By fay.young on September 13, 2008
Don’t miss the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. We are all invited to join Mark Lazarowicz and Malcolm Chisholm, our MP and MSP, at the mammoth annual fundraising event which raised more than £7 million last year. Thanks to Tony Crolla of Vittoria’s the proceeds from every cup of coffee sold at the Edinburgh [...]
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By fay.young on September 12, 2008
There are no right or wrong answers. But the questions speak volumes. For the first time the Scottish government is setting out to discover the diversity of Muslim communities in Scotland and how much they may be affected by Islamophobia. Questionnaires which will help to shape future policy on Islamophobia are now due [...]
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By fay.young on September 3, 2008
Here’s a bumper edition for you. Look for the Red Eye film club on Friday, listen to the Wind and Bamboo podcasts about Chinese culture in Edinburgh, catch a glimpse of China (and a very tall cellist) in Ocean Terminal, find Poetry in St Andrew Square (on Friday lunchtime), discover why we need gardens [...]
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By fay.young on September 3, 2008
News just in from Francis Kahembwe, our Opening Doors participant, who is beginning a two month placement with Scottish Environment Link. That means (apart from climbing a lot of stairs to the office in the wonderful tower building on the Royal Mile) a fascinating glimpse of what it is like to be an environmental lobbyist. [...]
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By fay.young on September 3, 2008
Traditional Chinese music in Edinburgh’s Botanics
We might just as well ask, where is China now? In this fascinating podcast series Kimho Ip explains why you are more likely to find traditional Chinese culture in Edinburgh than the fast developing cities of China. His conversations with Stephen Blackmore, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden [...]
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By fay.young on September 3, 2008
He’s done it again. Following the spectacular show in the Botanics on that cold, wet midsummer night, Kimho Ip (that’s him on the right) brought music and dance to another unconventional venue as part of this year’s Mela festival. But this time it could rain as much as it liked because the performance took [...]
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By fay.young on September 1, 2008
Wring the Scottish rain clouds dry…Ron Butlin
Some hope. It rained of course but the sun shone too so Edinburgh’s new Makar, Ron Butlin, brought the perfect poem to launch Poetry in St Andrew Square: A Recipe for Whisky, laced with all the elements of Scotland’s weather. Come rain, hail, sleet or sun, the poetry garden [...]
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