Edinburgh born artist Leon Morrocco talks to The Edinburgh Reporter about his new exhibition which is on at The Open Eye Gallery until 24 August

Scott is one of four new Labour MPs elected to Westminster this week - he represents Edinburgh South West with a majority of 6,217 in a swing from the SNP.

Tracy Gilbert is the new Labour MP for Edinburgh North and Leith - and you can hear the excitement in her voice in this episode of our podcast. Her email is tracy.gilbert.mp@parliament.uk

The new mural tells the tale of King David I and the white stag. It was King David who established the royal burgh here which is now 900 years old.

Cllr Simita Kumar was only elected in 2022 but she said to us that she has much more experience from the workplace that will allow her to operate well as leader. She will make changes but she is adamant - in the same way as her predecessor was - that the other parties on the council (except the Greens) are in coalition with the minority Labour admi…

Here we speak to the Housing Convener Jane Meagher to find out what it means and also to Cllr Iain Whyte the leader of the Conservative group who voted differently from the remainder of the council.

Dovecot Studios opens new exhibition Monarchs of the Glen: From Whisky to Wes Anderson, celebrating the international history of a Scottish icon. The painting 'The Monarch of the Glen' by Edwin Landseer has inspired people around the world since the 19th century, being reproduced and re-interpreted many times. To commemorate the 150th anniversary o…

Speaking to the still new charity which is beginning a fundraiser to bring Filmhouse back to life with a café.

Cllr Ross McKenzie represents a ward which extends from Haymarket almost to the edge of the city. Cycling the route as far as Sainsbury’s we chatted about what the issues in the area are.

In a last minute move Douglas Robertson of Soundhouse explains their move onto the Fringe with a huge array of Scottish, or Scottish-based artists

All that Longstone Community Council want is a pedestrian bridge over the Water of Leith. Here Alan Gordon from LCC explains why

Roddy Martine and Ricky Demarco,CBE, are almost two decades apart in age but they know more than most about the Edinburgh Festival. A new book recounts their bewilderment with the biggest arts festival in the world and here we speak to Martine about some of the tales narrated in it. The book is published by Luath and is available to buy now.…

We spoke to Xani Byrne who is partway round the UK coast on a fundraising ride in memory of his sister Alice who died from suicide in January 2022

There is a six month long trial of a new Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Corstorphine which many people are opposed to. A public meeting was held last week - which the Transport Convener did not attend - when many called the new measures ridiculous and ill thought out. We had a cycle around Corstorphine with Cllr Scott Arthur to hear his point of view…

On until Sunday, 10 September, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022, captures and share emotional, dramatic, or everyday moments in life. A truly global affair, the prize celebrates the very best in contemporary photography, drawing on over 4,000 entries from 62 countries, which have been whittled down to 51 portraits from 36 artists…

With ten days to go before the Hidden Door Festival 2023 we met Festival Director Hazel Johnson to see what is going on - and what festival goers will enjoy when they get there.

Alison Johnstone the Presiding Officer of The Scottish Parliament spoke to us about her visit to the US during Tartan Week.

Dr Joe Morrow is the Lord Lyon Ling of Arms and is in New York for Tartan Week. Here he speaks to us about the purpose of his trip and his role in the Coronation and beyond.

Robert has written a book in 40 chapters covering Neanderthal bone flutes and The Beatles. Here he explains a little about the book - and his wife concert pianist, Susan Tomes, provides the most appropriate accompaniment

Ash Regan MSP for Edinburgh Eastern has been one of three candidates for SNP leader and First Minister over the last few weeks. Here she talks about some of the topics which have not come up during the 19 or so debates held on TV, radio and in person during the campaign

We met Bernie Reid whose first UK institutional art show is at Edinburgh Printmakers until 16 March. He uses surprising materials and techniques which may have been acquired as an occasional graffiti artist in Edinburgh - and at Edinburgh College of Art where he studied. 📸 Neil Hanna

Chatting with the Transport Convener who explains the councils big plans approved by committee this week and which will now move forward to consultation. Cllr Arthur dispels myths around consultations and explains the logic of London Road

Angus McEwan is the new President of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and he explained about the work included in the exhibition which will run until 16 February. He also regrets that the Patron has been a little too busy to submit any work this year.

