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  1. The Biba Story: 1964 - 1975

    FEB 5

    The Biba Story: 1964 - 1975

    The new exhibition at Dovecot Studios on Infirmary Street in Edinburgh is about Biba. This is more than just affordable dresses, it is about the whole concept from fashion to food which was begun by Barbara Hulanicki as a mail order business. Co-curator, Dennis Nothdruft, who is Head of Exhibitions at Fashion and Textile Museum, London very kindly spoke to us about the background to the exhibition.

    7 min
  2. Speaking with Simon Holledge of Calton Hill Conservation Trust

    10/02/2025

    Speaking with Simon Holledge of Calton Hill Conservation Trust

    The Calton Hill Conservation Trust is asking the council to help them with funding for the returning and regressing of the areas on top of the hill. The trust says the council already has the funding to do it.

    10 min
  3. On the Roseburn Path

    08/25/2025

    On the Roseburn Path

    John Thomson a supporter of Save the Roseburn Path campaign asked us to meet him to speak about the campaign which has been active ahead of the tram consultation beginning on 25 August. Here he agrees that the campaign has been running without knowing the full details of the council proposals to extend the tram northwards to Granton where 3,500 homes are being built. He says he is a regular cyclist on the path and does not use the tram, and that the campaign is not for or against tram simply one to save the green space on the path.

    11 min
  4. On a walkabout in Muirhouse with Tracy Gilbert MP

    08/21/2025

    On a walkabout in Muirhouse with Tracy Gilbert MP

    On a walkabout with a Tracy Gilbert in Muirhouse to see for ourselves what the litter and flytipping problems are in the area.

    8 min
  5. Speaking to Nina Barough from Walk the Walk

    08/18/2025

    Speaking to Nina Barough from Walk the Walk

    Here Nina who founded the charity walk for Breast cancer research talks about the beginnings, the charity return since Covid and also moving out of Edinburgh after this year's walk

    17 min
  6. MUO - Lomond Campbell tells us about his Fringe show

    08/06/2025

    MUO - Lomond Campbell tells us about his Fringe show

    We spoke with artist and musician Lomond Campbell about MUO which will be an installation at the French Institute as well as live performances on certain dates….and it is all about muons - an invisible force of the surrounding cosmos….

    5 min
  7. David Black talking about his Fringe play

    08/05/2025

    David Black talking about his Fringe play

    The play Nancy's Philosopher being staged by the Arkle Theatre Company, with Nicole Burnett Smith as Nancy Ord is on daily (not 10 August) at The Royal Scots Club. The story centres on a young woman who scandalised Edinburgh society by falling in love with the much older David Hume, historian and philosopher. David Black, the former journalist who write the play lives and works in Edinburgh and here he talks about the idea for the play and the story - which is set in the capital's Queen Street.

    9 min
  8. Dr Scott Arthur talking about the Rare Cancers Bill

    07/22/2025

    Dr Scott Arthur talking about the Rare Cancers Bill

    The Rare Cancers Bill is what is known as a ballot bill - a type of Private Members' Bill used in the House of Commons. Around ten months ago Dr Arthur was chosen to pick a numbered ping pong ball out of a goldfish bowl at the start of the parliamentary term to give him the chance of proposing a Ballot Bill. He was then able to choose his own subject matter. Dr Arthur said: "It feels like things are lining up. The vast bulk of these bills do fail, so it's tremendous to get this far. And let's hope it doesn't fail, but what it's done so far is it's really got people talking about rare cancers, and it's really put some of the charities which support this sector in the spotlight, and it's been a chance for them to connect with people as well."

    11 min
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  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
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