Well done to all the superheroes taking part in the Edinburgh Half Marathon today! A Herculean effort in that heat and luckily some residents had garden hoses on to help cool the runners down 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏻☀️💦

So much love from a packed out Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh last night for Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain, the amazing Douglas Stuart. The first night of his UK book tour for John of John was hosted by the Portobello Bookshop and he was in conversation with Nicola Sturgeon.

The fabulous Cherry West in Stirling to launch Lumo's new West Coast rail service from Stirling to London which starts on 25th May 🚅💃💋 The award winning drag queen will also be the host for Stirling Pride which takes place on 29th August 🌈

Happy 100th birthday to the legendary Sir David Attenborough. I was lucky enough to meet him briefly whilst working the Edinburgh TV Festival in 2017. I hope we have this national treasure around for many more years 🌍🌿🎂

Portobello Bookshop knocking it out the park again by bringing the amazing Patrick Radden Keefe to Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh to talk about his new book London Falling. There's still some signed copies of London Falling available on the Portobello Bookshop website and in store 📖📚

The awesome Jennette McCurdy stops off at The Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on her tour to launch her new book Half His Age and chat to Monica Heisey. The event was hosted by the equally awesome Portobello Bookshop who have signed copies of Half His Age available in store and on their website 📚📖

Super fun day with the amazing cast of this year's Capital Theatres Panto Jack and the Beanstalk which runs at the Festival Theatre Sat 13th Dec - Sun 11th Jan. This will be the last time the Panto can be seen in the Festival Theatre as Panto will be back at the redeveloped King's Theatre in 2026!🎉

Throwback to on this day in 2012… we just returned from a vehicle patrol with 1SCOTS in Shorabak, Afghanistan on Herrick 17 and I saw this soldier checking the 0.50cal heavy machine gun mounted on top of his Jackal vehicle as the sun set behind him 🌅

Congratulations to all the winners at The Saltires, Scotland's National Book Awards which took place last night at Central Hall in Edinburgh 🏆📚📖

Always a fun day covering the Forth Awards at the Usher Hall... congrats to all the winners 📷🙌🏆🎤⭐️

Always a fun day covering the Forth Awards at the Usher Hall... congrats to all the winners 📷🙌🏆🎤⭐️

Radio presenters Boogie and Arlene swapped the studio for the stage as they were awarded honorary doctorates by Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) today🧑‍🎓🎙📻

The incredible Nicola Sturgeon talking about her recently published memoir Frankly last night at the Portobello Bookshop event in Portobello Town Hall. Signed copies are available in the bookshop or on their website 📖 @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social

The global phenomenon National Theatre production War Horse returns to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh from 2nd-11th October. Joey is pictured on the stage with the beautiful Festival Theatre auditorium in the background with Albert. 🐴

The awesome Kevan Christie launches his book To Be Frank at Leith Dockers Club with a reading by Jamie Sives. Looking forward to reading this 📖

Fiddler on the Roof ON THE ROOF of the Festival Theatre! The Fiddler (Raphael Papo) enjoys the views of Edinburgh Castle and Arthur’s Seat on the Festival Theatre roof before climbing back down to take the stage in the 5-star musical showstopper which runs until Saturday 🎻

The amazing Ocean Vuong talking about his new book The Emperor of Gladness with Michael Pedersen at the Portobello Bookshop event in the Assembly Rooms last night. Portobello Bookshop have a few signed copies available if you missed the event and want to grab one 📖📚

Rebecca & Milo get ready for Edinburgh Cocktail Week which is only one month away. The UK's leading cocktail festival returns Friday 3rd - Sunday 12th October once again transforming the capital into a cocktail lovers playground 🍸🍹🥂

Rainy Friday night in Glasgow with the awesome War Productions crew projecting Johnnie Walker X Sabrina Carpenter adverts onto buildings 🌧📽📷

Here's a small selection of pics from a super fun week working at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📺📷🎥🎭⭐️

Here's a small selection of pics from a super fun week working at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📺📷🎥🎭⭐️

Here's a small selection of pics from a super fun week working at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📺📷🎥🎭⭐️

