Lothian Life the magazine for Edinburgh and the Lothians

Peter Pan is Flying High

To the Festival Theatre stage this winter comes pantomime, Adventures of Peter Pan (25 Nov–31 Dec)

Five Sisters Zoo Illuminated

“Approaching the Five Sisters Zoo was amazing – out of the darkness, the night sky was then lit up with the Zoo illuminations ahead”.

Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life come together to share the joy of reading.

Christmas at the Botanics

**A trail of botanical brilliance and festive fun weaving through 72 acres**

A Play, A Pie & A Pint

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Halloween at Conifox

**Spooky days and dazzling fireworks evenings throughout October**

Women Writers: Words of Wisdom

Bonnie Garmus, Tessa Hadley and Eleanor Catton speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Will BF: The Last Gun [Underbelly Dexter]

If you’ve ever rented terrible films on VHS, The Last Gun will give you instant nostalgia.

A History of the World According to Cats

I went time travelling with cats at the Edinburgh International Book festival. The theme of Kimberlie Hamilton’s colourful new children’s book is ‘A History of the World According to Cats.’

In Everglade Studio [Assembly Box]

In 1974, four musicians lock themselves in an underground recording studio to make a hit album, unaware of a toxic substance in the walls driving them to madness.

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story [Pleasance King Dome]

The ‘Princess of Hearts’ makes an exclusive appearance at the Pleasance to set the record straight in an hour of drag, video, puppetry and audience participation.

Bonnie Garmus: Good Chemistry

Is there anybody out there who hasn’t read Lessons in Chemistry? Who hasn’t heard of Lessons in Chemistry? To say that Bonnie Garmus has had phenomenal success with her first novel is an understatement.

Flickering Seasons

A woman’s journey as she navigates life: strength, hope and triumph.

A drama with music from Wild Rose Productions, St Johns Church DRT Room.

Land Under Wave [Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27 Aug]

Young Edinburgh Storytellers weave music and Scottish legends in the bowels of the Netherbow Theatre transformed into the mythical Otherworld.

Woven [Greenside @ Infirmary Street]

Seven women meet at the funeral of a prominent politician who they all loved, and discover what they really meant to the ‘golden boy’.

1953: The Race for the Summit & Pitch

‘Hillary and I may not share the same blood, but we share the same spirit.’

Kate Crawford: the AI Revolution

Artificial Intelligence is about to explode as the number one problem of our age. In fact our age, and species, may well be about to morph unrecognisably because of it.

Writers’ Block & Dead-End Jobs

Now in its second year, Brain Hemingway is Erin Murray Quinlan’s exploration of writer’s block, self esteem and believing in your craft.

Beano Editors Make Mega-Mischief

With a title like that who could resist going along to hear Craig Graham and Mike Stirling talk about their jobs (jobs? – more like malarkey!) as editors of the Beano comic.