The Edinburgh Report

Tucked among a sea of felted red chairs in the Filmhouse film writer, Lucas McQueen spoke to EIFF CEO and Festival Director, Paul Ridd, who alongside Festival Producer Emma Boa, has brought this line-up to life for audiences to enjoy this August

Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie, moved from Bosnia when she was just nine years-old. She is now a Senior Partner with Edinburgh public affairs company, Charlotte Street Partners. She came to Scotland to study journalism at Stirling University, and was appointed Chair of the charity, Beyond Srebrenica.   Her journey with her two sisters - one of whom is her identical twin - and her mother, while leaving her...

Evans Eghan from Ghana is the President of the Edinburgh Napier Students Association. He has a huge life ambition - but that will be fulfilled after he has studied for a PhD in Event Management. He has lived in Edinburgh for three years and is someone who has embraced every opportunity living here has offered him.

This interview is with Vineet Lal, who describes himself as a Southsider, although the family settled in Leith in Edinburgh on first arriving in the capital. Vineet is from an auspicious Edinburgh family. Both his mother and father were involved in many initiatives in Edinburgh to combat racism in the city, in education and in civic life. He is mindful of that legacy as he prepares for the Saroj L...

The 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme is published on 4 June. There are 3,649 shows between 7 and 31 August and almost 54,000 performances in a city which is home to 550,000 people. Here we speak to Tony Lankester the CEO of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in what is his second summer in the job. He tell us about the move to Infirmary Street and the new Fringe Hub as well as what the Society is r...

The people who have spoken  to The Edinburgh Reporter for the project Edinburgh is Our Home include Simita Kumar, who was recently elected as MSP for Edinburgh Southwestern. Previously, she was the SNP group leader on Edinburgh Council, but began working as a modern apprentice with Glasgow City Council. Later she studied psychology with criminology and worked with NHS Lothian. She had little choic...

The new exhibition at Dovecot Studios on Infirmary Street in Edinburgh is about Biba. This is more than just affordable dresses, it is about the whole concept from fashion to food which was begun by Barbara Hulanicki as a mail order business. Co-curator, Dennis Nothdruft, who is Head of Exhibitions at Fashion and Textile Museum, London very kindly spoke to us about the background to the exhibition...

The Calton Hill Conservation Trust is asking the council to help them with funding for the returning and regressing of the areas on top of the hill. The trust says the council already has the funding to do it.

John Thomson a supporter of Save the Roseburn Path campaign asked us to meet him to speak about the campaign which has been active ahead of the tram consultation beginning on 25 August. Here he agrees that the campaign has been running without knowing the full details of the council proposals to extend the tram northwards to Granton where 3,500 homes are being built. He says he is a regular cyclis...

On a walkabout with a Tracy Gilbert in Muirhouse to see for ourselves what the litter and flytipping problems are in the area.

Here Nina who founded the charity walk for Breast cancer research talks about the beginnings, the charity return since Covid and also moving out of Edinburgh after this year's walk

We spoke with artist and musician Lomond Campbell about MUO which will be an installation at the French Institute as well as live performances on certain dates….and it is all about muons - an invisible force of the surrounding cosmos….

The play Nancy's Philosopher being staged by the Arkle Theatre Company, with Nicole Burnett Smith as Nancy Ord is on daily (not 10 August) at The Royal Scots Club. The story centres on a young woman who scandalised Edinburgh society by falling in love with the much older David Hume, historian and philosopher. David Black, the former journalist who write the play lives and works in Edinburgh an...

The Rare Cancers Bill is what is known as a ballot bill - a type of Private Members' Bill used in the House of Commons. Around ten months ago Dr Arthur was chosen to pick a numbered ping pong ball out of a goldfish bowl at the start of the parliamentary term to give him the chance of proposing a Ballot Bill. He was then able to choose his own subject matter. Dr Arthur said: "It feels like...

Tracy Gilbert MP for Edinburgh North and Leith was chosen in October last year to introduce the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill. This "Ballot Bill" or private members bill received its second reading on 17 January 2025 and has been making progress through the Commons. It will now be considered by the House of Lords where it has already had its first reading. It is op...

In this episode of The Edinburgh Report, Louis Scott who is second generation in the family business, discusses the legacy and future of Howie's Restaurants which is celebrating 35 years in Edinburgh. He shares insights into the restaurant's evolution, the importance of teamwork, and the challenges faced in the hospitality industry today. Louis also highlights the significance of using loc...

Nominations have opened for people to put themselves forward as community councillors. Here we speak to Alan Gordon the Secretary of Longstone Community Council about the successes they have had recently.

This is a trailer for a longer chat with the secretary of Longstone Community Council, Alan Gordon, about what a community council can actually do in its own area... and of course it is all about potholes. Nominations have just opened for anyone to nominate themselves as a member of their local community council. More details on our article here. https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/02/nominati...

A chat with Alex Winter the GM at Duck & Waffle Edinburgh - one of only three in the UK about his career and the restaurant’s 2nd birthday

Council Leader Cammy Day talking about the plans for introducing the long-awaited Visitor Levy - which the council began asking The Scottish Government for in 2018

Edinburgh born artist Leon Morrocco talks to The Edinburgh Reporter about his new exhibition which is on at The Open Eye Gallery until 24 August

Scott is one of four new Labour MPs elected to Westminster this week - he represents Edinburgh South West with a majority of 6,217 in a swing from the SNP.

Tracy Gilbert is the new Labour MP for Edinburgh North and Leith - and you can hear the excitement in her voice in this episode of our podcast. Her email is tracy.gilbert.mp@parliament.uk

The new mural tells the tale of King David I and the white stag. It was King David who established the royal burgh here which is now 900 years old.

Cllr Simita Kumar was only elected in 2022 but she said to us that she has much more experience from the workplace that will allow her to operate well as leader. She will make changes but she is adamant - in the same way as her predecessor was - that the other parties on the council (except the Greens) are in coalition with the minority Labour administration.