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TravelMeet Me Halfway: Edinburgh Climate Festival
By 2030, Edinburgh plans to have a net-zero carbon footprint. One way to help the city achieve this is by choosing to meet friends by foot, wheel or bike. Viktoriia Telfer and Ana Alexander did just that on a recent trip to the Edinburgh Climate Festival Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
TravelMeet Me Halfway: Pedal Power to Portobello
Meet Me Halfway aims to encourage people across Edinburgh to choose more active and greener travel options this summer. Laura and Tom, the couple behind TravelTwo, took up the challenge by biking to Portobello – via a cheeky ice cream pit stop in Leith Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
Food And DrinkThe Palmerston, Edinburgh
The Palmerston showcases great Scottish ingredients, but it's the bakery that steals a lot of the limelight Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
Food And DrinkDundee venues round-up: September 2021
Coffee shops, restaurants, and paninotecas are just some of the newest and coolest businesses to have emerged in Dundee in the last few months Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
TravelMeet Me Halfway: Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh has good public transport, but it’s also a small city and easy to travel by foot, wheel or cycle. As the Scottish capital opens up, Sultana Malik is one of many residents who has been taking the opportunity to reexplore her hometown on foot Read more »| 01 Sep 2021 -
TravelMeet Me Halfway: Edinburgh Parklife
With Meet Me Halfway, the City of Edinburgh Council is encouraging you to think greener and meet friends halfway, preferably by foot, wheel or cycle if you can. With live events now possible, maybe a local gig is the ideal place to meet a friend halfway? Read more »| 01 Sep 2021
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IntersectionsWhat The Sims taught me about living
With the arrival of a new expansion pack, Cottage Living, one writer contemplates what The Sims has taught them about idealising work, productivity and success Read more »| 30 Aug 2021 -
StudentsHow to Budget When You Lack Self-Control
Students! Looking after your money isn't the most natural thing in the world, but you can set yourself up for a year of financial stability with these tips, learnt the hard way Read more »| 30 Aug 2021 -
Food And DrinkSilk Road Deli, Glasgow
The Shawlands sandwich spot brings together maximalist flavour combos from across Asia and Africa Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
IntersectionsLove Bites: On Coffee Shop Tables
This month's columnist explores the role of coffee shop tables in their professional, creative and personal life Read more »| 19 Aug 2021 -
TravelGreat Exhibitions: Edinburgh Art Gallery Guide
Edinburgh is well served with art galleries year-round, and particularly in August when Edinburgh Art Festival arrives with a programme of exhibitions and commissions Read more »| 11 Aug 2021 -
Food And DrinkEdinburgh venues round-up: August 2021
As the festival buzz descends upon Scotland's capital, we round up the best food spots, art galleries, and wine shops to have opened over the past few weeks Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
IntersectionsA fairer Edinburgh Fringe is still possible
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe returns to in-person venues for the first time in two years, we assess the festival's past problems, whether anything has changed, and what a fairer Fringe could look like in the future Read more »| 31 Jul 2021 -
Food And DrinkKing of Feasts @ Polwarth Tavern, Edinburgh
The new residency from King of Feasts brings outlandish levels of flavour to a neighbourhood pub in Polwarth Read more »| 29 Jul 2021 -
IntersectionsPersian Pickles, Welsh Pears: A History of the Paisley Pattern
From rock stars to emperors, the iconic paisley pattern has a long history. We go on a road trip from Scotland to Babylonia to explore how paisley's meaning has changed throughout the centuries Read more »| 08 Jul 2021