"Edinburgh" Blogs & Blog Posts

I recently took a whirlwind, thirty-six hour visit to Edinburgh to see my university friends Nic and Sarah who were visiting from South Africa. I flew up on the Tuesday morning from London City Airport and returned, thirty-six thousand steps later, o...

The Balmoral has hosted VIPs from Paul McCartney to J.K. Rowling. BI's writer joined the ranks of people who've flocked to the hotel.

St Mary's Music School, EdinburghSt Mary's Music School in Edinburgh is the only specialist music school in Scotland, and it is also the Choir School of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. The has launched two vocal programmes, the only ones of...

I've lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, since 2017 and seen the filming of "Avengers" and "Fast and Furious" movies and others. I'm getting sick of it.

Blair Coron - Photo by Skaiste KlaniuteBlair Coron is a musician and poet from Springfield, a small village in Fife, Scotland. His quiet and intimate music blends modern classical, storytelling and traditional melodies, with themes of nature, people,...

Tandava: Simon Thacker and Piah Dance CompanyScottish classical guitarist Simon Thacker has been on our radar ever since I reviewed his disc, Rakasha in 2013. Thacker's interests lie in the edge between Western classical music and Indian cl...

Ukraine Freedom Orchestra © 2022 Edinburgh International Festival is 75 and to celebrate it is giving out 35,0000 free tickets to four large-scale events, including circus and physical theatre, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Ukraine Freedom Or...