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Warm welcome at The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack
This was an evening of flavours, atmosphere, and warm hospitality.
Going to the Crab & Lobster Fish Shack at South Queensferry is like stepping back...
Interview with Linder Sterling
Liverpool-born artist Linder Sterling has remained a powerful female force in British art for fifty years. Her current exhibition, Linder: Danger Came Smiling, a...
Edinburgh festivals – our best reviews from the second week
Our reviewers have been busy out and about at the Fringe and the International Festival this week. And they have found some four (and...
Fringe 2025 – Joe Bor: Leave Them Wanting Bor ⭐⭐⭐
The filmmaker, cartoonist, and comedian Joe Bor made a return to the Edinburgh Fringe with Leave Them Wanting Bor. This was Bor's first appearance...
Edinburgh International Festival – Book of Mountains and Seas ⭐⭐
Billed as an opera, the Book of Mountains and Seas is not traditional in either the European or Chinese traditions.
Huang Ruo explores ancient...
Latest roadworks and road closures in Edinburgh
This is the most up to date list of roadworks, road closure and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh...
Leading Scottish folk group celebrates internationalism at the Fringe
Music from South Africa, Catalonia and Scotland will celebrate the international quality of the Fringe when the Whistlebinkies appear at artSpace@StMarks on Castle Terrace...
Hole in one for ex-Lion, Kenny
Some 32 years ago Kenny Milne was at the heart of a British and Irish Lions tour playing against the All Blacks in New...
Fringe 2025 – Ahir Shah: Work in Progress ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ahir Shah has become an established Fringe performer. After a series of nominations, he finally won the main Comedy Award in 2023. On the...
Fringe 2025 – Our Brothers in Cloth ⭐⭐⭐⭐
In 2005 the Irish government published the Ferns Report on its inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Ferns, County...
Name of new cycle hire company to be announced on Monday
The council will announce the name of the new operator of the city's new cycle hire scheme on Monday afternoon.
It is expected that the...
Question mark against Jacob’s US Open participation
A question mark has been placed against the participation of Edinburgh tennis ace Jacob Fearnley in this year's US Open which gets underway at...
Fringe 2025 – Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud...
This is a show in which I found myself being twirled around a dark room by a very sweaty comedian who was wearing an...
Heatwave – last two performances of dance premiere from local director
An award-winning city director is putting the threat of climate change under the spotlight with an extraordinary dance production at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
With...
Funding awarded to urban food growing projects
The council's Grow Your Own Fund has been shared between 13 groups who work to create gardens and growing spaces for food and food...
Terminal V – get scary this autumn – tickets on sale now
One of the country's biggest Halloween events, Terminal V, takes place on 1 November with a one-day, one-arena, 12,000-capacity indoor spectacular at Edinburgh’s Royal...
Jack is running for Maggie’s
Jack Mellor is running 100k on Friday from Berwick upon Tweed to Westwood's Health Club to raise money for Maggie's Edinburgh.
He is completely...
Phil’s off for a Highland Fling
Scottish Fling, Norwegian Fling and now a Highland Fling…
Scottish TV personality, Phil MacHugh is off on a new adventure.
This time he is going...
Five things you need to know today
The name's Bond, James Bond
From Friday at Edinburgh International Film Festival there is a strand of the six James Bond films starring Sean Connery...
A financial award to power grassroots climate action
A funding boost of £110,000 has been awarded to Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) to support its continued work as a Climate Action...
Letter from Scotland
It’s hard to walk in a straight line anywhere in central Edinburgh. Huge crowds, dry, sunny weather, café tables on the pavements, tour parties,...
Career move for former Times editor
Magnus Llewellin, the former editor of The Times and Sunday Times Scotland, has opted for a new career as a consultant with communications...
Counting up the baby boxes
The Scottish Government has now delivered more than 350,000 Baby Boxes packed with essential items for newborns in Scotland in the last eight years.
The...
Orpheus and Eurydice at Edinburgh Playhouse ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
At the Edinburgh Playhouse I experienced Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice performed by Opera Queensland.
Despite the richness of the English language, I think...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Fresh Words
It’s rarely easy for new writers to get their work noticed. Mainstream publishers prefer to rely on established names – and increasingly, celebrities –...
Women discussing books at the Book Festival
A small group of women gathered in the cafe at Edinburgh Futures Institute with a suitcase of books which they set out to read...
Sturgeon touts her book to a room full of fans
It was just as she sat her law finals in 1991 that Alex Salmond asked Nicola Sturgeon to stand in the 1992 general election...
St James Quarter Sessions – pop up vinyl lounge opens at the weekend
This month, St James Quarter is turning up the volume for music fans with the launch of its first-ever pop-up Vinyl Lounge during the...
Five things you need to know today
Nicola Sturgeon
Today's Front List at the Book Festival includes a well trailed event at the McEwan Hall at which Nicola Sturgeon will appear to...
Popcorn Writing Awards 2025 highlighting the best new writing
Popcorn Group, a film, television and theatre production company founded by filmmaker Charlotte Colbert, has once again joined forces with ten renowned Edinburgh theatre...
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