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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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The Gypsy Queens busking on Princess Street to support Sick Kids

October 15, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On Monday 15th October the Gypsy Queens played Princess Street just outside the National Gallery. These world famous buskers started at a chilly 4pm and all the money money they raised has gone to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. To keep track of the band and chat to others you can Join this Facebook […]

Edinburgh supports the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

September 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 28th of September is the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. In cities all across the UK, on behalf of MacMillan cancer support people are organising coffee mornings. You should do one too and add it to the interactive map or, if not, use the map to find an event near you. The map below is […]

24 hour gaming marathon supports Edinburgh Sick Kids

September 13, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

24 hours of gaming is pretty hardcore – especially, as this brave fellow does, you start to pledge your own money whenever you die in one of the horror games you’ll be attempting to play. The money supports the Sick Kids Friends Foundation which was set up in 1992 to support the Royal Hospital for […]

Sponsored Video: Escape the festival chaos for Chaos Island

August 15, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I once heard Scotland described as a beautiful country in which most of the population lived in a central band that stretched from Glasgow in the West to Edinburgh in the East. Except in August, in August all the locals get the heck out of Edinburgh and go to live somewhere else for a month. […]

Edinburgh Zoo’s lion club plays with Monty the dog and rabbit

June 22, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Update: June 25th 2012 Edinburgh Zoo want to distance themselves from this video. They have good reason to do so as this footage isn’t from Edinburgh Zoo after all. In addition, the zoo has a policy of keeping all animal/kepper interaction to a minimum. Where is this footage actually from? This is from Glasgow Zoo. […]

Road closures in Edinburgh for the Olympic Torch

June 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Olympic Torch arrives in Edinburgh on the 13th of June. The flame also passes out of Edinburgh on the 14th on its way to Duddingston, Musselburgh and then Dalkeith. There are a number proposed road closures in Edinburgh because of the Olympic Torch. They are; Castlehill Ramsay Lane Ramsay Garden Mound Place (except event […]

When is the Olympic Torch coming to Edinburgh?

May 2, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The 2012 Olympic Torch is coming to Edinburgh. Two great questions to ask in response to that statement are; when is the Olympic Flame coming to Edinburgh and where in Edinburgh will the Olympic Torch going? The Olympic Torch reaches Edinburgh on the 13th of June. That’s the day to expect TV cameras and all […]

A photo gallery of the Invisible Worlds display in St Andrew’s Square

March 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

As part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival there is a collection of art on public display in St Andrew’s Square. The goal of the work is to explore what is not normally seen by the human eye; whether because it’s too small, too large or simply too far away. The photo gallery below was […]

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