Culture

From Midtown to the New Town: Why a top Broadway producer swapped New York for Edinburgh

Will Quinn meets Sally Cade Holmes, the Tony Award-wining producer of Hadestown and Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Feb 21 • Edinburgh Inquirer

How Arthur's Seat got its name: Exploring prehistoric Edinburgh

A guide to the overlooked landmarks and forgotten stories of the ancient city

Feb 14

At-risk 'heritage icons' overlooked in city's £100m Visitor Levy plans

Last-minute plea to save Tron Kirk, Leith Custom House and Portobello pottery kilns

Feb 12 • Edinburgh Inquirer

He delivered 'the greatest ever Hamlet', then eight weeks later died

How Edinburgh actor Ian Charleson triumphed on stage and helped change public attitudes to HIV

Jan 31 • David Forsyth

Not just for Burns Night: The surprising power of reading poetry aloud

Reciting verse is transforming lives young and old in the Capital

Jan 24 • Jo Spencely

The RSA at 200: Redefining Edinburgh's original art house for the 21st century

Plus your cultural highlights for the week ahead

Jan 15 • Edinburgh Inquirer

From Queen Vic to Dept Q: The pub run by one family for 166 years

How Staggs continues to thrive as "brutal" trading conditions force other bars to close

Jan 10 • Cat Thomson writes

'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

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