Outdoor swimming. It’s become a hot topic in the UK recently. When it’s scorching out, nothing beats it. But thanks to this country’s terrible water quality, opportunities for a (healthy) dip in a lake/river are becomin...
I often worry that when I die my family will go through my Google search history and instantly disown me. There’s nothing too racy. Just an embarrassing list of C-list celebrities whose careers I want to keep up with, d...
What does £125,000 get you these days? Well, not a lot it seems. It won’t get you a place to live in Edinburgh, that’s for sure. When the average flat in the capital, according to…...
UK skies are blessed with around 30 meteor showers each year, but few are as breathtaking as the Leonids. It’s known for some of the most beautiful, fast and bright meteors imaginable – and at its peak, you can se...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Airlander 10! The UK-based company behind it, Hybrid Air Vehicles, is already calling it “the future of zero-carbon aviation,” but we’re just as impressed by…...
Why don’t they have TV screens in supermarkets? I wouldn’t be so bothered spending half an hour wandering down every aisle looking for “whole chestnuts” if there was a little entertainment. I’d at least be able to stay...
My two least favourite things about Edinburgh? I’ll likely never be able to afford a house here and there are people everywhere I go. Like every Edinburgher, I’m constantly threatening to pack it all in and move to the...
It’s not even been a month since the UK last headed to the polling stations – to pick mayors, councils, PCCs and whatever – and now we’re being asked to do it again! If you’re hoping for a laidback summer f...
We’ve always known working in a kitchen was intense (we’ve done it ourselves enough times), but who knew it could make such gripping TV? The Bear – which follows a rising chef turning his dead brother’s sand...
Who’s the King of the concrete jungle? In Edinburgh, it might be the Indian street food restaurant, Mowgli, when it swung into the city in 2023. Known for ‘fuss-free’ Indian cooking, Mowgli hopes to dispel the unhealthy...