The Edinburgh Report

Edinburgh Lockdown Economy has fast become the website to go to whether you’re looking for food groceries or ideas to keep you entertained during the lockdown here we speak to Tom of Edinburgh Lockdown Economy about how it works --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

John Loughton is running the logistics of a catering company which is about to deliver its 30,000th free meal in Edinburgh in just a few weeks. We spoke to John recently about how this all works. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Paul Stewart is a walking tour guide with invisible Cities. That is the social enterprise which runs tours for residents and tourists alike. Invisible Cities employee those who have had experience of homelessness. He has been homeless over 10 times, and sees the city in a different way. During the pandemic he is offering virtual tours on Zoom on a one to one basis when you can experience Edinburgh...

The Right Rev Colin Sinclair is the minister of Palmerston Place Church in Edinburgh. He has been Moderator this past year and will give up office on 16 May. We spoke to him and his wife Ruth from their home in Morningside where their daily Facebook broadcasts are making them social media sensations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg died on Wednesday aged 87. We spoke to former Lord Provost Eric Milligan about his memories of Goldberg and FW de Klerk, as well as Nelson Mandela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

In the first part of this series we spoke to Sir Geoff who is a human rights activist as well as an Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University about links to the slave trade in the New Town. In the second part we take up the tale of the plaque proposed for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Talking about the climate emergency, cycling and working from home when you’re building a huge tidal wave energy device. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The city council has had to find a new way of working. They decided only yesterday that council business will be run by 17 councillors on the Policy and Sustainability Committee Other committees will be revived as soon as they can - but this will at least allow some councillors to take part in decision making We contacted the council leader and deputy leader to ask them about it --- Send in a voic...

People are finding all sorts of ways to entertain themselves It is easier if you can already play the piano of course - and here is Edinburgh musician, conductor and composer Richard Lewis with something to keep you going during the lockdown richardjlewis.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Jim is usually out there doing card tricks and close up magic particularly during the fringe or at corporate events. We found his blog online and it is really worth reading and sharing. Here he is talking to us about what he is up to during the lockdown. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Invisible Cities is a social enterprise which offers walking tours. During the pandemic they are looking after their guides and volunteers who have all experienced homelessness. Here we speak to founder Zakia Moulaoui who tells us what they are doing and how you can help by taking a virtual tour --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Sadly at this time there are those who are only too keen to take advantage We spoke to lawyer Margaret Ross from Balfour+Manson who is highlighting the dangers of being scammed at this time -particularly the elderly or vulnerable who may be more isolated than usual --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The coronavirus lockdown is not all bad news. Some companies are benefitting from it and turning to technology to help. One of these is Yakety Yak Language cafe which offers language classes with a native speaker in cafes in Edinburgh and Glasgow They have moved the classes onto Zoom and Skype where the chat goes on. We asked Jordan Peyroche one of the tutors how it works. --- Send in a voice mess...

Garry Clark of The Federation of Small Businesses welcomes the additional funding from Scottish Government but is still seeking some clarification about it --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The charity is organising emergency food drop offs for people across Edinburgh, in areas of need. We spoke to Jim from the charity about the work and how you can help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We spoke to John Macmillan the CEO of The Eric Liddell Centre about their new lunch programme. They are delivering free lunches to vulnerable people in Edinburgh. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Edinburgh chef Barry Bryson is used to catering for large events but now he has started up a home delivery service --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The Edinburgh charity Cyrenians work in a variety of ways with those who experience homelessness or who have mental health problems They help people to get back to independence with the right kind of support - that can be on their farm, in the Social Bite village or by learning at their Cook School Today we spoke to Ewan Aitken the Chief Executive of Cyrenians - he is pretty busy at the best of ti...

There are many resources but also some live sessions between 9 and 11 April that you can join in with. These are on the festival website, their Facebook page and the Earth Live Lessons YouTube channel. All of the learning resources will stay on the Science Festival website until next year’s is planned. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Angus Robertson wants to become the SNP nominee for Edinburgh Central at next year’s Scottish Parliamentary elections. Here we find out about the former MP and why he wants to be elected to Holyrood --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

We discuss the ins and outs of The Quaich Project with the Managing Director of The Quaich Project David Ellis and the Chair of the Cockburn Association, Professor Cliff Hague. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Edinburgh Science Festival was due to take place between 4th and 11th April Sadly it can’t happen this year, but the team behind it have put together a digital alternative that you can enjoy from home We spoke to Amanda Tyndall the creative director about Elements of #EdScIFest --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Sir Geoff is a human rights activist and speaks often on the slave trade, and how that relates to Scotland. Our podcast came from an idle conversation with him when he told me he had a good story. Listen to Part 1 here --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

They did this by hanging out their windows and balconies and clapping - on Dundas Street there was one vehicle.....as you will hear. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The Centre for Moving image the Edinburgh Filmhouse and the Edinburgh International film Festival have big plans for taking over Festival Square as the site of a new bespoke Filmhouse. Here we speak to Ken he the chief executive about the plans --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message