Tag: Christmas

Georgie Glen, most recently known for portraying history teacher Audrey McFall in BBC One show Waterloo Road, will make her Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) début this month, narrating the classic story of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, as part...

If your dog is as important ...or maybe even just a tiny bit more important...to you as your mother, why not include him in the Christmas jollity by taking him along to Ocean Terminal for...

 There are many sights to see in Edinburgh this Christmas.You might like to walk up The Mound and marvel at the electric light show that is Princes Street Gardens. You might like to watch...

John Lewis are hosting free festive craft workshops from 12-2pm every day until Sunday 27 December - so if you want to go that extra mile and get crafty for Christmas now is your...

Are you looking for something special this Christmas? Something hand-made by an expert knitter, baker, sewer or craftsperson? And would you like to know that your purchases are helping not just someone, but the...

Greenshoots vows to take the stress out of your Christmas shopping this festive season with their personal gift buying service. Greenshoots is an innovative collection of homeware, gifts and crafts housed alongside a beautiful...

 With only so many shopping days left before Christmas, the largest operator of visitor attractions in Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, has launched its first ever Christmas gift collection online.The new online festive experience hopes to put...

The Royal Scots Club is unique: situated in one of the most elegant crescents in the city, it is a rare combination of a cosy members club combined with a luxury hotel. Benefits of membership include...

Next year’s Gardening Scotland, which takes place in the grounds of the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 3-5 June 2016, has officially opened for online ticket sales.The national gardening event welcomes both novice and...

This year Underbelly who have the contract to organise Edinburgh's Christmas for the City of Edinburgh Council have lit up the High Street with 60,000 LEDs.At the first performance earlier tonight the crowd of...

Are Christmas ads taking over from the Christmas single?We have had the John Lewis ad which is a bit of a tearjerker. Now it's Aldi's turn for a spoof of that Man in the...

Coinciding with Virgin Money's Street of Light which begins on Monday and which will light up the Royal Mile with 60,000 LEDs, the Scotch Whisky Experience is to host a Whisky Enlightenment Tour.Launching on St Andrew's...

Among the many great charities that try to make Christmas a little better for homeless people, there is one whose approach is a bit different. Most of us remember the excitement of not knowing what...

 Where can you go with some umbrellas, a beach ball, a glove puppet and a bunch of sticks? Quite a few places if you happen to be Stick Man, who, in the space of...

Now that the final pay cheque before Christmas is almost in the bank and Christmas is looming, it is time to get shopping!John Lewis Edinburgh will be extending its opening hours, allowing shoppers even...

Susan Boyle switched on the Christmas lights this afternoon in George Street and the street was full of people vying to see her and the Christmas decorations.Here are some of the sights we saw!...

Museum Takeover today!  Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership Last chance to see Photography a Victorian Sensation O Taste and See: Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers in concert Edinburgh Steiner School Christmas Market on Saturday Museum Takeover Day in England means that young...

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsThis year there will be more lights than ever before, more free events and just the biggest and brightest Christmas festival that the UK has ever seen! That is what Underbelly promise the capital,...

Did you enjoy yourselves at Edinburgh's Christmas? Well it seems that millions of you did as all the figures have risen since last year.There are those who object to St Andrew Square being turned...

Serenity Cafe is open today and every day throughout the holidays for people who need a safe place to be. Today it will provide a Christmas meal for people in recovery who might otherwise...

The Raymond Briggs Trilogy: The Snowman 29 mins (U), Father Christmas 26 mins (U) and The Bear (U) 26 mins. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Book online or call the box office on 0131 228 2688.Teatime Acoustic:...

So, here it is....Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun. Or are they…? Chaos in the kitchenScreaming grandchildren wreaking havocMountains of wrapping paper which, having been carefully pieced together just days before, now lie in a crumpled...

 Still struggling to find a good gift for a special - or specially difficult - person? Why not choose something that's great for any age from 2 to 92, won't need returning to the...

What are you doing on Christmas Day? Well a team of kind-hearted podiatrists from Queen Margaret University, will be spending their time on Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year to run a foot care clinic...

The Nutcracker is the lightest, most accessible of all Tchaikovsky’s ballets. It’s a Christmas delight, telling the story of a young girl named Clara who is gifted a nutcracker by the mysterious Drosselmeyer. The...

International Development Minister Humza Yousaf yesterday urged shoppers in Scotland to opt for a Christmas with a conscience this year.Mr Yousaf officially opened the Ethical Christmas Fair at Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal, where he met...

Year after year, a trio of talented actors holds the King’s Theatre pantomime together. Allan Stewart as Widow Twankey, Andy Gray as Wishy Washy and Grant Stott as Abanazar the Wizard are the lifeblood...

A giant Winter Lights display and Christmas Spectacle involving 3-D projections will light up the Grassmarket from tomorrow, Thursday 11 December. Greater Grassmarket, in association with The Grassmarket Hotel, mclcreate and Edinburgh Arts Collective Projector...

This weekend Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South, celebrated the success of his annual Primary School Christmas card design competition at an awards ceremony in Sainsbury’s Cameron Toll. More than 2,000 children entered from fourteen...

Stronger North is a new campaign in the north of the city set up to tackle crime and it is spearheaded by Fraser Sinclair who is based in the North Neighbourhood office. On Friday they...