It was Celia Llácer, the RSNO's Assistant Conductor and just one week in to the job, who gave us the pre-concert talk.

He survived the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and went on to become the longest-reigning monarch in Scotland's history.

With three weeks to go til Edinburgh's Christmas festivities kick off, organisers have announced a series of free events at ...

After taking a break in 2024, the volunteer-led Bonfire Night event returns to Haddington in 2025. Edinburgh's huge torchlight procession doesn't take place until the second last night of the year, ...

Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie may be rooted in the anxieties and shadows of Depression-era 1930s America, but ...

The Beltane Fire Society is best known for the Beltane Fire Festival in April, but it also hosts a Winter Festival - Samhuinn, which has at times been bigger than its Celtic celebration at the start ...

The Torchlight Procession - returning in 2025 - is the opening event in the annual Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations with thousands of torchbearers creating a "river of fire" from The Meadows through ...

Other countries go crazy at Halloween. In Britain, not just Edinburgh, Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night, is marked with fiery celebrations across the land. The celebration may share roots ...

Jo Freer(Maggie), Vanessa Johnson(Adie), Anne Lacey(Careworker), Louise Ludgate(Marty), Heather Nimmo(2nd journalist), Julie Wilson Nimmo(Agnes), Myra McFadyen(Penny ...

Wet Leg will be getting revellers off their chaise longues and partying under Edinburgh castle into 2026 this Hogmanay. The drole indie rockers from the Isle of Wight will be joined by Edinburgh local ...

Diwali is a five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world. In Edinburgh, Diwali is celebrated with a free festival that starts with a ...

Edinburgh Diwali hosts its annual celebration of the festival of lights tomorrow (Sunday 3rd November), one of several fireworks events taking place the weekend before Bonfire Night. This year will be ...