Life & style, Issue 633

Sighthill - The Estate

A new Channel 4 series of short films seeks to dispel the myths surrounding one of Glasgow’s most notorious housing estates. Kirstin Innes meets the director.

Your Healthy Living Show

Ah, the great Scottish diet. (You can make up your own joke involving the words ‘deep’, ‘fried’ and possibly ‘Mars Bar’ here, or just recycle one of the thousands already out there.) People who like to mourn such things will often mourn the fact that we…

True Blood

The TV schedules have succumbed to a plague of bloodsucking parasites ever since Buffy staked her first vampire. But have vamps lost their bite? True Blood puts the allegorical power back into the fangs of the undead, and triumphs over the genre’s other…

Café Fish

For a nation surrounded by sea, we can get ourselves into a right fankle over fish. There are the sustainability problems (explicitly set out in the recent film The End of the Line), the langoustines that are flown off to a more appreciative Spanish…

Spotlight On Morningside

Surely almost all Edinburgh inhabitants harbour a healthy respect for the Morningside Lady, for whom, it is often surmised, nothing is worth having if it cannot be bought in Jenners. Stereotypes aside, the average Morningside resident does have much to…

Taste Test: Cider

Thistly Cross Cider Belhaven Fruit Farm, from Edinburgh Farmers’ Market and Cornelius Beers and Wines, 18–20 Easter Road, Edinburgh, £2.70 •••• Scotland’s first cider from the makers of Belhaven Fruit Ice, this cider is described as ‘Scottish and…

Six of the Best - Eating & Drinking around Morningside

The Canny Man’s 237 Morningside Road, 0131 447 1484 One of Edinburgh’s most divisive drinking establishments, patrons of Morningside landmark The Canny Man are greeted at the entrance by a brass plaque banning mobile phones, cameras and…

Side Dishes

The Big Tent Festival in the lovely setting of Falkland Palace’s orchard and grounds takes place over the weekend of Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July. As the biggest eco-festival in Scotland, and the birthplace of the award-winning Fife Diet a couple of…

Food For Thought - Patrick Bardoulet

I am from Paris, the focus of many of the celebrations associated with Bastille Day, 14 July. It’s a national holiday, so there’s the chance to enjoy breakfast – in Paris this will be a baguette and coffee or chocolate. It sounds disgusting to the…

Morningside Shopping

Unsurprisingly for an area with a high proportion of wealthy residents, Morningside’s many charity shops offer booty in all shapes and sizes.Dusty books, chintzy 1960s tea sets, cast-off fur coats and more gems reside among the cluttered shelves of…

Morningside attractions

Church Hill Theatre The Church Hill Theatre might be less centrally located than Edinburgh’s other major theatres, but it’s a far from forgotten part of the city’s performing arts scene. A major renovation has recently improved facilities, and as well…

Don’t Miss - Morningside

Get sweet treats from S Luca S Luca of Musselburgh’s Morningside café is a Mecca for chocolate lovers in the area and far beyond. Warm up on a cold winter’s evening with a cup of tea and a lovingly crafted chocolate treat. In summertime, S Luca really…