The council has agreed to fund Gorgie Farm on a temporary basis - but subject to clarifying the legalities. Here Council Leader Cammy Day gives us his views on the matter

The BBC has disclosed plans to cut programmes like Classics Unwrapped, JazzNights and Pipeline all aired on BBC Scotland. Jazz musician Tommy Smith OBE has started a petition to save the programmes and to encourage the BBC to expand its jazz coverage. He explains how he got to know of the planned cuts and what he intends to do now. (Photo Derek Cla…

Jenny Brownrigg the Exhibitions Director at The Glasgow School of Art has curated the new exhibition of early 20th century films and photographs by women of subjects all over Scotland

The Transport Convener updates us on problems at Brunswick Road the new fourth plinth at Picardy Place and the George Street New Town project

An international was held over the weekend of 3 and 4 September in Edinburgh. Here we speak to the captain of the Irish team who took on Scotland at Balgreen Croquet Club

I sat down to have a coffee with Council Leader Cllr Cammy Day and our conversation was wide-ranging touching on a lot of subjects - and of course leaving lots to talk about next time in what we hope will be a regular catch up

The book festival will be back in person and online this year with too many events to mention - the programme is 105 pages long. Following the press breakfast we got a broad overview from Director Nick Barley about the event which will begin on 13 August 2022.

Here we talk to Tim Vincent Smith Lead Artist on the latest version of Pianodrome which will be unveiled at Hidden Door Festival on Thursday. The Old Royal Pianodrome will be situated at the former Royal High School for the festival and then other events throughout the summer.

The Old Royal High Pianodrome opens to the public on Thursday 9 June at the former Royal High School which is hosting Hidden Door Festival from 8 to 16 June https://hiddendoorarts.org The newly created amphitheatre is made from 40 pianos

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Cllr Cammy Day became leader of The City of Edinburgh Council just one week before this chat with him to find out how the week has progressed.

"The main reason we find it difficult to think critically about democracy is that it requires us to think critically about ourselves." That's the view of my guest today, Robert Tracy McKenzie, a historian at Wheaton College. In his recent book We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy , he argues that Americans - and A…

Diverse democracies are new, wonderful, but potentially fragile: that's the claim, the promise and the warning from my guest today, Yascha Mounk. Yascha wears many hats. He is a Professor at Johns Hopkins, the Founder of Persuasion, a publication and community devoted to the maintenance of a liberal society, and host an excellent podcast, The Good …

It's not news that liberalism is under pressure. And one of the most prominent liberals of our era is Francis Fukuyama. As he writes in his latest book, Liberalism and its Discontents, the virtues of liberalism need to be clearly articulated and celebrated once again." In this wide-ranging dialogue, Frank and I discuss how his thinking has evolved …

The Rt Hon Lord Provost Frank Ross is also a councillor who will stand again at the local council elections. Here he looks back over the five years of being Lord Provost.

SNP have launched their wish list for the next five years if they are returned to the council administration in Edinburgh. Here we talk to the SNP group leader Adam McVey about some of the proposals.

I met with Deidre Brock MP to get a flavour of what she is doing at Westminster. It turned out to be a wide-ranging conversation as always sitting in the sun at The Shore in Leith

Something's wrong with our sex lives. That's according to Christine Emba. In her new book, Rethinking Sex: A Provocation she argues that too many people are having sex that is consenting, but not good. Sex that makes us feel used, or sad, or alienated in some way or another. She argues for an ethic of sex that is based on the Aristotelian definitio…

Residents are overwhelmingly opposed to the pre-planning application for student accommodation on a gap site on Eyre Place. Here we spoke to two - Alison and Jane about the proposal - and also what might be acceptable to them.

"Every body is wrong; no body feels right". So says philosopher Clare Chambers, who defends the idea of the unmodified body, both as a political and an ethical concept. It's not that bodies don't change of course - they do all the time, and should, by what we do and eat and so on. But we dig into the three reasons we modify our body: appearance, he…

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The MP for Midlothian Owen Thompson is calling on the government to relax visa rules for Ukrainian refugees.

"Human beings can no more give up narrative than we can breathing or sleeping." So says my guest Jonathan Gottschall. But why are stories so important? He argues in his new book The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down that the primary function of storytelling is to sway the listener in some way, to chang…

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What are friends for? To "help us be better versions of ourselves" is Reid Hoffman's answer. He has spent a lot of time thinking about the nature and importance of friendship for human flourishing. Reid is best known for his success as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist: he is co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal, a partner at Greylock Partners an…

Chris Howard stopped off in Edinburgh on the homeward stretch of his 11,000 mile journey walking around the British coast. Today was the 393rd day of his walk which began at Heacham in Norfolk after a really brief three weeks of planning.

“I am less interested in showing that the Medieval world was modern, than in showing how Medieval, in many ways, the modern world is.” That’s Roland Betancourt, my guest today and a truly fascinating scholar of history, art, theology, sex and gender, liturgy and much more. We discuss his book Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race…