Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Scots restaurant launches new audio menu for the blind
A Scots restaurant has launched an audio menu for blind and partially sighted customers in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The Huxley, in Edinburgh, is working with the Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland (RNIB) is one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities, which offers support ranging from practical…
Read MoreBringing more tourists to the Forth Valley
A new collaborative campaign will promote the Forth Valley as an accessible visitor destination for the first time with the support of VisitScotland. Forth Valley Accessibility Tourism Promotion, which brings together four geographic areas across Scotland to target the Accessible Tourism market, has received a £19,800 VisitScotland Growth Fund award. The Growth Fund, delivered by…
Read MoreDance party brings Brazilian beats to the streets
Scottish Dance Theatre brings a Brazilian street festival inspired show, Looping: Scotland Overdub, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. Collaborating with a range of leading artists in dance, music and performance, SDT brings an afropunk street-festival inspired ceilidh culture experience to Scotland. Scottish artists re-imagined the Brazilian hit show Looping: Bahia Overdub with a…
Read More10 of the funniest Scots who make us laugh
When it comes to having a laugh, Scotland punches way above its weight in the humour stakes. Our comics are loved not only at home, and in the rest of the UK, but all over the world. We present 10 of the funniest Scots and their best gags. 1. Billy Connolly (1942 – present) ‘Never…
Read MoreYardhead whisky looks to the past – and the future
John Crabbie & Co has released a very special single malt whisky aimed at a different market. Described by managing director David Brown, as the company’s most significant release to date, Crabbie’s Yardhead is aimed squarely at the growing sector of young spirits drinkers who want to do more with whisky than just sip it.…
Read MoreRuby Wax returns to the Fringe with new show
The much-loved comedian, author and campaigner Ruby Wax is bringing her new hit show How To Be Human to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Running from 18-24 August, this show is the follow-up to Ruby’s sell out shows Sane New World and Frazzled and incorporates what she discovered whilst writing her latest book, How to Be Human:…
Read MoreEdinburgh’s 16th art festival is now underway
The 16th edition of Edinburgh Art Festival is officially underway, running until 25 August. The major platform for the visual arts as part of Edinburgh’s world-famous summer festival season, Edinburgh Art Festival 2019 features the work of over 300 artists from Scotland and across the world, presenting over 50 exhibitions and more than 140 events…
Read MoreWould you really ask others what they think of you?
Was Rabbie Burns right – Would we avoid more of life’s pratfalls if we had the power ‘to see ourselves as others see us’? Susie K Taylor put the bard’s theory to the test and turned the results into a play. She asked family, in laws, friends, frenemies and even an ex lover to write…
Read MoreBakery and brewery team up for a vegan combo
An Edinburgh bakery has teamed up with a brewery to released a one off AlcoHOLE Free Brooklyn-style bagel and alcohol free vegan beer. Bross Bagels in Edinburgh and Brooklyn Brewery’s double act are available from today, Thursday, until Sunday at the Leith Bross Bagels shop only. The AlcoHOLE Free gives Bross Bagels lovers a chance…
Read MoreSearching for declining butterflies on the bog
A wildlife charity is calling on nature enthusiasts in Edinburgh to help search for a once common butterfly, which has suffered a 68% decline across Scotland in the last 10 years. Butterfly Conservation Scotland is extremely concerned about the Small Tortoiseshell and needs people to help look for the butterfly on Sunday 28 July at…
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