Kerry Teakle

When is a bar not a bar? (when it's a saloon, or a comedy club for that matter).

It’s that age-old question – to do, or not to do Dry January? To make New Year’s Resolutions or not? I’m in the “not camp” on both counts! Why? I don’t have the willpower, and who would deny themselves the simple pleasures of life in the most depressing month of the year – one that […]

In case you haven't noticed, I've been away from the city for a few months, but April finds me back in Edinburgh and fully intending to play the tourist in my own backyard.

If you've ever been caught nursing a cocktail on an Edinburgh rooftop while storm clouds gather over the castle, Cold Town House has heard your prayers.

I’ve been enjoying playing tourist in my own hometown lately, so when one of my eight godchildren came to visit recently, this godmother was firmly on a mission to impress. The guest in question is a 20-something godson who has recently taken up a post in Helensburgh doing something either so tedious or so classified […]

There’s nothing like being a tourist in your own city, and when an invite came through to try out Hard Rock Café Edinburgh’s new brunch menu, it seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. Hard Rock Café Edinburgh has just launched a new weekend brunch menu, leaning into generous, shareable dishes like Red Hot […]

I’m making the most of being a tourist in my own city – catching up with friends, taking in some culture, and visiting as many of the great restaurants and bars that Edinburgh has to offer. I count my lucky stars that when I moved to Edinburgh 26 years ago, I chose Shrubhill as the […]

At 31, Kara Myles walked away from a high-pressure finance career at Skyscanner to train as a Body Stress Release practitioner in South Africa.

Meet Edinburgh's New Complementary Health Practitioner

For 25+ years, thousands of shows, and this is the one spreadsheet to rule them all – here’s how I do the Fringe (and you can too). Start with a shortlist, not the whole programme. The Fringe brochure runs to thousands of shows, and nobody – not even me – sees them all. So, every […]