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Reekie Runners – join them on a Sunday please
Three Edinburgh friends started up an inclusive running club which aims to bring people together through sport to talk about mental health.
Jack Paladini,...
Edinburgh Art Festival launches new Community Wellbeing project in Wester Hailes
Set to launch in Wester Hailes in the west of Edinburgh is a major new commission as part of the 2022 Edinburgh Art Festival,...
Edinburgh International Festival – The Book of Life
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, one million people were killed in 100 days. The unthinkable became commonplace and a country was torn apart.
A...
Edinburgh International Festival – Scottish Ballet’s ‘Coppelia’
Scottish Ballet test the boundaries of dance, theatre and film in this distinctive new version of the classic ballet, blending location and real-time filming...
Fringe Review – Arty’s Animagination ★★★★
by Anoushka Stokes-Wilson (10)
Arty’s Animagination is about a 10 year old girl who misses her older sister Sophie, who is now too cool to...
Sunset above Edinburgh
Photographer Tom Duffin was out and about on Thursday night to capture the last Supermoon of this year.
Sit back with a cup of...
Nominations close on Monday for The Edinburgh Award
Nominations for the person who will win the Edinburgh Award close on Monday at noon.
Until then anyone may suggest the person they think...
Second passenger ship to be used as temporary accommodation for Ukrainians arriving in Scotland
Second passenger ship to provide additional accommodation.
The Scottish Government’s Super Sponsor Scheme has now offered sanctuary to 10,056 displaced people from Ukraine to travel...
Letter from Scotland
The first week of the Edinburgh Festival has been a scorcher. Temperatures in the high 20s, blazing sunshine, a warm gentle breeze, crowds from...
Richard Demarco honoured by the Saltire Society
The Saltire Society has welcomed Richard Demarco, one of Scotland’s most influential advocates of the use of all the arts as an essential element...
Take your pick at Army at the Fringe
Army At The Fringe opened at Hepburn House in August 2017 aiming to spark conversations about what the Army is and what it...
Edinburgh International Festival – The Book of Life
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, one million people were killed in 100 days. The unthinkable became commonplace and a country was torn apart.
A...
75th EIFF launches on the ‘Glorious Twelfth’
75th Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place between 12 and 20 August and includes 87 new features, 12 short film programmes, and two large...
Remember the multi-day tickets when booking a tram
Anyone enjoying a short break in Edinburgh to make the most of this year’s festival season is well advised to get on a tram...
Council reject plans for 5G mast in Granton
Plans for a 5G mast on a site earmarked for a ‘future tram stop’ in Granton have been thrown out by The City of...
Edinburgh International Festival – Taraf de Caliu
The long-running Taraf de Haïdouks have toured the world for over three decades and can count the likes of Kronos Quartet and Danny Elfman...
Assembly Festival – Alison Skilbeck – Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London
Alison Skilbeck's critically acclaimed one-woman show, and 2016 sell-out Edinburgh Fringe hit, reveals the public and private life of one of the most extraordinary...
Assembly Festival – Soweto Gospel Choir
Winners of the 2019 Grammy award for Best World Music Album, Soweto Gospel Choir bring their Grammy-winning Freedom to Assembly Festival and the Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Classic’ – Hope Mill Theatre
The madcap comic play Classic! races through a multitude of classic novels at lightning speed in 60 minutes using some unlikely production styles.
Moby...
Gorgie Street Art Sculpture Trail now includes the Dalry Llamas
The newest art in town has been created in Gorgie with the addition of the newest sculpture to the Gorgie Street Art Sculpture Trail...
Locals take over tree watering where council fails
A Freedom of Information Request to The City of Edinburgh Council disclosed that the council has planted trees at a cost of almost £50,000...
Fringe – Brain Hemingway at Greenside
“Brain Hemingway”, premiering at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, narrates the internal conflict between Erin Murray Quinlan and one of America’s greatest writers.
Hemingway fan...
EIF – National Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Medea’
Liz Lochhead’s gripping retelling of Euripides’s ancient drama takes up residence in the International Festival’s home, The Hub.
This restaging from the National Theatre of...
Bridge closed over the Water of Leith
A ‘deteriorating’ footbridge over the Water of Leith has been closed off by The City of Edinburgh Council.
It is the third bridge in Colinton...
Terramily offers more than a new skincare regime
Terramily is a range of skincare products exclusively available at Art & Craft Collective. The name comes from the Italian for earth and is...
Bield pledges to reach net zero by 2045
Housing provider to slash carbon footprint by 90%.
Housing and care specialist Bield has launched an Energy Management and Environmental Sustainability policy with a commitment...
Mural on North Bridge will include a portrait of the Transport Convener
An image of The City of Edinburgh Council’s Transport Convener will be included on a new North Bridge mural which is hoped will make...
Edinburgh International Festival – Belvoir – Counting and Cracking
A profoundly moving story of love and political strife, of home and exile, of parents and children, 'Counting and Cracking' follows the journey of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Kostya Benkovich – ‘The Suitcase’
International artist, Kostya Benkovich, who fled Russia because of his anti-war stance, first heard this phrase in March 2022 from an unknown lady at...
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards throwing a spotlight on new talent at the Fringe
It is the 40th birthday of the Dave Edinburgh Comedy Awards this year, and Producer and Director, Nica Burns, who has run the awards...
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