As a true rock’n’roll survivor, Iggy Pop has defied the very laws of nature night after night from the 60s to the present day. I’ve seen him sacrifice himself onstage countless times over ...

The world's biggest arts festival gets underway in less than two months, and today marks the launch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 programme. This year’s event is set to be one of the ...

Last week we traversed dense rainforests of Edinburgh Festival news, clambering over thickets of announcements, machete-smashing our way through A-list acts and climbing vines over new venues (Is ...

With just four weeks until launch, Hidden Door has announced its festival timings plus a new tranche of acts. Set in the 15.5-acre Paper Factory site located in Edinburgh’s Maybury Quarter, the ...

The Mersey Beatles have been rocking sold-out shows around the globe since 1999 with their truly authentic and widely acclaimed celebration of John, Paul, George and Ringo. The band – who ...

UPDATE: The ticket on-sale time and date has moved to 10am on Friday 23 May. Tickets for the presale will begin at 10am on Wednesday 21 May. At time of writing, no reason was given for the change ...

This ravishing room has gorgeous views of Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street that vie with Dean Banks’ carefully plated, technically precise food. Stunning frescoes and ceilings make the whole ...

After something a bit more low key? Here’s our list of quirky music festivals that might even save you a penny or two There’s nothing quite like watching one of your favourite acts performing ...

Fringe By The Sea, the ten-day multi-arts festival taking place in North Berwick this August, has added a brand-new film strand to its programme. Titled Wavelength, it’ll celebrate the sounds ...

No, ‘Breaking Thru The Interstellar’ is not another Katy Perry roasting (although give the internet enough time and it could be). Instead, it’s the majestic opening track on Andy Bell’s ...

Near the end of Michael Pedersen’s Boy Friends, a 2022 ‘memoir of joy, grief and male friendship’, he details first encountering the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. The Portobello poet had ...

The literary market is currently in the grip of a fantasy-romance craze. Love, with a liberal dollop of magic, is all the rage. In the midst of this hype, Francesca Simon’s Salka refuses to ...