Edinburgh Gin plans to create new city centre distillery

Multi-award-winning spirits brand Edinburgh Gin has today announced its plans to invest in a new multi-million-pound distillery in Edinburgh city centre. The development includes acquisition of large-scale premises on East Market Street, in the heart of the city’s historic Old Town. The new distillery will invite visitors to embark on a journey through the history…

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Copper stills gently reawakened after 35 years of rest

Copper stills in a Scotch whisky distillery which have been slumbering since 1983 have been wakened. The beautiful copper pot stills of the Brora distillery, which have lain at rest since the distillery closed its doors in 1983, are now at the first stage of a journey that will see them once again making the…

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Chocolat author to give free talk at Scottish school

The writer of a best seller which was turned into an international hit film is to visit a Scottish school. Bestselling Chocolat author Joanne Harris, with Scottish Book Trust, the national charity changing lives through reading and writing, will visit McLaren High School in Stirlingshire next Monday, 19 November, from 4.30–6pm. Book Week Scotland is…

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Crime novelist set to launch Granite Noir festival

Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir is all set to launch its third festival programme at a special event this weekend. Local crime novelist Stuart MacBride will join the team behind Granite Noir to share the secrets of the festival’s 2019 programme and mark its official launch. Granite Noir 2019 will take place from Friday…

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The magic of Motown is coming to Edinburgh

There’s just over a week until West End hit Motown the Musical makes its Scottish premiere at the Edinburgh Playhouse. The sensational hit show is currently on a major UK and Ireland tour which opened at the Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre on 11 October. It comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tuesday 20 November to Saturday…

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Five-star Fringe hit with ex-politician and opera singer

A British-American opera singer and an award-winning Edinburgh-based former politician will perform a festive adaptation of a five-star Fringe hit show in the capital next month. Andrea Baker, the internationally-renowned mezzo soprano, and former SNP councillor Richard Lewis will present a tinsel-tinged edition of Sing Sistah Sing! The Christmas Celebration, a celebration of Christmas and…

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Christmas is coming with a Nativity to behold

Christmas is coming – trees and decorations are going up in shops, movies are appearing on TV, and right now, there’s a nativity being performed in Glasgow. But this isn’t just any nativity, as it’s Nativity! – The Musical, currently being performed at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. Based on the hit film of the…

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Acclaimed ballerina to debut The Mother in Scotland

A thrilling dance adaptation based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Story of the Mother is to debut in Edinburgh. Starring internationally acclaimed principle ballerina, Natalia Osipova, this enchanting production, The Mother, has a strictly limited run of only two performances. As a young single mother sets out to save her child, she must face impossible…

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Missing bank robbery comedy would be criminal

If you’re anything like me, when you visit London, you always keep an eye out for posters for the latest theatre shows. One that caught my eye in recent times was The Comedy About A Bank Robbery – after all, you’d expect it to have a title like Smash and Grab, rather than describing exactly…

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Artists and designers create ‘alternative’ souvenirs

Five artists have been invited to reimagine Scottish souvenirs as special commissions. Collective Matter x Panel is a collaborative project from Collective and design curators Panel. Working together they want to re-imagine how cultural organisations can work collaboratively with artists in a retail context. Established in 1984, Collective has long supported new work by artists…

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