Fascinating 'Defamation and Desire | Edinburgh’s Sapphic Scandal' talk today from writer & researcher Indigo Dunphy-Smith at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social as part of LGBTQ+ History Month, rich in detail about the city's neighbourhoods, people and history 👍

Lovely wee set today from Kristina Leesik + Séamus Ó’Baoighill at National Museum of Scotland in partnership with @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social 👏 More free live music coming up → www.nms.ac.uk/events/live-...

Wild, dirty, unhinged, DIRTY gig tonight at Corsica Studios from Big Sexy Noise (AKA Lydia Lunch / James Johnston / Ian White) 👏👏👏

Back-to-back joy from a packed line-up at the inaugural Cowgate Block Party in #Edinburgh celebrating discovery, emerging artists and local culture. Bumper photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/cowgate-bloc...

Still fizzing after Saturday night's @thenightwith.bsky.social bold and kinetic show with Haptic + Stef Conner at @fruitmarket.bsky.social 🧨 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/the-night-be...

My, what big teeth you have! Sneak preview encounter with Livyatan melvillei at the excellent @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social 'Giants' exhibition at National Museums of #Scotland which showcases the colossal prehistoric creatures that lived after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Cracking gig tonight from Boston's Scottish Fish at Sneaky Pete's - haste ye back 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/scottish-fis...

Week of Sound @weekofsound.bsky.social returns to Edinburgh for 2026, with a packed programme of concerts, talks, and workshops on the theme of music, technology, and society. Events are free and open to all - full details at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/week-of-s...

We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads. #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26

Braving the elements today documenting many hands making light work as @edinburghnapier.bsky.social MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation students visited the East Lothian Council Ranger Service at Levenhall Links in Musselburgh 💪

Had the pleasure of working on the photography for this one - don't miss the shows 'Jackals' & 'Walking on Eggshells' when they open in Paisley & Edinburgh this April & May 👏

Ace time documenting today's Sensory Sunday, the National Museum of Scotland's programme of sensory play sessions for children with additional support needs and disabilities and their families (also got to read dinosaur storybooks in-between taking photos which sadly doesn't happen at every job 😀).

"An old parking meter and a Pi make beautiful music together" You can't turn a parking enforcement officer into a jukebox... or can you? www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/p... via @theregister.com

Blinding 'Sgeul is Seirm' gig tonight from Mairi Callan with Màrtainn Sken + Max MacIntyre at Reid Concert Hall @edincollegeofart.bsky.social - exceptional mix of contemporary and traditional 👏👏👏

Every cloud has a silver lining, right?

Good to see the residents of @edinburghzoo.bsky.social starting the New Year with best intentions - extra credit to buff-cheeked gibbon, Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Visayan spotted deer & Prevost's squirrel for keeping a healthy diet and staying hydrated 👍 (no mention of Dry January though...).

Any Blue Monday despondency demolished by Monster Chetwynd's joyful and freewheeling talk tonight @edincollegeofart.bsky.social covering - amongst a zillion other topics - Halloween parties, handsome vets and the Sean Connery legend that is Zardoz 🤩

Good to see and hear so many impassioned voices at today's Hands Off Venezuela protest at the US Consulate General in #Edinburgh 👏🇻🇪👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/hands-off-ve...

Gorgeous set tonight from Resol String Quartet at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social c/o @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social with gold stars all round for including Caroline Shaw's exquisite 'Plan and Elevation' 👏

"reimagines candy as an audio interface, embedding bone-conduction technology into a lollipop stick to deliver music directly through the teeth and jaw" Well, seven days in and that's 2026 ruined stereogum.com/2484405/musi...

After a year of cloud cover wash-outs, a promising start to 2026 with a gorgeous Wolf #supermoon scooting around the Balmoral Hotel and Nelson Monument in #Edinburgh 🌝

Fully charged for 2026 by today's Sprogmanay shenanigans at National Museum of #Scotland as part of Edinburgh's #Hogmanay with challenge accepted by the Unicorn Dance Party + Tricky Ricky + Hip Hop Story Stop ⚡️

This is who I spent #Hogmanay with as I documented some of the epic #Edinburgh street party 😀 Hope y'all had a good night and may 2026 be all you want it to be 🤞

It’s that time of year again. Here - in no particular order - are my favourite 25 Albums of 2025. Go give them a listen 👏

Humdinger of a show from LAU tonight at @stgilescathedral.bsky.social as part of Edinburgh's #Hogmanay 🍾 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/lau-by-candl...

Positive to see two #Edinburgh bands - Swim School + Waverley - bossing the big stage at last night's Vitamin C Club at Edinburgh's #Hogmanay 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/vitamin-c-29...

