Council Leader Cammy Day talking about the plans for introducing the long-awaited Visitor Levy - which the council began asking The Scottish Government for in 2018

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

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 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

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.

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

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.

A planned walk and chat along Lanark Road with local MSP Gordon Macdonald discussing the changes to the road layout

We explore the new sculpture at Fruitmarket - Pardes by Jyll Bradley

Cllr Bird is the Young People’s Champion and very much involved with the Scottish Youth Parliament and the elections which begin on 8 November 2021

Michael Jenkins President of Forest Trends on the COP26 announcement of $20 billion on deforestation and land degradation

A walk is taking place from Dunbar to Glasgow in time for COP26. We joined the walk just after it left the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and went with them as far as Granton Castle Walled Garden where the Keeper of the Soil, artist Natalie Taylor, collected a small sample of soil in her hand made cape with its special pockets.…

Ali Pretty describes herself as an artist activist and has just joined the Pilgrimage to COP26 in Edinburgh with 500 flags made as part of the Beach of Dreams project. The flags will be displayed at St Mary’s Cathedral in Palmerston Place and will then be carried to Glasgow from Monday morning. Each flag represents a mile of coastline from Lowestof…

The Edinburgh Reporter invited Daniel Johnson MSP for a cycle and a chat about his role in the opposition and also a bit about his constituency of Edinburgh Southern. Despite the rain the chat is sparkling!

The council is moving forward with development at BioQuarter with a move to appoint a commercial partner to assist in the next steps. Here we talk to the Council Leader about BioQuarter

Jaxx Waygood is a visual artist and his artistic and sculptural blacksmithing exhibition is on at the Art & Craft Collective 93 Causewayside in Edinburgh. He is a recent Edinburgh College of Art graduate on the MA programme but has a lot of different past experiences which we talk to him about here - including working on the Lord of the Rings TV se…

Charity Earth in Common has its base at Leith Croft. On Sunday morning they discovered that a fire had destroyed their shed causing about £2,000 of damage. CEO and founder Evie Murray explained to us what had happened.