Literary Lunches We are thrilled to announce our new series of Literary Lunches coming in 2021. Join us and three well known authors for fine food, wine & books. In Ian Rankin’s own words ‘What’s not to love?’ Our first lunch will take place on Thursday 18th March 2021 with a Scottish crime theme, featuring […]
Edinburgh- The best Festival Destination Edinburgh is the world’s leading festival city, full of culture, traditions and entertainment making it clear why there is 4.5 million attendees coming from across the world to visit our great city. Scotland’s capital offers something for everyone, whether you are looking for traditional Scottish cuisine to castle tours, or […]
If you’ve organised a city break or short holiday to Edinburgh, chances are you’re not planning to spend your days basking in the sun. Whilst Edinburgh does get plenty of sun throughout the year, it also gets plenty of rain and there is no reason to let this ruin or negatively affect your break at […]
Every year millions of people visit Edinburgh to take in its galleries and museums. Each season brings new and exciting exhibitions and we’re looking more closely at the next few months and some of the newest exhibitions you can enjoy in the city. Monkey Business at the National Museum of Scotland From 9th December until […]
With the start of the university term fast approaching we are sure you will be apprehensive as you get ready to pack your offspring up and send them off for their next big adventure. To ensure you avoid the tears and tantrums (yours not theirs) read our top tips below. Get organised – Remember when […]
Irvine Welsh has been described as “Poet Laureate of the chemical generation” and his fiction has been lapped up ever since his debut Trainspotting was released. He was born in 1961 in the Leith area of Edinburgh and moved with his family to Muirhouse when he was just four. He worked as a TV repairman […]
Top Five Essentials for your Wedding To-Do List Planning a wedding is a huge commitment and it does come with a degree of stress and plenty of things you need to do. When getting organised and especially in the early days it is important to have some things sorted out and properly organised and this […]
Sir Walter Scott was an Edinburgh writer, who rose to fame as a poet and soon after a novelist and writer in general. He is most renowned as the founder of the historical novel genre featuring chivalry, romance and acts of gallantry. Scott’s influence on Edinburgh’s culture is epitomised by the opening of Edinburgh’s central […]
Alexander McCall Smith is one of Edinburgh’s greatest living writers and he has a fantastically vibrant and interesting background, much of which is present in his huge canon of work. He is most famous for the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and also the Scotland Street […]
Or the Churches of Edinburgh, depending on how you look at these things. With such a long and rich history, Edinburgh has many sights and sounds to engage with and this includes a large number of churches, displaying real feats of architectural design as well as graveyards which are the final resting place of many […]
There be many contenders on the list for your Valentine’s Day romantic getaway this year but we reckon Edinburgh should be right up there with the rest. There are plenty of wonderful sights to see and more than that, plenty of opportunities for an intimate moment and some seriously special time with your significant other. […]