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Beyond the Fringe: Special Edition Edinburgh Comedy Tour
Phew! The streets of Edinburgh are emptying fast but the party (do we mean hangover?) is not quite over. There’s another week of the official Festival to go so to celebrate the fact that we’ve all survived yet another bigger-and-better Fringe we’d like to invite you all to join us on our Special Edition Edinburgh Comedy Tour. […]
Dressed to kill: Hard Rock Couture
Michael Jackson’s jacket came out of Hard Rock Café vaults in London specially for the occasion. Preparing the iconic red garment for exhibition, Kim wanted to give it a hug, but she didn’t. […]
Our DIY guide to a meandering mooch round Glasgow
An interesting question in the post from two adventurous Belgian visitors who have just downloaded Glasgow Music Tour in preparation for a visit to the city in July. […]
Scratch the surface of the city
Every street has stories to tell and we didn’t have to go far down Manderston Street to find one. […]
Pride of place: street art in Leith
We’re on the trail of a bold new street art project in Leith – a graffiti grand design – far from city centre art galleries. It’s tucked away down a side street so you have to seek it out which adds to the adventure. […]
Less busking in the City of Music? Ukele if U want to!
Should Glasgow ‘crackdown’ on buskers for the Commonwealth Games next year? We asked the question on our Facebook page yesterday and got some lively responses. […]
Hats off to Fergus and Meg
It's an amazing show: dance, music, art, dresses - and quite a few hats! And through it all, the long, long love story of Fergus and Meg. Timeless style Introducing Fergus and [...]
The CatStrand – Cultural hub of the Glenkens
“The venue brings events and activities that are rare to this area. I was really shocked not to have heard of it before”. Gemma Brown shares some newly discovered home truths. […]
Please don’t bring The House down
“People come to Edinburgh because it’s ‘nice’, not because it’s exciting. But I think the city is tantalisingly close to solving this problem.” That was Rupert Thomson programme director of Summerhall talking to The List about Edinburgh’s chronic shortage of live music venues last year. […]
Glasgow Music Tour leads the way
We did it. Glasgow Music Tour is the first UK tour to go live on a new international platform for audio tours. So we’re up there with Paris, San Francisco, New York …Barras meet the Bohemian Slums of Montmartre! […]
Lets all go Doune the Rabbit Hole
Summer seems a long way off but as snow falls Gemma Brown thinks warming thoughts of a creative event which has a very simple aim: “Making Scotland Happier”. Let’s all go Doune the Rabbit Hole. […]
Murder mystery and high tea on the great Cinema City Treasure Hunt
We had some last minute panic. What if it snowed? What if no-one turned up? How would we stop people filling in all the answers in a bar without setting foot on the streets? And where would we find a poison bottle? […]