Day: November 24, 2019

Ten tips for choosing the best Christmas tree

Ten top tips for choosing the best Christmas tree

 

Still to get your Christmas tree? Here are ten top tips for when it comes to choosing your tree to help ensure it lasts over the festive period.

Plant experts from GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk are encouraging Britons to read up about the differences between firs and spruces to make sure they choose the best tree for them. Continue reading Ten tips for choosing the best Christmas tree

Showdown at Sundown at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER

3pm – 5.30pm. Free, no need to book

Join us on the 30 November 3.00 – 5.30pm to celebrate the year’s end. Following on from the success of last year, on the 30th of November we will be running Showdown at Sundown, the 2nd ESW annual winter event.

There will be a chance to see the work of our artists as they open the doors of their studios, performances, a screening of Juliana Capes’ film Sunset Reports, artist-made games, a workshop and a smoke firing in the courtyard and the opening of the new exhibition, Display Copy, in the Hawthornvale Space. There will be winter themed refreshments provided by MILK and the event will be finished off with drinks and music from Karate Priest.

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Giant Lanterns: Lost Worlds at Edinburgh Zoo

Giant Lanterns are back at Edinburgh Zoo
Returning for a third year in a brand new trail, light up your winter at Giant Lanterns: Lost Worlds. With a prehistoric theme featuring “roar-some” dinosaurs and much more, you’ll be transported back to a time where weird and wonderful creatures roamed the Earth and will discover over 570 million years of wildlife.

This huge scale event will have over 600 lanterns on show with an extended route this year, so there’s more to explore this winter at Edinburgh Zoo!
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland welcomed over 3,000 people through the doors of Edinburgh Zoo last week when Giant Lanterns Lost Worlds opened to the public.

Having spent two months installing hundreds of lanterns inspired by prehistoric creatures, the wildlife conservation charity launched the 47-night extravaganza on Friday 15 November.

Lyndy Donaldson, events and experiences manager at Edinburgh Zoo, said “We are thrilled to bring Giant Lanterns back to the zoo this winter and delighted to see our visitors are just as excited about our new Lost Worlds theme as we are.

“This year we have brought 570 million years of incredible wildlife to light, revealing some of the amazing creatures that once lived on our planet and raising awareness of the very real threat of extinction faced today by endangered species around the world.

“Highlights include a tyrannosaurus rex, a 32-foot-tall volcano, a gigantic 65-foot-long snake and new interactive elements along the trail. As Scotland’s only Chinese lantern festival, it’s a fantastic experience for all the family.”

Tickets for Giant Lanterns Lost Worlds start at £8.50 for children and £17 for adults and are available at www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/lanterns. Visitors are encouraged to book online in advance to secure their preferred date and time.

The Giant Lanterns of China run in partnership with the VYA Creative Lantern Company and DDM Entertainment and Events Inc., and is sponsored by The Confucius Institute for Scotland.
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Not again? Concerns over new student housing development in Leith

Residents have raised concerns about new plans to build yet another block of student flats in Leith.

Developers are about to submit proposals for a six-story building on Iona Street, off Leith Walk, which would house over 500 people across student accommodation and residential flats.   Continue reading Not again? Concerns over new student housing development in Leith