The Edinburgh Report

This year’s Hidden Door Festival is taking place in September in Granton. We were invited to the site for a preview of what will be happening later this year.

Professor Reid has been constantly against the Spaces for People measures. We met him on the side of Lanark Road

Chris Young speaks to us about the council’s plans for the future of the Spaces for People measures which have been installed around schools, in shopping streets for leisure access and also segregated cycle lanes.

Spaces for People measures are on the agenda at this week’s Transport and Environment Committee meeting. Why are some measures to remain - and on what basis? Here we talk to Transport Convener Lesley Macinnes about the future of some of them - and yes potholes get a mention.

Amanda Tyndall is Festival and Creative Director of Edinburgh Science and we met her on Portobello Prom where there is a photography exhibition staged. It is called Human Nature and shows a range of work taking you on a photo journey round the world to see how humans connect with nature. It runs until 11 July 2021

Sue Webber is one of the newest MSPs at Holyrood and we took a short walk outside the parliament building on a lovely sunny morning to hear what is uppermost in her mind at the moment both as a councillor and an MSP. Sue confirmed to us that her councillor allowance will now be split anonymously between a couple of Edinburgh charities. She is stepping back from her role as Transport spokesperson b...

The festival will take place come what may in August this year. There is a huge selection of events to watch online or in person if you get a ticket. At the media event in the Botanics Festival Director Fergus Linehan gave us a hint of what will be happening.

Jeremy Balfour is Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian who has just been elected for a second term. Here we speak to him on the priorities which he has for the next five years

Here June tells us what customers should expect when they get back to the gym on 17 May

Here we speak to the Transport Convener about the measures already put in place - and the potholes.

I met with Alan Gordon who is a Longstone resident and a member of the community council and he showed me what is happening on Lanark Road and Inglis Green Road in terms of Spaces for People. There are segregated cycle lanes and parking spaces created on the inside of those. We were both on bikes and cycled from one spot to the other.

The council have made plans to reopen Bridge Road travelling south on Monday 19th April after the road being closed for a year as part of Spaces for People. Here we spoke to several people including a couple of councillors , local residents and a representative from SPOKES. If nothing else it possibly shows how difficult it is to get a road layout which pleases everyone. But we hope it also shows...

Edinburgh International Festival, the world’s leading performing arts festival, today announces a reimagined festival for 2021 which marks the return of live performance to Scotland’s capital. Taking place from 7 to 29 August, the 2021 International Festival uses bespoke outdoor venues to safely reunite artists and audiences to rediscover the magic of live performance. Here we speak to Fran Hegyi...

I went for a cycle around Portobello with Kirsty Lewin who is an active travel expert who now volunteers with Spokes Porty. Here you can listen to us chatting as we cycled around Portobello - largely off road.

The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh is HM The Queen’s royal representative in Scotland. Here he talks about the influence of the Duke of Edinburgh on the city.

Two of the candidates for Lothian - Kenny Macaskill and Alex Arthur were guests on our podcast explaining the reasons for joining a new party and what it will mean for the Scottish political landscape.

This summer The Scottish Gallery is staging an exhibition of works by Joan Eardley. Eardley who died young is a driven, passionate artist and much appreciated and celebrated by the gallery. This year would have been her 100th birthday.

Sarah Boyack MSP is meeting with NHS Lothian today about the cancelled contract for the new Eye Pavilion. She explained the main issues ahead of that meeting.

Cllr Joan Griffiths is the Vice Convener of Finance and Resources. Here she talks to us about the administration plans for spending in the next year

Here we talk to Cllr Graham Hutchison from the Conservative group on Edinburgh council about the proposals which they have for spending in the forthcoming year

Owen Thompson is MP for Midlothian and has been battling to bring Westminster into the 21st century as well as liking being home in his constituency more.

Here we chat with Adam McVey the Council Leader about the Council and their role in dealing with the virus and the homeless and poor.

Linsay owns the Art and Craft Collective at Causewayside and here she offers up some gift advice

Here we speak to Ally Irvine who is the CEO of Edinburgh Charity ECAS. One of the less well known charities it works with people who have a physical disability helping to promote equality, choice and participation.

Artist Frances Macdonald will exhibit her latest work at The Scottish Gallery from 28 November alongside an exhibition by her son Ross Ryan whose work she describes as ‘stormier’ than her own.