Culture

'The Cockburn has a reputation for saying no, but honestly it's not deserved'

Conservation charity's new director on a bad rap, supporting ambition, and the problem with Waverley Station

Jan 6 • Ilona Amos

‘It’s quite a mad idea’: The man who built his own orchestra

How Luis Schmidt created Edinburgh’s first resident professional philharmonic orchestra in nearly 90 years

Jan 3 • Edinburgh Inquirer

How one generous bike mechanic helped change thousands of lives

The transformational work of Bikes for Refugees in Scotland

Jan 1 • Sarah McArthur

Giving voice to the forgotten women of Scotland's dark history

How new wave of historical fiction has lessons for us all today

Dec 30, 2025

Meet the superstars of the Edinburgh tattoo world

The body ink artists whose skills can command day rates as high as a £180k salary

Dec 20, 2025 • Cat Thomson writes

The night runners of the Pentlands

"It feels like the closest thing I do as an adult to 'play'"

Dec 9, 2025 • Edinburgh Inquirer

Meet the Spiders for Ukraine

The Edinburgh artists using their creative skills to save lives on the frontline

Dec 6, 2025 • Jolene Campbell

Your ultimate guide to an independent Edinburgh Christmas

From some of the best makers' markets to top entertainment for panto-haters

Nov 29, 2025 • Edinburgh Inquirer

Colonel Anne: The forgotten Jacobite heroine lying in an unmarked grave in Leith

Edinburgh is about to honour Elsie Inglis with a statue - but what about the remarkable women still forgotten?

Nov 22, 2025

‘We’re not vanilla’: Starting a new creative life after 50

The exhibition aiming to smash perceptions about age and artistry

Nov 15, 2025 • Sarah McArthur

The German volunteers uncovering the poignant story of Edinburgh’s last war dead

Exhibition charts extraordinary search for city soldiers killed in the final days of WW2

Nov 11, 2025 • David Forsyth

What went so right on Bonfire Night?

How months of work culminated in one of the city's quietest 5 Novembers in years

Nov 8, 2025 • Sarah McArthur

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