The Edinburgh Report

Eleanor Price is one of seven candidates in the upcoming Craigentinny/Duddingston by election --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We speak to creative Director David Martin about the online event which will work a bit like a relay race - and will go on until May 2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Tam Laird is the Scottish Libertarian Party candidate in the upcoming by election. He is Leader of the party which he is largely responsible for setting up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Elaine is one of seven candidates in the upcoming Craigentinny/Duddingston by election. She spoke to us about the issues she’s hoping to be elected on --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Rebecca is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh Northern and Leith at the Scottish Parliamentary Election in 2021. Here she tells us a little about her campaign --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

A walk round the grounds at Lauriston Castle with David Baker who has asked many questions of the council about the condition of the property and the endowment left to look after it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Empty Kitchens, Full Hearts is a charitable movement which grew out of two problems. The first is that there are chefs who are out of work as a result of the Covid-19 crisis and the second is that people need food who cannot afford it. By the end of the September 2020 they will have served over 200,000 meals to people living in Edinburgh. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-re...

The Edinburgh East MP talked to us during recess from Westminster --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We met Kerry Thomson who is Station Manager at Chief Radio where they hope to play more than just chart music --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Born in Aberdeen and now MP for Oxford East as well as a member of the Shadow Cabinet, we slotted in a quick interview at the side of Morningside Road with the visiting Labour politician --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The Festivals in Edinburgh have been cancelled this year due to coronavirus, but at the beginning of August the Edinburgh International Festival will have some alternative for us. In this episode we speak to Fergus Linehan to find out exactly what that might be like. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Speaking to Director Nick Barley about the 2020 festival - without tents --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Filmhouse is running a fundraiser to secure its future. We invited Head of Development Juliet Tweedie to explain why they need the money and what they plan to do with it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Today’s podcast is with Louise Dickins - the Edinburgh businesswoman who founded Dickins Homes from Home about 20 years ago. The Scottish Government has just relaxed the coronavirus restrictions to allow holiday lets of main door homes to begin again. This is Louise’s whole business so she is glad about that - and we speak to her on the day after home schooling her two young children has just come...

We invited Allan Andy Grant and Jordan, the panto goodies and baddies, to be guests on our podcast. Here we talk about all things panto and about the Old Lady of Leven Street herself - the King’s Theatre --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Andrew explains the role of SCVO in getting the money from Scottish Government to those who need it --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Scott Smith and wife Laura of Fhior Restaurant on Broughton Street have devised a way of keeping their staff busy and their suppliers in business too. Here we speak too him about Root to Market and how that works --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We invited the planning convener Neil Gardiner on to our podcast to explain what the council is doing in the realms of planning right now. It turns out they are working hard to help get the city ready for rebuilding the economy after the lockdown ends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Malcolm Cannon is the National Director of the Institute of Directors in Scotland Here we find out what is keeping him busy during the lockdown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Here we meet the guys from Edinburgh startup BackHug who may just have the perfect product for the post Covid world --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Lee is the person who is responsible for promoting walking and cycling in Scotland. A former professional mountain biker she is using her skills well during the coronavirus lockdown. Listen here --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Suzy Enoch is a mum of three children and wanted to have some new material to teach her five year-old daughter how to read. So she has written her own and three will be launched on 26 May with more to be published later. All the stories are set in lockdown and will help you explain that to young children while also teaching them how to read. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh...

The RNIB commissioned a survey of those with sight loss to assess how difficult life had become for them in recent weeks. Here we speak to James Adams Director of RNIB Scotland and to Kirin Saeed who is registered blind --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We interviewed Emma Nicolson who is ahead of Creative Programmes about the latest news. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Questions continue over the decision to go ahead with mass gatherings across the UK following the Edinburgh Nike conference COVID-19 outbreak. It is a week since the BBC Disclosure programme which revealed that the Scottish Government had not made findings of positive cases arising from the conference public. Here we speak to Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray about what he sees as a cover up --- Send...