We’re blissfully drama-free so far when it comes to the Edinburgh Festival. The usual problems that face the Scottish capital during August will persist (accommodation that costs the same as a ...

Amy Liptrot is ten days deep into quitting smoking when we speak over Zoom. Her smoking cessation method? She left her tobacco on the mainland and she’s currently on Papa Westray (Papay to the ...

Last week we traversed dense rainforests of Edinburgh Festival news, clambering over thickets of announcements, machete-smashing our way through A-list acts and climbing vines over new venues (Is ...

The Mersey Beatles have been rocking sold-out shows around the globe since 1999 with their truly authentic and widely acclaimed celebration of John, Paul, George and Ringo. The band – who ...

UPDATE: The ticket on-sale time and date has moved to 10am on Friday 23 May. Tickets for the presale will begin at 10am on Wednesday 21 May. At time of writing, no reason was given for the change ...

This ravishing room has gorgeous views of Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street that vie with Dean Banks’ carefully plated, technically precise food. Stunning frescoes and ceilings make the whole ...

Fringe By The Sea, the ten-day multi-arts festival taking place in North Berwick this August, has added a brand-new film strand to its programme. Titled Wavelength, it’ll celebrate the sounds ...

Near the end of Michael Pedersen’s Boy Friends, a 2022 ‘memoir of joy, grief and male friendship’, he details first encountering the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. The Portobello poet had ...

The literary market is currently in the grip of a fantasy-romance craze. Love, with a liberal dollop of magic, is all the rage. In the midst of this hype, Francesca Simon’s Salka refuses to ...

Continuing the good work of Telly Savalas (who famously made an iconic 1981 promo video for Birmingham, despite never actually setting foot in the place), comedian Joe Lycett’s latest mission is ...

Where do cocktail competitions happen? The dream answer is in some smoke- (or at least dry ice-) filled room somewhere. But creativity and innovation more often starts behind your local bar, and ...

And so we embark again on the road to Edinburgh Festival season, although it’s probably felt like we’ve been on that road for a while now. This year, many of the major venues rolled out their ...