The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Weekend edition 26 - 28 April 2024
Transport boss 'ashamed' of Leith Walk, 'butt lift' warning, + busy weekend including Blossom Picnic, photowalk, Porty community cinema + Woolly Good Gathering at Summerhall
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here’s Friday’s Edinburgh Minute, followed by the weekend guide for paying subscribers.
🚲 Leith Walk’s cycle lane is back in the headlines. Council transport leader Scott Arthur has admitted he felt ‘quite ashamed’ after listening to the many problems people face using Leith Walk. - Ian Swanson, Evening News.
⮑ Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland said: “We urge the council to review the layout of Leith Walk, including the placement of tactile paving, so that feedback from the visually impairment community is considered going forward.” - Their deputation to yesterday’s council transport committee is here.
🏗️ The three-year closure of Mayfield Road northbound to allow the construction of student flats near Kings Buildings has been extended. - Jacob Farr, Edinburgh Live.
🛍️ The queue for yesterday’s opening of Uniqlo on Princes Street went around the corner all the way up to George Street. - Video by Harry Williams.
⮑ Some had been in the queue since 4am for the 9am opening, reported BBC Scotland News.
🍻 Edinburgh’s Bellfield Brewery has won permission to operate two bars at this year’s Edinburgh Marathon. - Marie Sharp, East Lothian Courier.
💉 A safety warning has been issued about ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’ procedures at an at an unknown location in Edinburgh this weekend. - BBC Scotland News.
🚨 A 70-year-old man was attacked by a group of six men in West Granton Road on Wednesday. - Police Scotland.
🇺🇦 Young Ukrainians living in Edinburgh have been working with professional actors and directors to help bring their stories to life as part of a playwriting workshop in Edinburgh. - Amie Flett, STV News.
🚶♀️➡️ The Girls Who Walk group have announced their next free get-togethers. The events aim to help people make new friends.
🏨 The Rutland hotel at the west end and its Huxley and Kyloe bars have been given new interiors in a £1.2m refurbishment. - Scott Wright, The Herald.
⮑ The hotel now offers a ‘bath and butler experience’, reports STV News.
📚 David Nicholls, author of One Day, will be celebrating the publication of his latest novel, You Are Here, at the Pleasance Theatre on Monday. - More details via The Portobello Bookshop.
⮑ The LGBTQ+ bookclub at Lighthouse Books is on Monday evening.
⮑ The next Edinburgh Literary Salon is on Tuesday. They’ll welcome James Rice who, along with four other former staff, fought to find funding to save the Filmhouse. - More details here.
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📌 This Saturday: “Street Photo Social: A free, monthly, super-friendly social photo walk in Edinburgh for street photographers and friends. Meet on Saturday 27th April at 12:30pm outside Starbucks at Haymarket Station.” - Thanks to Olly for sharing this.
📌 This Saturday: “Chosen by community vote, the latest film offering from Screen Porty is the dissolute classic Withnail And I, showing this Saturday, 27 April, at the Wash House, 3 Adelphi Grove, Portobello EH15 1AP at 7.30pm. We can't promise the finest wines available to humanity but there will be a bar (which opens at 6.30)! Tickets £6 (cash or card) available on the door.” - Thanks to Screen Porty volunteer Wendy for sharing this.
📌 “On Sunday, the Edinburgh Trades Council and others will be marking International Workers' Memorial Day with a wreath laying ceremony at 12.30pm in Princes Street Gardens West (low level, near the Gardener's Cottage). This event commemorates all those who have lost their lives at work. ‘Remember the dead. Fight for the living.’“ - Alison Murphy, LA Secretary, Edinburgh EIS
📌 “A new type of exhibit, Jar in Action seeks to engage people by making use of the cities lovely libraries and creative spaces top take art to the people and then ask them to take part! Starting at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, this free event will then tour Leith, Fountainbridge, Portobello, Central Library and Craigmillar Libraries, then wrapping up at Edinburgh Printmakers. Want to take part, then submit a jar or take part in one of our supporting workshops at Craigmillar, Fountainbridge or McDonald Road libraries.” - Johnathan Elders, event organiser at Fusion Art Science and Cognition Art.
📌 “Grab the last 2 tickets for the Interior Design Masterclass on the 18th of May before they run out! Dive into the step-by-step techniques that Interior Designers use in their projects, giving you the know-how and confidence to tackle your own design adventures. Set in the charming Scotsman Hotel, this workshop promises a delightful opportunity to explore interior design while making connections with fellow enthusiasts.” - Skela Studio.
🛝 Here’s this week’s Gayle’s Guide of family-friendly things to do in Edinburgh:
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