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What does 'El Al' in Edinburgh mean, anyway?

Et all basically means 'everything else'! There's plenty to do in Edinburgh that doesn't fit into the category of food, shopping, travel, festival, entertainment and businesses - so, we created this category to cover... well, whatever else we choose to cover!

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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A stretch of the Royal Mile built in LEGO

June 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You know exactly where you are, right? LEGO builder BrickBink is worth checking out on Flickr. There’s a range of fantastic streets rebuilt in plastic. I think the Royal Mile built in LEGO is impressive. The buildings have texture. How is tht even possible with LEGO?

Competition: A DVD of Brainstorm

May 5, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fancy an award winning feature film as a surprise in the post? It could happen. This giveaway competition is easy to win. Just log into the widget below, answer the poll and you’ve scored enough points to give you a chance of being our random winner. UK residents only, sorry! Brainstorm is a film about […]

Watch as the Queensferry Crossing creeps over the Forth

March 26, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This timelapse shows the challenge faced by the engineering team of North Approach Viaduct as they attempt to push the bridge out over the Forth.

Gallery: Check out Laura Whitaker’s photographs

March 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Laura Whitaker grew up in Northumberland but moved to live in Edinburgh. Her current camera is a Sony DSLR a-300. Laura’s photographs are available at RedBubble as posters, prints and even tote bags, phone cases and other useful items. Let’s take a look. Cramond, art print Laura notes that this strange structure was part of […]

Gallery: A look at Don Alexander Lumsden’s photographs

March 4, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Don Alexander Lumsden is a freelance photographer based in Edinburgh. He works with a Nikon D3100 and Nikon D70 Infrared with a range of Nikkor lenses. His work is available on Redubble as posters, prints, framed prints and sometimes as pillows, bags and stationery. Let’s take a look at a few. Identity, framed print Identity […]

Competition: A DVD of Avarice

March 2, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 13 Comments

Avarice is a film about the strange happenings which follow an odd black box that falls from space. The first victim is an innocent husband. He wakes one night to find his wife missing from their bed, that she’s stolen the black box and run off with her lover. He tracks them down only to […]

Star Wars in Edinburgh

February 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Glasgow based freelance designer and animator Mark Boyle will be at the Capital Sci-Fi convention at Meadowbank Sports Centre this weekend. His project “Star Wars in Edinburgh” will premier at the convention with prints selling from only £5. Money raised goes to the children’s charity CHAS. He shared a teaser of the work so let’s […]

Scotland. A Spirit of its own.

February 10, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Looking for the full collection of “Scotland. A Spirit of its own” videos? There’s a few to watch. Scotland. A Spirit of its own: Spirit Lights This video features the Isle of Skye, Camsusdarach Beach on Arisaig, The Kelpies, Falkirk Wheel, the Glenfinnan Viaduct, Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries & Galloway, the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, […]

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