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The Edinburgh Reporter speaks to Toni Giugliano SNP candidate for Edinburgh West

Toni Giugliano is standing as an SNP candidate in the 2017 General Election.  SNP won this seat at the last election in 2015 and he is adamant that he will win it again, so ensuring strong opposition to the Tories at Westminster.

The Edinburgh Reporter talks to the Green Party candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith

Lorna Slater is a chartered engineer working in the renewable energy industry. She is standing as one of only three candidates in Scotland at the General Election 2017. 

 

Here she explains about the party's main campaigning issues.

The Edinburgh Reporter talks to Deidre Brock

Deidre Brock is the SNP candidate in Edinburgh North and Leith. 

Here she talks about the General Eleciton 2017 and her constituency. 

The full candidate list is : 

BROCK, Deidre Leanne – Scottish National Party (SNP)
MCGILL, Iain – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
MUNRO, Gordon John – Labour and Co-operative Party
SLATER, Lorna Jane – Scottish Green Party
VEART, Martin – Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Edinburgh Reporter speaking with Alex Lunn

Alex Lunn is one of the SNP candidates for Craigentinny/Duddingston at the 2017 Council election. Here we speak to him about being part of the last administration and what he looks forward to.

Susan Tomes in conversation with The Edinburgh Reporter

Susan Tomes is an Edinburgh-based pianist who is appearing at The Queen's Hall this February with Debussy, Shubert and Mozart on the playlist. She spoke to us about te way she approaches the concert. 

Chatting with Edinburgh author Janice Cairns

Edinburgh author Janice Cairns has found a very old copy of Alice in Wonderland among her late husband's library. Here she tells us about the book and about her own literary journey.

The Lord Provost talking about his 2017 Burns Supper

The Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh is holding a Burns Supper in January 2017. He is hoping that it will raise much-needed funds for his charity, the OneCity Trust. Here he explains what the charity does. 

 

Revamp at the National Gallery of Scotland

Celebrating Scotland's Art is a £16.8million project which will improve the Scottish National Gallery and triple the space. The gallery will be wheelchair accessible throughout and the setting should become more natural, set as it is within Princes Street Gardens.

The Edinburgh Reporter talking to composer Anna Meredith about her concert on 13 November

Anna Meredith will be leading The Scottish Ensemble in a recontextualisation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons at The Hub on Sunday 13 November 2016. This will be an immersive experience for the audience who will enter a dramatci new world. While they are sitting in this space they will be cooconed in music and projections created by Anna and her sister Eleanor Meredith. 

Tickets are on sale through The Queen's Hall website by telephone on 0131 668 2019 or online here