’A local singer and actress from Greenbank has spoken of the pride she feels after fulfilling her childhood dream...

Edinburgh author and former Royal Marine, Brigadier Ian Gardiner, will be signing his book The Yompers at Waterstone's George Street on Monday 2 April 2012 which is the 30th anniversary of the start of...

This August Art's Complex, a former office building housing over 300 artists, is to show a selection of works in an inaugural Summer Show.Now in its fourth year, this 'hidden gem' of enormous proportions...

Buy them a gift of a day out at the races! (Or better still take them with you!)Buy someone a ticket to Musselburgh Racecourse for a spectacular day out only six miles from the...

The entente cordiale, or rather refreshment, is alive and well, and one French brewer is hoping to inspire enough profile to be carried in Scottish pubs. Eric Esnault of Parisis Brewery has brought a number...

Having read the praise from others on social media, anticipation of this show by this Portsmouth all-female theatre group of 16-18 year olds was high. I'm pleased to report the performance exceeded expectations. Atwood's writing is,...

Thank goodness for football. Like that scene from the trenches in the First World War, both sides in the referendum battle called a truce for an hour on Wednesday and played football. The No...

There isn't a critics circle or academy around that have doubted the heart rending latest performance from Julianne Moore. The American actress has, deservedly so, spent the past few months picking up award after...

Passengers on Edinburgh Trams are in for a literary treat tomorrow lunchtime 27 November when two acclaimed authors jump on board for a special reading. Cathy Renztenbrink (The Last Act of Love) and Douglas Lindsay (The Legend of...

This year Assembly celebrates 70 years of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with its biggest programme yet – over 200 shows from 12 countries in 26 temporary performance spaces across five different sites -  including a...

The National Library of Scotland, home to the Scottish Screen Archive, has developed a partnership with EDINDOCS, Edinburgh's new documentary film festival, and will provide two documentary makers with a unique ...