Scotland has a very distinct culture when it comes to food, drink, and humour, among many other things. Scots are proud ...

The organisers of Edinburgh's winter festivals wanted to site the wheel in Princes Street Gardens for six months.

Installing a Ferris wheel in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens for half of the year is  "a step too far," the charity which ...

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Audiences can experience an opera incorporating circus performers for a breathtaking fusion of music and acrobatics in Orpheus and Eurydice, a site-specific promenade dance work that transforms ...

Reports that terrorists were targeting Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations were played down by police today. Security sources were quoted in several papers warning that militant Islamic groups might ...

The Darkest Hogmanay – Scotland’s Glen Cinema Fire of 1929 Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 Hogmanay is a time of celebration in Scotland, but in 1929, it became the scene ...

Edinburgh’s South Bridge is a monumental, albeit fundamentally flawed, feat of 18th century engineering and design. The city itself straddles seven major hills. Only two of these high points are ...

Deep in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, there's a grey obelisk, around 2m (6ft) high, its inscription faded. It commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the ...

Heavy rain and snow could cause significant disruption across Scotland in the lead-up to Hogmanay and beyond ... have completed quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo. Ahead of The Traitors final we spoke ...

The city’s best known landmark and Scotland’s most visited paid attraction, the castle dominates the skyline and has been the backdrop for many a Hogmanay ... and the 12th century St Margaret's Chapel ...