No one is trying to feed a baby to a bear, but today in Edinburgh, the famous Wojtek the Solider Bear statue is carrying a baby in a sling.
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Things like massages/wellness, competitions, experiences, events and even some appropriate Edinburgh-based headlines that have got people talking/captured our imaginations!
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Thousands flock to Tabletop Scotland 2024 at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston
Like many other geeks, Girdy and Birdy headed to the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston this weekend to partake in Tabletop Scotland 2024. Here’s an overview of Friday and Saturday.
Review: Constructed Narratives, Royal Scottish Academy
Girdy & Birdy went along to the Royal Scottish Academy to take in a bit of culture, by way of Constructed Narratives, an exhibition from a trio of Aberdeen artists.
Interview: Darrell Martin, the founder of Just the Tonic on the eve of their 20th Fringe anniversary
Darrell started Just the Tonic 30 years ago, and this year will mark the comedy club’s 20th year at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Competition: The Augmentors – a young adult steampunk adventure
Lost Boys Press and author Gemini Gibson’s The Augmentors is an alternative-history adventure set in a Victorian-style Empire in which advanced mechanical engineering developed more rapidly.
Competition: Win a Wicker Man t-shirt
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Studiocanal folk-horror classic, The Wicker Man, starring the iconic Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle.
Competition: Sneak Energy drink shaker
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Artists had created some inspirational renditions of the horned-god Cernunnos, and academics will now immediately debate whether or not Cernunnos was Irish, Scottish, Celtic or Gallo-Roman. That’s a fascinating debate and one we’ll watch from the sidelines.