Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of presenting Mel Young MBE with the 18th Edinburgh Award in honour of his outstanding dedication to combating homelessness in Edinburgh and beyond. On behalf of the city, congratulations Mel! ➡ edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1…

Insanity If you’re a royalist, I’m embarrassed for you.

Artist Rhona Taylor is pictured in front of her work currently on display at the City Art Centre exhibition Through Line. The exhibition opens 9th November and runs until 2nd March 🎨🎟

Dobbies Garden Centres Little Seedlings Ambassador Fergus Bisset (5) with some of the 40,000 Poinsettias landing at Dobbies now for Christmas 🎅🏻🌺🎄 #christmas

Still Game fans Alex and Adler dress up as their heroes Jack and Victor when meeting Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan to get their Still Game books signed at The Centre, Livingston 👴🏻👴🏻 #stillgame Ford Kiernan jackandvictorofficial

Jen Stout and Ajay Close receive their Awards from The Hebridean Baker Coinneach MacLeod at last night’s Saltires Book of the Year Awards in Edinburgh 📕📗📘📙📚🏆

Kemi Badenoch hates being reminded that she hacked into Harriet Harman’s website …. Drives her nuts apparently Kemi HackerNoch ⏬️

Brave souls taking the plunge in the Portobello Loony Dook 2025 🌊🏊‍♀️ Happy New Year 🎉 #Edinburgh #NewYear2025

Cold and snowy walk with Juno in the Scottish Borders today ❄️🥶🐶🎄

The Moon with Venus in the background 🌚🌙

Jess Philips is a committed and caring minister, and you, sir, are a toxic gonad. The UK is not your plaything, wealth doesn’t exempt you from international law, and owning X doesn’t give you license to poison the discourse of any country whose government you disagree with.

President Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Michael J. Fox. I love this! 💕

Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group Climate science deniers are lining up a political offensive in Britain after a US lobby group opened a UK branch which is already working with Nigel Farage theguardian.com/environment/20…

Beautiful evening skies over Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill and Arthur's Seat so far this week 🌞🏰⛰ #Edinburgh #Scotland #sky

🎼 When you gooooo, 🎵 Will you send back, 🎶 A lettuce from America. 👓👓

Thanks to 📸Greg Macvean for capturing our silhouette against the gorgeous evening sky😍

The amazing German National Orchestra led by conductor Wayne Marshall perform Britten, Gershwin and Holst at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh 🎼🎻

Now, I know what you're all thinking, but who hasn't accidentally done a Sieg Heil on their first day in government?

Mary Poppins (Stefanie Jones) and Bert (Jack Chambers) fly onto Calton Hill in Edinburgh where the Cameron Mackintosh and Disney award-winning musical Mary Poppins is on at the Festival Theatre until 15th February💃☂️🎟🧳🧹 🎩

Taking place at various venues across Edinburgh, The Pomegranates Festival celebrates Scottish traditional dance alongside world traditional dance practised by New Scots and cultural migrant communities across Scotland. Running from 25 to 30 April 2025 🎭