Edinburgh, UNESCO Inaugural City of Literature

The BBC reports that Edinburgh is to be named the world's first City of Literature by the United Nations' cultural body UNESCO. The preamble to the constitution [PDF] of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation states "since wars...

The Weston Link

The underground link building joining the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy is to be named the Weston Link and will be opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on Wednesday 4th August. The £30m five year...

Edinburgh Festivals provide film backdrop

The Edinburgh Festivals provide the backdrop for a film going into production during this year's festival. Titled "Festival" the movie by Annie Griffin (who wrote Channel 4's The Book Group) is being backed by Channel 4, Pathe and Scottish Screen.The...

PLA to appear in Edinburgh Tattoo

The Chinese People's Liberation Army is to appear at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, a fact which appears to cause consternation to some human rights activists. Campaigners against the group’s presence had called for the band to be booted out of...

Joined up working

Fearful of being usurped as The Festival City by other envious UK cities, the four main Edinburgh Festivals have begun to look at ways of working together.The directors of the four main festivals – Book, Film, International and Fringe –...

Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The sensation that is the Edinburgh Military Tattoo has apparently sold out in record time - all 210,000 tickets are now gone 5 weeks earlier than the previous record. The Edinburgh Military Tatoo runs from the 6th to the 28th...