Books | Review
Caroline Bottger: It must be annoying for Scottish crime writers to be constantly compared to Ian Rankin. Similarly, Ian Rankin must find it quite annoying to be compar...
Theatre | Feature
Susannah Radford: There’s been a theatre on the Nicolson Street site since 1830, meaning that Southsiders have been served their dose of culture, or popular enter...
Clubs | Feature
Chris Duncan: Fresh back from his hilarious mental breakdown on Twitter, Calvin Harris performs deck duties on 1 November at Snafu in Aberdeen. His latest album spl...
Music | Feature
Amy Birchard: It's a brutal thing to state, but it could be argued that on the upside the recession really has done us all a favour by cutting the wheat from the ch...
Music | Preview
Ally Brown: Bat For Lashes' wonderful second album Two Suns featured collaborations with Yeasayer and Scott Walker, and now Natasha Khan has persuaded one of thes...
Theatre | Review
Oliver Farrimond: This stage adaption of Muriel Spark's novel brings the Edinburgh writer's focus away from the capital's cobbled streets and sandstone facades. Set in ...
Records | Album Review
Ally Brown: Broken Records have had 18 months of building support from fans, bloggers and critics in the run-up to Until The Earth's release this month. A superb ...
Lifestyle | Heads Up | Preview
Stef McLaughlin: Te POOKa, the performing arts charity, will hold the April Fools Festival for the next two weeks (1 April – 14 April) at the Big Red Door in Edi...
Lifestyle | Fashion | Feature
Emma McDonald: Recently arrived to Edinburgh’s boutique shopping destination, Thistle Street, Kakao by K offers a box of Scandinavian delights to those looking...
Feature
Demian Hobby and Catie Guitart: Henry’s Cellar Bar 8 Morrison St One of the city’s few low-hire-cost venues, Henry’s attracts ‘rough around the edges’...
Film | Feature
Laura Smith: Change is scary. It’s so much easier to hang on to the ‘if it ain’t broke’ idioms, to play it safe. Obviously nobody told the ...