Mexico City has been named the best city in the world right now for culture by Time Out. The ‘cosmopolitan’ and ‘charismatic’ capital of Mexico offers a ‘diverse’ and ‘affordable’ art scene, according to the publication. Time Out’s ranking was drawn up via a survey of 21,000 city-dwellers across the […]
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2022 posts
Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas will finally return to China in December, it has been announced. Tian Tian and Yang Guang have to go back under the terms of a 10-year loan, which was extended by two years due to the Covid pandemic. The pair have failed to produce offspring since […]
A total of 20 teaching staff at Edinburgh Academy were subject to allegations that included a child being beaten with a cricket bat, another pupil suffering a “small bleed on the brain”, a child being strangled, and boys being paid to swim naked, an inquiry has heard. Broadcaster Nicky Campbell […]
Nick Helm is back in Edinburgh this week for a special anniversary show at the Fringe, but it took years for the comedian to land a primetime slot at the UK’s biggest comedy fest. He’ll be back on stage this weekend to perform his first album, Hot ‘N’ Heavy, and […]
Scene from The Life and Times of Michael K with Craig Leo and Carlo Daniels World-renowned South African puppeteer Adrian Kohler has realised a 30-year-long ambition to make a novel by Nobel laureate JM Coetzee into a puppet play. It follows a collaboration with Lara Foot, one of South Africa’s […]
John Bassett at home in north London (Image: Philip Coburn) They were to comedy what the Beatles were to music – ground-breakers, record-breakers, and perhaps less well-known, heartbreakers. Sixties comedy troupe Beyond The Fringe kick-started modern satire and made household names of Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan […]
Edinburgh researchers hope to learn more about DNA Scientists at Edinburgh University have been awarded more than £40m for work which will include research into the lesser known areas of DNA. The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £46.3 million to the MRC Human Genetics Unit at Edinburgh University. Scientists […]
A group of meerkats will move into a children’s hospital to give patients the chance to connect with nature. A new enclosure will be built for the animals in a courtyard at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. Five of the animals from the Edinburgh Zoo […]