The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 28 July 2023
Local theatres’ survival plan, Elm Row birds return, works at Clerk Street Odeon, local indie shop sales + weekend events guide
Local theatres’ survival plan, Elm Row birds return, works at Clerk Street Odeon, local indie shop sales + weekend events guide
Climate activists target Portrait Gallery, cost concerns for community galas, Playfair Steps reopen + new Greek restaurant in Porty
Jupiter Rising & Rose Theatre line-ups revealed, new chapter for Lavender Menace, an epic alt-Barbie bookshop window display, £7.8 million of contracts + who shapes the city’s cultural power?
Hillend spa hotel plans, questions over Filmhouse future, update for Paolozzi mural, ‘monstrous’ Fairmilehead scheme rejected + 30cm yellow lines
New boss for film fest, Leith ‘ghost town’ claims, ‘crumbling concrete’ found in school roofs, Chop Chop returns + St James Quarter reveals festival gigs
Police hunt anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood vandals, new independent shops open + the history of five Jamaica Streets
This week's 10 most-read local stories: 17-23 July 2023
Pink door neighbour fights back, night trams for festival, Irvine Welsh says city events are ‘just for the rich’ + this weekend’s food fests and markets
The saga appears to be over after council officials deemed the pink Drummond Place door colour 'acceptable' on a site visit
Inverleith Park dog 'poisoned', £75k bus job, Grayson Perry arrives + local baker’s Barbie film contract
Food Festival begins this weekend, Soapbox for Creatives, whisky fest line-up, BBC reveals Fringe broadcast plans + Botanic Lates draw in
Airport baggage pile-up, 11k new homes, Dunard Centre teases new music venue + Man Utd arrive