Kemi Badenoch visits Edinburgh
During a visit to the Johnnie Walker Experience in Edinburgh, Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, slam the SNP’s Budget for pushing taxes on hard working Scots to levels higher than those faced by equivalent workers in England.
Modern Miniatures
The latest exhibition from the Royal Scottish Academy is Modern Miniatures which examines the discipline of working oin a restricted scale, with all artworks on view limited by only size. The exhibition runs at The Academicians' Gallery from 17 January to 8 March
Russell Findlay New Year Speech
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay uses a New Year speech in Edinburgh to state that cost-of-living pressures remain the number one concern of people across Scotland and will be the defining issue of the Holyrood election in May
Nature Turns
This Winter, the Royal Scottish Academy presents Nature Turns in the RSA Lower Galleries. Bringing together works in painting, print, drawing, photography and sculpture, the exhibition explores calm and solace in the natural world through winter scenes and subjects
The Thread That Pulls
Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) unveils Scotland’s biggest showcase of visual art and contemporary craft, featuring more than 420 works. The Thread That Pulls, in the Ground Floor Galleries of the RSA building on The Mound, Edinburgh from 6 December, will include work by more than 340 artists across all art disciplines, from painting, sculpture and photography to textiles, ceramics and furniture-making
Our Shared World Exhibition
Our Shared World is a new selling exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers which opens 28 November 2025 and runs until 15 March 2026. Our Shared World features 125 artworks by 124 artists which are members of Edinburgh Printmakers
Russell Findlay visits Edinburgh College
The Scottish Conservatives outline their plans to tackle Scotland’s skills gap by increasing the number of apprenticeships – and ensuring they better meet employers’ needs. On a visit to Edinburgh College, leader Russell Findlay and shadow education secretary Miles Briggs call for a ‘demand-led’ system, so that enough young people are emerging from colleges with the specific skills employers require to grow their businesses and Scotland’s economy.
A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past
A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past, a solo exhibition by acclaimed Glasgow-based artist Toby Paterson RSA, opening in the Academicians’ Gallery in Edinburgh from 24 October until 23 November. Spanning more than two decades of practice, the exhibition brings together a diverse group of works from a range of projects, including some previously unseen in the UK. With a particular focus on Paterson’s painting, the exhibition also includes a selection of reliefs, studies and prints, alongside a new wall painting created specifically for the Academicians’ Gallery
Ed Davey at Edinburgh College
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey visits Edinburgh College Renewables Centre, located in his party’s key target seat of Edinburgh Northern, where he sets out his plans to halve energy bills. He is joined by Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Christine Jardine MP and Edinburgh Northern candidate Sanne Dijkstra-Downie.
Edinburgh Community Fund Kitchen Hub Launch
Celebrity chef, Tony Singh, opens a new "Kitchen Hub" run by the social enterprise and charity, Edinburgh Community Fund. The new ECF kitchen will host cooking sessions, “chat & chilli” meet-ups and kitchen-table conversations, creating a homely space where families can build skills, confidence and connections.
Cinnamon Bun Day
Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh join with the Scandinavian bakery, Soderberg, for Cinnamon Bun Day, celebrating Swedish craft in Scotland alongside their IKEA: Magical Pattern exhibition
Edinburgh International Book Festival - The People Speak
Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings, Captain Fantastic), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire) take part in a panel at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is one of our greatest living writers, creating modern classics including Atonement, Enduring Love, On Chesil Beach, Amsterdam, The Children Act, and Saturday. Ahead of the highly anticipated publication of his new novel, What We Can Know, McEwan reflects on a truly remarkable career which has produced so many works which are at once timeless and yet always remain in close conversation with current affairs
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Sam Heughan
Sam Heughan launches his new book, The Cocktail Diaries where he shares his favourite cocktails, the stories behind them, and the memories they made.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Naga Munchetty
In It’s Probably Nothing, Naga Munchetty explores the difficulties women still face in getting diagnosed and treated, and provides actionable lessons to help women advocate for themselves in medical settings.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Asako Yuzuki
Asako Yuzuki has written over 20 novels in her native Japanese. She talks to us about her novel’s themes of sexism, fatphobia, the pleasures of consumption, and the unfairness of beauty standards, as well as her mission to elevate the status of Japan’s women through powerful storytelling.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Mercedez Millionaire
Mercedez Millionaire is a Chicago-born producer, writer, and host of the DIVA TV Magazine and DIVA Radio shows
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Adam Kay & Henry Paker
Adam Kay and Henry Paker discuss their first ever fiction book, Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Dr Punam Krishan
Dr Punam Krishan, author and resident GP on BBC Morning Live uses lessons from her latest book, The Superhero’s First Aid Manual, to teach how to stay calm and help in a crisis.
Edinburgh International Book Festival - Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh's sequel to Trainspotting, Men In Love sees the original characters getting their kicks elsewhere from the the anarchic, decadent peak of late 80s/early 90s rave culture