Local readers will be all too aware that Edinburgh is being comprehensively dug up just now. Roads are closed, buses diverted, chaos rules, and it's pretty much true - as in the famous Irish saying - that no matter where you want to go, 'you can't get there f...

Our Man with beer in hand and singing the Scottish and Italian anthems This afternoon, the Scotslady and I made our way to Murrayfield Stadium to see Scotland take on Italy in the Six Nations. This was an important game for both sides. The winners would give themselves a chance of building upon the ...

The Edinburgh Fringe festival's first chief executive was named today and warned that the recession has raised serious concerns about funding, despite a recent £250,000 emergency loan from the city's council and other funders. Kath Mainland, currently the administrative director of the Edinburgh in...

I had a great time yesterday at the Edinburgh Twestival, an opportunity to meet other local users of Twitter while at the same time raising money for charity: water. A comment I heard a lot from other people was that the event wasn’t quite what they expected. It certainly wasn’t a total ...

A damning report into the chaotic failure of the Edinburgh Fringe festival box office last year has accused its board and senior staff of seriously mishandling the introduction of a major new ticketing system. The independent investigation began after the £385,000 computerised system collapsed on i...

Having been up Calton Hill today, with the sun in the sky, and the time just right, I thought I could see what would be a fantastic picture of Nelson’s Monument and the mast on which sits the Edinburgh Time Ball....

The Mound junction in Edinburgh will close from Saturday for tram works....

Farmhouse Breakfast Week, from 25 - 31 January, 2009, is an annual celebration of the most important meal of the day. Here we pick 10 venues where breakfast is very much a pleasure to be savoured, and you can tell us about your favourite breakfast spots on our Word of Mouth blog. 1. Harbour Master H...

A former headmaster who admitted possessing child pornography is ordered to perform 150 hours of community service....

             Always delighted to try to help visitors to Edinburgh to find things worth seeing, I'm putting a few suggestions in this post especially for Ros who will be in the city soon, but also for anyone else planning a trip to thes...