The Edinburgh Report

Speaking with Suzy Enoch author of children’s stories Ferntickle Tales

Suzy Enoch is a mum of three children and wanted to have some new material to teach her five year-old daughter how to read. So she has written her own and three will be launched on 26 May with more to be published later. All the stories are set in lockdown and will help you explain that to young children while also teaching them how to read. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland and the difficulties during lockdown

The RNIB commissioned a survey of those with sight loss to assess how difficult life had become for them in recent weeks. Here we speak to James Adams Director of RNIB Scotland and to Kirin Saeed who is registered blind --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

A major award for Inverleith House Gallery will be announced on Friday

We interviewed Emma Nicolson who is ahead of Creative Programmes about the latest news. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Ian Murray MP on COVID-19:

Questions continue over the decision to go ahead with mass gatherings across the UK following the Edinburgh Nike conference COVID-19 outbreak. It is a week since the BBC Disclosure programme which revealed that the Scottish Government had not made findings of positive cases arising from the conference public. Here we speak to Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray about what he sees as a cover up --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Meeting Tom Harries of Edinburgh Lockdown Economy

Edinburgh Lockdown Economy has fast become the website to go to whether you’re looking for food groceries or ideas to keep you entertained during the lockdown here we speak to Tom of Edinburgh Lockdown Economy about how it works --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Scran Academy and how to feed 30,000 meals in a few weeks

John Loughton is running the logistics of a catering company which is about to deliver its 30,000th free meal in Edinburgh in just a few weeks. We spoke to John recently about how this all works. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Meeting Paul from Invisible Cities

Paul Stewart is a walking tour guide with invisible Cities. That is the social enterprise which runs tours for residents and tourists alike. Invisible Cities employee those who have had experience of homelessness. He has been homeless over 10 times, and sees the city in a different way. During the pandemic he is offering virtual tours on Zoom on a one to one basis when you can experience Edinburgh with Paul as your guide to Leith which is rich in local history --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

The Moderator on what he is doing during lockdown

The Right Rev Colin Sinclair is the minister of Palmerston Place Church in Edinburgh. He has been Moderator this past year and will give up office on 16 May. We spoke to him and his wife Ruth from their home in Morningside where their daily Facebook broadcasts are making them social media sensations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

A story about Denis Goldberg and Edinburgh

Anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg died on Wednesday aged 87. We spoke to former Lord Provost Eric Milligan about his memories of Goldberg and FW de Klerk, as well as Nelson Mandela --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message

Talking to Sir Geoffrey Palmer part 2

In the first part of this series we spoke to Sir Geoff who is a human rights activist as well as an Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University about links to the slave trade in the New Town. In the second part we take up the tale of the plaque proposed for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edinburgh-reporter/message