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Edinburgh Airport named airport of the Year – and busiest ever September in the...
Airport of the Year and busiest month ever - but we talk to CEO Gordon Dewar about the effect of continuing APD.
Last week Edinburgh...
2018 Art Friends of St Columba’s Hospice Exhibition is on this weekend
Annual art exhibition 19-21 October
St Columba’s Hospice invites art lovers to its annual art exhibition, from 19-21 October at The Edinburgh Academy in Stockbridge.
Over...
Scottish Government to set out their alternative to Westminster’s Brexit proposals
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that she will set out a common sense alternative to the UK Government's Brexit proposals in a...
Review – Gus Harrower at the Brig Below
Gus Harrower at the BRIG BELOW, Friday 12 October 2018
The venue first. I’ve been in the Brig Below before and I remember thinking this is...
Malmaison has the sweetest thing for you during Chocolate Week
Malmaison has introduced a chocolate cocktail to celebrate Chocolate Week which runs from 15-21 October 2018.
From Chocolate With Love is a chocolate lover’s heaven,...
£150,000 Funding Boost for Young Scottish Artists Announced by The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Applications now open for the Youth Talent Development Fund
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Creative Scotland have today (Wednesday 10 October) announced the launch...
At the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – The must see exhibition of...
Eight works by renowned artist Raqib Shaw are on display to 28 October 2018 in an exhibition called Reinventing the Old Masters. This is...
STV Street Team to visit Edinburgh Leisure’s soft play venues
There’ll be added value for kids coming to Edinburgh Leisure’s soft-play venues over the next few weeks when STV’s Street Team come to visit.
STV’s...
Scottish Art Sale features work by Cadell
The Scottish Art Sale will take place on Wednesday 10 October 2018.
It will be led by The Model - Peggy Macrae, a major...
‘New Meadowbank build’ contractor close to being appointed
Next week councillors are set to appoint a contractor to deliver a new state-of-art Meadowbank Sports Centre for Edinburgh. It has been designed to...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Cheetahs, Guinness PRO14
Second bonus-point win in succession for Edinburgh at home.
South Africa's Toyota Cheetahs made their long haul flight to the capital to face an Edinburgh...
WHALE Arts hosts local film festival
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: WESTER HAILES FILM AND MOVING IMAGE
FESTIVAL
WHALE ARTS HOSTS LOCAL FILM FESTIVAL DURING OCTOBER HOLIDAYS
WITH OUTDOOR PROJECTION TRAIL AT WESTSIDE PLAZA
This October half...
Secure, on-street bicycle parking to be rolled out across Edinburgh.
Secure, on-street bike parking is set to be introduced across the Capital, under recommendations approved today (Thursday).
Members of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Transport...
Pin-Ups: Toulouse Lautrec and The Art of Celebrity
Moulin Rouge Dancers Launch first Toulouse-Lautrec Show at the National Galleries of Scotland
Two dancers from the Moulin Rouge in Paris – Mathilde Tutiaux and...
At the Fine Art Society in October
This October The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, will host an exhibition of works from the 1980s by Scottish artist John McLean (b.1939) recently rediscovered...
Emirates begin their Edinburgh to Dubai service
The first Emirates plane arrived in Edinburgh earlier today on the new route from Dubai which had been announced earlier in the year.
VIPs and...
#ECW18 – Get your wristbands at the ready for Edinburgh Cocktail Week
This month there is a whole week devoted to cocktails. This will involve tasting, sampling, learning how to make sophisticated drinks and having a...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Benetton, Guinness PRO14
Edinburgh squeak home for the win
Italy's Benetton were the visitors to BT Murrayfield for the Guinness PRO14's fifth round match in Conference 'B'. Edinburgh...
RSPB’s ‘Digging for Diversity’ Project draws to a close
A two-year project that has helped young people across Edinburgh to connect with the city’s wildlife and green spaces is coming to an end...
Trams Consultation leads to Updated Plans
Refined plans ready to go on public display
Earlier in the summer, the Council's Trams to Newhaven project team embarked on a major public consultation...
Consultation seen as the way forward for TVL
The City of Edinburgh Council today outlined details of how a transient visitor levy, or 'tourist tax', could look if it were introduced in...
Susie Wolff MBE Honoured in Crystal Glass at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Spectacular New Portrait of Scots F1 Driver at the National Galleries of Scotland
Susie Wolff MBE has been captured in a striking new portrait, which...
Cadell painting is star of the show at Bonhams Scottish Art sale
The Model, Peggy Macrae, a striking and important portrait by the Scottish Colourist artist Francis Cadell (1883-1937), is the lead item in Bonhams Scottish...
Literary Walks in and around Edinburgh
The Scottish Book Trust has a list of walks and trails which relate to books and authors.
Here they share some with us which are...
Did you know this is in the baby box?
There are many good reasons why a baby box is a good idea, and now the Scottish Government has been handing them out to...
Chair to be appointed to Edinburgh Poverty Commission
The council hope to announce during Challenge Poverty Week that it will appoint Dr Jim McCormick as the chair of the new Edinburgh Poverty...
Tourist tax still on the agenda
The Council Leader and Deputy Leader of The City of Edinburgh Council are unapologetic about the amount of emphasis that is placed on Transient...
Five more books set in Edinburgh
The Scottish Book Trust website is full of great ideas about what to read.
Here we have listed some of the books set in Edinburgh...
‘Mass Serve’ launches Craiglockhart’s Festival of Tennis
New courts welcomed in with Exhibition tennis and drop-in taster sessions
Edinburgh Leisure’s flagship tennis facility at Craiglockhart has been set up with six new...
Maggie’s Culture Crawl 2018 – in pictures
Tonight there are 400 people walking the streets of the capital, all wearing orange T-shirts. They are taking part in the Maggie's Culture Crawl...
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