The Edinburgh Reporter April 2023

EDINBURGH’S FREE LOCAL NEWSPAPER...A CAPITAL READ FROM START TO FINISH March 2023 Martin P McAdam Just the ticket Portobello ple ...

2 NEWS Editorial About us... We write about news relating to the Edinburgh area. If you have any news, or if you would like to s ...

3 Colin Hattersley Budding young poets say it their own way Hop along to Easter events in the park By OLIVIA THOMAS DALKEITH COU ...

4 NEWS By STAFF REPORTER SCOTTISH ACTUARY Ronnie Bowie is new Chair of IMPACT Scotland responsible for the new concert hall. Mr ...

55 By STAFF REPORTER CONVENTION EDINBURGH, Edinburgh’s convention bureau relaunched last June under the management of the Edinbu ...

6 NEWS RHSPT signs deal with council for conversion of the old school The pulsing beat of Edinburgh drummers will keep her march ...

77 Humza Yousaf Scotland’s new First Minister By UNA PURDIE IT’S BEEN TWO decades since an SNP leadership contest and it showed. ...

8 NEWS The tale of the long and winding Braid Road At play in warzone Courageous Gavin takes time out of studies to help childre ...

By PHYLLIS STEPHEN A CROWD FUNDER to open the doors at former Portobello Town Hall has reached just over the halfway point. The ...

10 NEWS Our Dixon of Dock Green Model cop and Hibs fan set the gold standard for community policing paid a warm tribute to Iain ...

11 Debbie Anderson invites you to take yourself back to your childhood with traditional jars of sweets in her shop. Chewits and ...

Stephen Rafferty looks ahead to a special exhibition at Prestonfield House Hotel, where famed Scots photographer, David Yarrow, ...

13 Martin Scorsese is one of my heroes and his framing is so exceptional that we had to be at the top of our game not to materia ...

14 BUSINESS Edinburgh legal firm names new chair Spinning the vinyl A day to laud the independents with live music and special r ...

1515 Thomas Paints signs Signwriter moved his business outside and away from a computer By STAFF REPORTER CRAIGIES FARM at Queen ...

16 FOOD AND DRINK CAFE REVIEW: Dot Coffee By Charlie Ellis CROSSWORD Compiled by David Albury ACROSS 7 Precise (8) 9 Make a comm ...

17 Culinary delights in the capital with Juliet Lawrence Wilson A cool wee distillery Astounding gin cocktails Cheese and drinks ...

18 WHAT’S ON CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS... Grayson Perry: Smash Hits! Robert Philip’s new book: A Lit ...

19 CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS... Jumbo engine rolls in Massive engine now on display at the National ...

20 WHAT’S ON CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS... The right plays Here’s some of our top picks for dramatic ...