Tickets to this year’s Edinburgh International Festival went on sale on Saturday 24th March from the Hub at Castlehill. From today, the public can also purchase them from five new venues across the city. The Edinburgh Playhouse, Festival Theatre, The Queen’s Hall, Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Usher Hall have joined the list of venues [...]
GAME, Britain’s biggest video game retailer, has gone into administration today. The retailer counts around 1.300 stores distributed between the UK and mainland Europe, 5.100 employees in the UK and Ireland, of which 385 are employed at its headquarters in Basingstoke, Hampshire. In Edinburgh, Gamestation on Princes Street, the flagship store of the company, had already [...]
Hollywood director James Cameron has become the first person to solo dive to the deepest point in the ocean. The Marian Trench, which is located in the western pacific ocean close to Guam, is an astonishing 7 miles (11km) deep. In 1960 the first and last successful endeavor to reach the bottom of the Marian [...]
Staff and students at Jewel and Esk College have launched a new record label, Feast Records. Utilizing the college’s impressive array of recording equipment the label is aimed at promoting “new young musical talent in Scotland”. An event will be held to celebrate the new label on the 30th of March at Edinburgh’s Electric. The [...]
The final film in the British fantasy film franchise took the top prize at the Empire Film Awards 2012 in London last night. Along with Best Film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 scooped the award for Best Director, for David Yates. Accepting the award he commented, “It’s a real treat to get [...]
Tickets for the Edinburgh International Festival will go on sale tomorrow, 24 March 2012. The festival, which will run from the 9th of August to the 2nd of September, will showcase talents from 47 nations in performances of theatre, opera, dance and music. 4 million people will flock to Scotland’s capital city to watch 40, [...]
Monty Python’s Spamalot, a hit Broadway musical is opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse tonight. Written by Eric Idel and John du Prez, this production of the “rip-off” of Monty Python will run for six-days. The production stars former Doctor Who Star Bonnie Langford and this UK tour will run in Edinburgh for 6 days. In [...]
Vintage, a Random House division, will relaunch Ian Fleming’s back catalogue of James Bond stories. His estate has signed a 10-year book deal which will see the books in both print and e-book form. To date, the James Bond books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, with the first being released in 1953. [...]
New record: Truffles makes a daring leap Video: YouTube/ The Courier A Scots guinea pig has joined the ranks of many animal stars from across the world to break a record in the Guiness Book of World Records 2013. Truffles, from Rosyth, Fife, jumped 30cm (12in) smashing the previous record held by London rodent Diesel [...]
A Chinese television show which interviews prisoners awaiting the death penalty has been cancelled. The controversial program had run for 5 years and was a popular slot on Chinese Television, with viewer ratings in the millions. The cancellation comes after a deluge of recent criticism from foreign media, which condemned the show for being cruel [...]
Bob Dylan has started recording his new studio album. This will be his 35th full-length effort and it could be released before the end of the year. “It’s an amazing thing, how he keeps creativity,” Los Lobos singer David Hidalgo told the Aspen Times. He has recently finished recording with Dylan at Jackson Browne’s Los [...]
Brave: The trailer for Disney’s new animation film. Video: DisneyPixar / YouTube Brave, a new animated film from Disney/Pixar, is hoped to push Scottish tourist revenue past £1 billion this year, says VisitScotland. Due to be released in August, the film is set in the Scottish Highlands and features the vocal talents of Scottish actors [...]
Musicians and music fans gathered on a rainy Sunday to protest the cancelling of a Radio 1 show championing new Scottish music. Glasgow’s Pacific Quay played host to the protesters who illustrated their point with Scottish musicians playing their music to show the BBC what they would be missing. The campaign began back in October [...]
“Goodbye everybody – I’ve got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.” These are some of the lines from one of the most famous songs in music history and looking back they seem hauntingly accurate. The song, written by Freddie Mercury, reached number one for the second time in 1991, staying [...]
Hit West End show, We Will Rock You, comes to Edinburgh to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death. The Queen frontman died an untimely death 20 years ago today. His death came one day after publicly announcing that he had Aids and asking fans to join him in his fight against the deadly [...]
Belle and Sebastian singer, Stuart Murdoch, will front a seminar at Creative Scotland tomorrow. The event is in support of a £30,000 arts fund, available for three lucky artists. The fund is from Sky Arts in association with non-profit organisation, IdeasTap. In addition to the substantial bursary, the winners will also receive mentoring to aid [...]
By Gemma McCallan 5 Design and Democracy Art Exhibition – starts Friday 25 November 2011, The Scottish Parliament 16 graduates from Scotland’s four renowned art schools have collaborated to create an exhibition. ‘Design and Democracy’ will showcase how inspired design can be both life enhancing and creative. Designs range from photographic presentation, model store fronts, [...]
Scottish Women’s Aid encourages you to put on your dancing shoes for a good cause this Friday. The organisation will hold a special charity ceilidh on November 25, in Edinburgh’s City Chambers. Scottish Women’s Aid celebrates its 35th anniversary with The Belle Star Ceilidh Band providing live entertainment. This event coincides with the beginning of [...]
by Silvia Montes As part of the 2012 Festival, Edinburgh’s iconic hill, Arthur’s Seat, will be spectacularly transformed by NVA’s Scottish arts charity and its “Speed of Light” project. “Speed of light” is a national programme of physical and cultural activity. Runners will wear specially designed self powered light suits, animating the hillside with trails [...]
Merchiston campus has been transformed into a retail haven by 3rd year graphic design students this week. The class project called for students to create a group of original market stalls that were cost effective to run and turned over a profit. The overarching theme of the project is ‘a market environment’ where students aim [...]
The Leith festival looks set to face a dramatic downsize due to public funding cuts. One of Edinburgh’s largest and most renowned festivals, it is likely to lose many of its benefactors, includingEdinburghCity Council. The event relies heavily on public and charitable funds, which are diminishing at an alarming rate. Edinburgh City Council is just [...]
5 The Rum Diary, The Cameo Picture House – Week beginning 15 November 2011 Johnny Depp stars as American journalist, Paul Kemp, who takes a debauched journey to 1950′s Puerto Rico after his life hits a road block. Working for a rundown Caribbean newspaper he continues down a drug and drink-addled path of self-destruction. Lusting [...]
This weekend sees the launch of ‘Fiddle 2011′ in Edinburgh city centre. Boasting traditional music, lively ceilidhs and world class performers the Scots fiddle festival promises to be an action packed, fun filled event for all the family. Listen here: Tickets for ‘Fiddle 2011′ are available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office on 0131 668 [...]
by Jane Bretin It has been announced today that The Forest Cafe must leave its current location in Bristo Place by August 31 2011. The Cafe received a letter from the Trustees of Edinburgh University Settlement stating they would have to leave the premises when the lease ends in August. Edinburgh’s most famous independent [...]
By Celeste Carrigan It is a gadget filled weekend with the release of the Nintendo 3DS and the Apple Ipad 2. Thousands of people began queuing last night to get their hands on two of the biggest gaming gadgets as they battle it out for sales. Nintendo 3DS had a midnight launch with thousands queuing [...]
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