Culture

The Soila Maasai Girls Rescue Centre situated in Kenya’s Rift Valley, provides support and education to 100 Maasai girls between the ages of 8 to16 years old. With the co-operation of the local Chiefs,...

 If you thought Irish dancers were all curly-haired cutie-pies with perfect posture, meet a scowling girl from London in this outrageous antidote to Riverdance. The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer is...

Santa at Home gives children of all ages, from all over the world, the unique opportunity to meet Santa in a personalised and private Zoom session live from the North Pole. Up to 6...

We are all sure that if you clear your house out and let it out as a Festival let then you can be in the money, but now it has been proved.A recent study by...

Fresh from the Melbourne and New Zealand Comedy Festivals and a run at the Soho Theatre, acclaimed comedian, Markus Birdman returns to Edinburgh with Grimm Realities – a live illustrated collection of children's fables...

Monday 18th April 2011George Square Theatre at 19.00 - 21.00We hear and read much about Scotland's leading renewable technologies and about our historic Climate Change Act but what does this mean for us as...

A new play by Ian Pattison which is darkly comic and depressing in equal measure. Splendid performances by Andy Gray and Grant Stott bring these two real life reprobates to life. Vain and drug-addled the pair squabble over...

Glasgow Central Station is the venue for two days of an eye-popping experience providing a unique insight into Caledonian Sleeper's new fleet of trains – with a special virtual reality event next week 25...

If you publish poetry in a pamphlet then you may enter an award now promoted by the Scottish Poetry Library (SPL).Callum MacDonald was a Scottish publisher. The Callum MacDonald Memorial Award was established in...

Friday 10 June 2011 This afternoon National Grid is pleased to be hosting ‘Urban Adventure’ at The Forthquarter Park off Waterfront Broadway, Granton between 1pm – 4pm.The event is free and is aimed at primary...

PETTYCUR BAY HOLIDAY PARK IS HOLDING ITS 29TH ANNUAL CARAVAN SHOW THIS WEEKEND, WITH LATEST MODELS FROM A VARIETY OF MANUFACTURERS ON SHOWShow coincides with Bay Hotel receiving its official 4 star rating from VisitScotland  As...

 Edinburgh photographer Jim Mackintosh is delighted with the response to his first solo exhibition 'If Walls Could Talk' which was staged at the Design Exchange on the top floor of Ocean Terminal between 18th September...

Edinburgh's Revolution has an egg-citing limited edition offering at their bar from the end of March.They now ask you to leave those chocolate eggs to the children and opt instead for a Chocolate Egg...

There seems to be something of a 1980s revival these days which, given some of the music and fashion from the decade that style forgot is something of a surprise. But if you still hanker after...

'That', said the man sitting next to me, 'was extraordinary'. The Edinburgh Quartet had just finished a breathtaking performance of Sibelius's String Quartet in D minor Op 56, 'Voces Intimae', the conclusion of the first...

In August expect a feast of both small arthouse features and action packed big hitters.Inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen, ‘Blinded by the Light’ opens on 9 August 2019. Directed by Gurinder Chadha...

Edinburgh-based company Tightlaced Theatre’s interesting double bill of new short plays at the Scottish Storytelling Centre has a historical theme, with both works offering new perspectives on episodes from the country’s history. But if...

Irish live performance company, 'One Two, One Two', is making its debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with its award-winning theatre show 'Everything I Do'.Based on personal material, 'Everything I Do',...

Anyone with a membership to the National Museum of Scotland can enjoy fantastic savings with free entry to the museums, exhibitions and big days out, as well as discovering amazing treasures and inspiring stories for a...

The musical, On Your Feet! is the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan and it is coming to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (pictured) from October 7 to 12. It charts the couple from the back streets of...

Music fans are in for a treat next month when Roots Acoustic Canadian singer songwriter and guitarist Ben Sures returns to the Capital to play two gigs; one at the Edinburgh Folk Club where...

By Brian DonaldsonFirst the sad news. Into The Punset is the farewell tour of UK-based Canadian gag master Stewart Francis. The great news is that he’s promising to go out with a show that...

There is nothing like a wee bit of real Scottish tablet to keep you going in the days before the spring and summer weather really begins to work its magic on you. The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed...

The St Columba’s Hospice Live Life Ball, held at the newly refurbished Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, raised a record £400,000 on Saturday evening. The one-off bottle of St Columba’s ‘AOIBHINN’ Ardbeg Reserve, in a...

Life is busy and it can be all too easy to allow a million and one other things to get in the way of achieving your goals, ambitions and dreams. If this sounds all too...

A remarkable archive of needlework that lay neglected in a cupboard for 50 years will be displayed at the University of Edinburgh over the next few months.The historic collection - donated by a renowned...

FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014Freight Books' launch of Doubling Back by Linda Cracknell 'a fascinating and moving account of walking in the footsteps of others.' 6.30pm, Looking Glass Books, Simpson's Loan.  RSVP to info@freightbooks.co.ukEasel Sketching in the Gallery.  Inspired...

SATURDAY 28 JUNE 2014How To Train Your Dragon Activity Day: a dragon-themed activity day to celebrate the release of Cressida Cowell's 'The Incomplete Book of Dragons', which coincides with Dreamworks' release of How To Train Your...

The sound that will stay with me from this week is the gentle padding of 6,000 pairs of running shoes on the streets of Edinburgh.  It was Sunday morning and I was watching the...

Edinburgh Science Festival takes place from Saturday 4 to Sunday 19 April 2020.The theme this year is ElementaryHere are my top five picks of events from each of the ancient classifications of earth,...