Well done to the amazing winners of the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards - Sam Nicoresti (Best Comedy Show) and Ayoade Bamgboye (Best Newcomer) 🤣🎭🏆👏

Huge congratulations to the amazing team of Row4MND who set off in their rowing boat from Cornwall on 25th July and arrived in Port Edgar yesterday. This completes the first leg of their 4 year challenge which aims to raise £57m to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. Incredible effort 🛶🌊🎉

Looking forward to working with the lovely people at the Edinburgh TV Festival next week! Ahead of that (and because I'm going through the archives searching for pics for a new website) here's some pics from previous years at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📷📺

Looking forward to working with the lovely people at the Edinburgh TV Festival next week! Ahead of that (and because I'm going through the archives searching for pics for a new website) here's some pics from previous years at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📷📺

Looking forward to working with the lovely people at the Edinburgh TV Festival next week! Ahead of that (and because I'm going through the archives searching for pics for a new website) here's some pics from previous years at the Edinburgh TV Festival 📷📺

Here's some production shots I took of Vagabond Skies: The Van Gogh Musical. Showing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum Thursday 30 July to Thursday 21 August; daily at 9pm (not 11 or 18 August) 🌻🎨

Assembly Gala Launch last night at Assembly Hall. Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially started 🎭🎟

Vagabond Skies – The Van Gogh Musical cast in the sunflower fields of The Balgone Estate at North Berwick. This new British musical is on at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum Thursday 30 July to Thursday 21 August; daily at 9pm (not 11 or 18 August) 🌻🎨

corto.alto perform at The Queen’s Hall as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 🎤🎼🎺🎹

GAIA performs at The Queen’s Hall as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 🎤

Akram Abdulfattah performs at St Bride’s Centre as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival🎻🎷🥁🎹🎼

Wajdzik, Bowden, Mackay and Henderson perform at The Jazz Bar as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival🎷🥁🎸🎼

Julian Lage Trio perform at The Queen’s Hall as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 🎹🎼

Joanna Duda Trio perform at St Bride’s Centre as part of the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 🎹🎼

Catchy.

From the archive… Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs spits water on stage at T in the Park 2013. Was pretty happy to have caught this pic of such an amazing band 📷🎤 @yeahyeahyeahs.bsky.social

Edinburgh Festival Carnival takes place in West Princes Street Gardens and brings together local and international artists for an awe-inspiring display of costumes, dance and music 💃🏾🦚🎺🥁🪇

Edinburgh Festival Carnival takes place in West Princes Street Gardens and brings together local and international artists for an awe-inspiring display of costumes, dance and music 💃🏾🦚🎺🥁🪇

The awesome Ali Affleck and Streetmash Band officially launch the 2025 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival and Edinburgh Festival Carnival last night at The Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrew Square 🎪🎫🎤🎼🎹

Medical School students from The University of Edinburgh celebrate their graduation at McEwan Hall in Bristo Square 🧑🏻‍🎓🎓🍾🩺📜 Congratulations!

Throwback to 14 years ago today taking pics of the awesome Kim Cattrall launching the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival 🎬🎥 @kimcattrall.bsky.social

Farewell to the legendary singer-songwriter Brian Wilson. Here's some pics I was lucky enough to take of him performing at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in May 2016. Rest easy sir 🏄

The cast of Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet pictured on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh ahead of the show opening tonight at the Festival Theatre and running until Saturday 🩰🎭🎸🛵

Well done to all the amazing runners taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon and Edinburgh Half Marathon today. I hope you are all enjoying some well deserved drinks after your hard work 🏃🏃‍♀️👟🍺 #edinburghmarathon

Super sad to learn of the death of the awesome George Wendt. Here is a portrait of him I took in 2010. He was a lovely man and I was a huge fan after growing up watching Cheers 🍺 #georgewendt #cheers #norm #pic #pics #photography #photographer #portrait

Fuck sake I’m much better looking now

Throwback Thursday to a portrait I took of Irvine Welsh at the launch of his book Skagboys 13 years ago this week. Skagboys is a prequel to his 1993 novel Trainspotting 💉📖 @irvinewelsh.bsky.social

The cast of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) outside the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh where the show opens tonight and runs until Saturday 💃🎭🎼