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Apprentices at work on the City Observatory
Apprentices from St Mary's Cathedral Workshop have been working to restore the masonry on the roof of Edinburgh's City Observatory on Calton Hill. Designed...
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2017 begins today
Jazz was born in New Orleans in 1917 and now 100 years later in 2017, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival will celebrate the jazz...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Tamar Broadbent : Get Ugly
Did you know that when you go through a break-up you become 25% uglier? Newly single and living in a trendy part of town,...
Where is our City Region Deal now?
Will we have a City Region Deal by this time next week? The Council Leader Adam McVey is certainly hopeful of a heads of...
At the National Museum of Scotland – Age of Oil
At the National Museum of Scotland from 21 July 2017 a new art display will feature the work of visual artist Sue Jane Taylor...
Charities and community groups – Apply now for the Dream Fund!
The People's Postcode Lottery has loads of money to give away to charities and community groups in Scotland.
If you are such a body then...
Can you help police find Arnold Mouat? Now missing for one week
Arnold Mouat, a 64 year-old man from Bo'ness in West Lothian, has now been missing for a week and Police Scotland are still keen...
Tourism boss makes pledge as Scotland remains must-visit destination
VisitScotland Chief Executive, Malcolm Roughead, claims Scotland continues to be a must-visit destination in the global tourism market.
He was responding to the release of...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Lesley Macinnes
Councillor Lesley Macinnes, Convener of Transport and Environment for the City of Edinburgh Council writes for us on the need for traffic to slow...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Fix
Internationally acclaimed, Fringe First winning Worklight Theatre, present a brand new ensemble show that examines the causes and effects of various addictions in society - from...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 : Smoking With Grandma
A Play about Refugee, Humanity and Hope from Hong Kong and Adelaide Fringe 2017
"I didn’t remember it was June or July, but it was...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Curse of the Mummy
From the creators of smash hits, Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom and Frankenstein: UnBolted, comes a tale from the darkest depths of Ancient Egypt. ...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – BRUCE
In 2015, a floating block of yellow foam took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm, and now BRUCE is back! The creators of award-winning international smash hits...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Where Is Home?
Home is where the heart is - but in these trouble times for the diaspora of the desperate, migration and destination are viewed through...
Edinburgh MP raises question over the EU and protected food
Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has raised the matter of the protected status for foods such as the Arbroath Smokie and...
MSP presented with Youth Advocacy Award
Daniel Johnson was presented with the Youth Advocacy Award, which recognises MSPs who are raising issues relating to young people in the Parliament or...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Quest to Preserve Folktales of the Kurds
“There is one world, but a thousand doorways” – Diane Edgecomb brings the dramatic true account of her travels among the Kurds of Turkey to the...
Happy World Fringe Day!
World Fringe Day Celebrations Sweep Through Edinburgh and Around the World
Celebrations are taking place all over the world today to mark the first ever...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck
This August, children will be enthralled by The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck, performed by award-winning soprano and actress Michelle Todd and...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – FRANKIE VAH
New politically charged show from 2015 Fringe First/Stage Award winner
We all want something to believe in. It's 1987 and Frankie Vah gorges on love, radical politics,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Circa : Humans
After taking Sydney Festival by storm earlier this year, the world-renowned Circa (Beyond, Wunderkammer, Closer) return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a striking new show...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Eleanor Conway’s Walk of Shame
Eleanor Conway debut stand up show ‘Walk of Shame’, enjoyed sell-out audiences and immense critical success on the free fringe last year, since then she’s been...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis
Sara Juli’s Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis is about motherhood - its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience. Using humour, movement, sounds, songs,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Edinburgh Comedy Gala for Waverley Care
Off The Kerb Productions are bringing back the legendary Edinburgh Comedy Gala in aid of Waverley Care for its 10th anniversary celebration this August!
You are...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Tumble Tuck
Tumble Tuck, written by Sarah Milton and presented by BackHere! Theatre, tells the story of a young woman struggling to accept herself and realise her...
Help the council care for the city’s parks
If you go down to the park today the council would like you to take care against causing fires there.
The Parks and Greenspace team...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Trashed
Nineteen years working the bins and Goody's about to crack. Trashed is a grimy, booze-fuelled sucker punch of a play, bound to make you laugh...
Anglers can help important salmon research
Hundreds of Atlantic salmon will be tagged and released back into the water as part of a new study aimed at increasing the understanding...
Oskar’s Amazing Adventure
Fun-loving Oskar has to run down a mountain to find a friendly animal to play with. But where are the animals? And why does he...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Gutted
Liz Richardson has an embarrassing problem and these yogurts aren’t helping! Here, she shares her real life experiences of living as a twenty-something with a chronic...
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