Tonight's Torchlight Procession got Edinburgh's #Hogmanay off to a flying and fiery start (eyebrows can grow back, right?) 🔥 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/torchlight-p...

Before we dive into this year's #Edinburgh #Hogmanay celebrations, take a pause and let's remember what the city was like during the 2020 lockdown andycatlin.myportfolio.com/edinburgh-ho...

"StubHub Apologizes For Promoting “Lamb Of God” Christmas Show As A Concert By The Metal Band" When your auto-complete doesn't get the festive memo 🐑+✝️=🤘? stereogum.com/2483598/stub...

"Deer urine glows like holiday lights in the breeding season" Proper Christmas Joy c/o @science.org 🦌🎄🌟 www.science.org/content/arti...

Early and exceptional Christmas gift from @gigbuddies.bsky.social with legendary gig by @hamishhawk.bsky.social + Redolent + The Citrines at Sneaky Pete's 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/hamish-hawk-...

A night of beautiful, raw and (mostly) heartbreakingly sad songwriting from Laura Stevenson with Ezra Briggs at Sneaky Pete's 😢 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/laura-steven...

In dark times it felt positive joining one of today's Trans Solidarity Rides in #Edinburgh - big shout to the organisers @infrasisters.bsky.social + Queens of Pain + Edinburgh School of Rocks for making the magic happen 👏🏳️‍⚧️🚲🏳️‍⚧️👏 Photo album >

Ain't no Christmas shows like @strangetownco.bsky.social Christmas shows 🎄 Much intentional - and unintentional - chuckles capturing the joy in the three productions. See them all at Scottish Storytelling Centre #Edinburgh 13-14 December 2025 scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk

Sublime harmonies, focus and restraint at tonight’s WOOM show - including a heart-fluttering take of ’Song to the Siren’ - at Sneaky Pete's with Holy Loaf + Eleanor Hickey 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/woom-holy-lo...

Heartwarming to see the thriving grey seal colony at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve today and a big shout out to the National Trust for #Scotland team for their light-touch stewardship and fab information 👏

Great night experiencing Andrew J Brooks' 'Close Listening' installation at the Concrete Block Gallery in #Edinburgh (all art is made better with furry friends and mulled wine 😀).

Suboptimal conditions in #Edinburgh but got a wee peek between clouds of tonight's Cold Moon doing its best to be super 🌝

"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be..." Wu Yize doing a quality mid 1990s Nick Cave tribute act at this afternoon's session UK Championship 👏

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" Our feline overlords come one step closer to ruling the world www.newscientist.com/article/2506...

Star of today's Scotland Explorer schools workshop at National Museum of #Scotland was this brilliant targe (also slightly miffed not to get a go with it as hands were full of cameras 😀)

Lovely afternoon at University of Edinburgh's St Andrew's Day Concert with all-star line-up of Lori Watson, Franky Leong-Murphy, Rob Dunbar, Gary West, Tim Macdonald + Claire Garabedian, Fraser Fifield + Thalia Blacking & Will Lamb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/st-andrews-d...

In the midst of the commercial meltdown of #Edinburgh city centre, a gorgeous calming set this lunchtime from Matt Carmichael + Chris Amer at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social Scottish National Portrait Gallery as part of @soundhouse.org.uk Winter Festival 😌

Fizzy giddy high from tonight's ecstatic and unrelenting Marathon show with Comfort Girl + Corrine c/o Sneaky Pete's guesting at Legends 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/marathon-com...

Positive day working with @samaritans.bsky.social Scotland as they launched their election manifesto asking all political parties in #Scotland to make suicide prevention a priority. Find out more at www.samaritans.org/scotland/new...

Great programme and playing from Malvina Guitar Duo at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Reid Concert Hall this afternoon with surprise guest appearance from composer Edward McGuire introducing his work 'Piobaireachd to the Brahmaputra'.

In the midst of mainstream sports' commercial debasement downward spiral, #Aonishiki journey is inspirational. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

"It’s self-martyrdom and sadness” Couldn't have phrased it better myself... Important artist update from Bon Iver <stop giggling in the back> www.nme.com/news/music/b...

“It might be loud, it might get intense, it might get weird” Might? MIGHT??? Understatement of the Year from @benefitstheband.bsky.social at tonight’s breath-taking and vital show at Sneaky Pete's with THE DSM IV 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/benefits-the...

Full day getting my data thrills whilst documenting DARE UK's conference down in York including Fatemeh Torabi, Senior Research Data Scientist at University of Cambridge, talking passionately about the possibilities of their work in health care.