Restaurant Review

If you’re a mole person, there’s lots for you in Edinburgh. We’ve got the subterranean delights of Mary King’s Close, South Bridge Vaults, and, of course, all the lower level restaurants –...

As the daughter of a geography teacher, I quickly learned that maps are a glorious thing. Yawn. In fairness, the minutiae of maps are interesting and provide us with a valuable and fascinating record of...

"Footsteps on the dance floor, remind me baby of you...” I love a bit of Womack & Womack, and the new last-Sunday-of-the-month brunch at this five-star hotel (formerly Hotel Missoni and more recently...

Nothing much happens in EH11. The last events to rock this neighbourhood were when the bat walk in Harrison Park was cancelled due to high winds, the recycling bins were relocated and the time that...

Reekin Rabbit, Scunnered Stoat, Havering Hedgehog, Sleekit Squirrel, Drookit Deer, Manky Mole. There were probably a lot of potential names for chef Tom Kitchin’s latest venture. I bet they’re glad...

You know the dream that involves finding undiscovered rooms in your house? Apparently it’s as common as the losing teeth, stuck in mud or going-to-work naked ones. This building – the former Bank of...

Calories are cunning creatures. No matter how much you try to avoid them, they gravitate towards you, like leeches. I tend to operate on the principal that if you eat standing up or with your eyes...

My first “usual” was a Newcastle Brown Ale, then it was a Jack Daniel’s and Coke before, in the Noughties, I moved onto a long vodka or Moscow Mule, as did everyone else. There was a brief period of...

For the less romantic among our readers here’s a reminder that Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us. I hold no truck with any of that sappy stuff, so the other half is under no pressure. I don’t...

I went to the V&A Dundee, and all I got was a badge with the word “potato” (blame the artist David Shrigley) written on it. The building is exciting – slightly forbidding from the exterior, but,...