Live music venue in Leith to be demolished for student housing
Living by the Sword
The only live music venue in Edinburgh’s Leith area is set to be demolished to make way for a student housing and hotel development.
News
KT Tunstall to be first woman to lead Tartan Day parade through New York
Living by the Sword
SCOTTISH singer KT Tunstall is to become the first woman to lead the annual Tartan Day parade through New York.
Final bid to stop housing development at Culloden battlefield
Living by the Sword
Campaigners are making a last-ditch effort to prevent the building of homes at the Culloden battlefield site.
Makers of Avengers: Infinity War blockbuster tell Edinburgh to 'get ready' for premiere
Living by the Sword
The makers of the new Avengers: Infinity War blockbuster have told Edinburgh to "get ready" for a huge premiere in the city that has a starring role in the forthcoming film.
Brian Ferguson: Government has to fund Scottish Youth Theatre
Living by the Sword
Janet Archer, Creative Scotland’s chief executive has, by any standards of public life in Scotland, had a fair old pummelling over the last couple of months.
SYT could become national company to avoid closure
Living by the Sword
The closure-threatened Scottish Youth Theatre (SYT) could adopt a new legal status which would allow it to gain funding directly from the Scottish Government, its chief executive has said.
SYT could become 'national company' to avoid closure
Living by the Sword
The closure-threatened Scottish Youth Theatre could adopt a new legal status which would allow it to gain funding directly from the Scottish Government, its chief executive has said.
Review: Kia Stinger
Living by the Sword
There’s a new fast car on the streets. It is the Stinger, a rear-wheel-drive four-door lift-back from Kia. Despite the name Stinger, which suggests antagonism or defence, its French designer Gregory Guillaume explains...
Edinburgh’s Scott Monument brings in strict limit on visitors after overcrowding fears
Living by the Sword
Strict crowd control measures are to be introduced at Edinburgh’s iconic Scott Monument for the first time in its history.
Bid to save iconic hotel that inspired Donald Trump’s Turnberry
Living by the Sword
A campaign has been launched to save a historic railway landmark that inspired the Trump-owned Turnberry Hotel.
Queen Victoria’s £1m cake basket up for sale
Living by the Sword
An antique silver “cake basket” which is believed to have been used by Queen Victoria when she visited a Scottish castle has been put up for sale by an American dealer for $1.5 million (£1m).
Edinburgh teenager Saskia Eng advances on The Voice
Living by the Sword
The Voice hopeful Saskia Eng has progressed to the next stage of the ITV singing competition after being snapped up by rapper and producer Will.i.am.
Nicola Sturgeon shows support for The Voice hopeful Saskia Eng
Living by the Sword
EDINBURGH-born student Saskia Eng has secured the support of Nicola Sturgeon as she continues her bid to reach The Voice finals tonight.
Comedy review: Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room
Living by the Sword
Between the start of Katherine Ryan’s Glitter Room tour, in September last year, and her Glasgow Comedy Festival appearance this week, which coincided with International Women’s Day, the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have arguably made huge progressive gains.
The 6 shop stewards deported from Glasgow - to Edinburgh
Living by the Sword
In the heat of wartime labour relations on The Clyde, six shop stewards were deported by the authorities in a bid cool unrest in the factories that had become crucial to the war effort.
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015
November 2015
December 2015
January 2016
February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016
August 2016
September 2016
October 2016
November 2016
December 2016
January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017
May 2017
June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017
January 2018
February 2018
March 2018
April 2018
May 2018
June 2018
July 2018
August 2018
September 2018
October 2018
November 2018
December 2018
January 2019
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
December 2020
January 2021
February 2021
March 2021
April 2021
May 2021
June 2021
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
October 2021
November 2021
December 2021
January 2022
February 2022
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
July 2022
August 2022
September 2022
October 2022
November 2022
December 2022
January 2023
February 2023
March 2023
April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
October 2023
November 2023
December 2023
January 2024
February 2024
March 2024
April 2024
May 2024
June 2024
July 2024
August 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
January 2025
February 2025
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025
June 2025
July 2025
August 2025
September 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
June 2026
July 2026