Category Archives: Edinburgh

An Event with a bit of heat

After a wild winter, it may not feel quite true – but Spring is finally here! Although it’s not quite shorts and t-shirt weather yet, hopefully we are moving in that direction. As we move towards brighter evenings, one of Edinburgh’s classic festivals isn’t too far away – and it’s an evening of fire at [...]
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Morningside Maker’s Market

As the New Year continues and the weather improves we can start to think about getting out of the house a bit more and enjoying the wonders of our city of Edinburgh. Each month on the first Saturday here in Edinburgh’s beautiful Morningside, the Colmcille Centre is the venue for the Morningside Maker’s Market. Free [...]
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Scotland in the 6 Nations Rugby

Maybe Scotland’s first couple of matches in this season’s Six Nations haven’t quite given us the results that we may have hoped for – but with 3 games to go, and two of them at nearby Murrayfield Stadium there is every reason to stay positive! The next game is on the 27th of February against [...]
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Film of the Month – The King’s Speech

Colin Firth stars in our film of the month for January – the already greatly acclaimed “The King’s Speech”. Set in the 1930s where better to see this film than in the historically grand surroundings of the nearby Dominion Cinema. This is one to make you feel good – and then how about relaxing afterwards [...]
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Churchill Theatre Presents Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol

This festive period the Churchill Theatre are presenting the festive favourite “A Christmas Carol” – but with a twist. This version is the award winning version of the play written by Tom Mula, retelling the tale from the point of view of Jacob Marley – one of the three ghosts sent to redeem Ebeneezer Scrooge. [...]
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Film of the Month – Burke and Hare

Our film of the month is based on the popular Edinburgh story of Burke and Hare. Based on a true story of grave robbing, this film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as well as Isla Fisher (most famously Shannon Reid from Home and Away a few years ago or more recently married to Sacha [...]
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Morningside’s Persian Rug Village

One of our newer neighbours here in Edinburgh’s Morningside is the Persian Rug Village. Like it’s sister store in London the Persian Rug Village is the premier place to find hand crafted rugs and gifts. From its base in Turkey only the finest and most elegant rugs are brought to the UK to delight their [...]
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Morningside Maker’s Market

For those of you who like to prepare for Christmas well in advance – this post is to remind you of the upcoming Morningside Maker’s Market. Held on the first Saturday of every month at the Columcille Centre – within walking distance of our Indian Restaurant this is a perfect opportunity to find some unique [...]
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Film of the Month – Back to the Future

Our movie of the month is really the movie of next month – as it’s not out until the 1st of October! We’re getting excited about it now – the reason being that if you’re old enough to remember it first time round you’ll probably need to start planning babysitters. If you didn’t catch it [...]
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Film of the Month – The Expendables

There are some films where the cast list just piques your interest – whether for good reasons – or bad! The Expendables has to be just that sort of film – a cast list of ‘greats’ from the 90s and a few names from more recent times. Whether that appeals or not – it’s getting [...]
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