Getting obsessed by this ever-so-fancy Roman iron parade helmet which looks amazing at National Museum of Scotland's new 'Scotland's First Warriors' exhibition (free / on display until May 2027). Get a sense of its blingness with this 3D scan by @hugowhymark.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/ro...

And that, my friends, is the joy of riding of a bike 😀 Ace session documenting @cyclinguk.bsky.social Play Together on Pedals project in North Lanarkshire that helps preschool and early primary-aged children – and the adults around them – to enjoy cycling.

Fab time working with Firefly Arts on capturing their Summer Showcases at Reconnect Howden Park including their bold new production 'Anhedonic' before it heads to @ytartsscot.bsky.social National Festival of Youth Theatre in July at Eden Court in Inverness 👏

The Family Otter out'n'about tonight on @wolct.bsky.social Water of Leith with some unintentionally hilarious squeaky toy impressions undermining their stealth mission 😀

The Times online ad engine is doing some next level Starmer trolling 😳

Privilege to document up-close the creation of @dunedinconsort.bsky.social 'The Belly of the Beast', their exquisite co-production with @mahoganyopera.bsky.social + @wearehera.bsky.social featuring @carolynsampson.bsky.social + Mariana Rodrigues 👏 Touring > www.dunedin-consort.org.uk/diary/

"Swiss deathcore upstarts Paleface Swiss frontman Marc Zellweger is furious that the festival will only let him have one free hot meal" Furious! That's a hill that even Pussy Riot or Fugazi couldn't defend 🤘 The Guardian on Download 2026 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Good times this week working with @strangetownco.bsky.social documenting their three excellent shows - 'Heart of the Storm', 'Love Bites' & 'The Kind Complex' - which are appearing at Summerhall on 13-14 June 2026. Tickets > www.summerhallarts.co.uk/whats-on/

Lovely wee set of Scottish piano music from Catriona Mackenzie tonight at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social c/o Live Music Now Scotland 👍

Class night from Ye Vagabonds + Elanor Moss at La Belle Angele c/o 432 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/ye-vagabonds...

Had to climb Jacob's Ladder to find tonight's full Blue Micromoon over #Edinburgh - the next one in the UK won't be until 2066 it seemed worth the effort 🌝

All the active travel love / frustration / joy at today's brilliant @pedalonparliament.org as thousands of regular folk took to their wheels calling for a cycle-friendly Scotland with safer streets for all 👍🚲🛴👍🚶👍 Bumper photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/pedal-on-par...

Join us tomorrow to ride to @pedalonparliament.org meeting at 10.30 for 10.45 departure.

Great time documenting this year's @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Degree Show which is packed with bold, new creative work 👏👏👏 Open to the public 29 May - 5 June 2026 www.napierdegreeshow.co.uk

Flying visit to wish @royalscottishacad.bsky.social a happy 200th birthday and caught some great wee talks from Academicians Ronald Forbes, Kate Downie + Philip Braham 🥳

Top night of slinky, smokey beats and rhymes from YUNGMORPHEUS + Theravada + Jurnalist at Sneaky Pete's 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/yungmorpheus...

Perfect 🌞 gig from Blind Yeo + Both Hands at Sneaky Pete's, moving heads, hearts and hips (plus some impressively impractical wardrobe choices 😀). Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/blind-yeo-bo...

📸 Smile! Museums in Scotland can apply for up to £1,000 to commission marketing photography for their venue. Applications close June 29th. To find out more, visit: buff.ly/eCMOCr0 📸: Credit: Rachel Hein/Museum of The Royal Regiment of Scotland

If you're going to stand up to our digital overlords, make sure you've got satirical poetry, Finnish polka and a fictional turkey in your armory. Amine Raiti, we salute you 🫡 www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026... c/o @theregister.com

Love an impromptu game of hide'n'seek tonight with a badger on Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social but it has hee-haw skills compared to this spider who turned its web into an all-you-can-eat buffet 🕸️

Good times tonight at @bellfieldbrewery.bsky.social with Solas previewing some of their bumper line-up for this June's festival inc Bee Asha + Euan Stamper + Ramtajam + @arusa.bsky.social 👏

Unique instruments, live coding and near-psychic musical communication at tonight's Wavetable #51 at @fruitmarket.bsky.social with top drawer sets from @haftormedboe.bsky.social + Konrad Wiszniewski with Shankar Saanthakumar and Gong Girl 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/wavetable-51...

Fun night documenting @edinburghnapier.bsky.social School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment's 'Micro to Macro' exhibition with all sorts of innovation and research work on display (open to the public 13-14 May 2026 my.napier.ac.uk/News-and-Eve...)

Positive to see so many folk at today's Keep Our Kids Safe Rally in #Edinburgh supporting the Greenbank > Meadows Quiet Route 🚶🚲🛴

Dippers enjoying a perfect Sunday on Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social - messing about in the river, bumper lunch and then some indulgent self care. Bliss.

🚨“Keep our kids safe!” rally 🚨 - Tuesday 12th May outside the City Chambers at 12:30pm to show the strength of community support for road safety measures More details & how you can help: blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/keep-our-kid...

Mind blown by trip to @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social bell tower as part of their annual Open Day with a brilliant introduction from their Society of Change Ringers (including mildly terrifying trip up & down the highest bell tower in the city 👍). Find out more at www.cathedral.net/community/be...

Braw night documenting @dunedinconsort.bsky.social 'Cantatas & Concertos' at Greyfriars Kirk, their final concert of their 30th anniversary season which featured players from @rcsofficial.bsky.social 👍

Now Wu Yize is World Snooker Champion, will he retire his Nick Cave side hustle?

Brilliant - and all-too-brief - visit to The Whitworth today with unexpected bonus treat of hearing Manchester Sacred Harp in good voice. Ever since watching the documentary 'Awake, My Soul' two decades ago I've wanted to experience Sacred Harp live and it did not disappoint 👏

(Slightly Fuzzy) Full Flower Moon over Penperlleni. Look out for a second one later this month on 31 May 🤞

On 30th May at 11:30am, we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-safe Scotland. Today, we've released our renewed manifesto - will you join us? ➡️ pedalonparliament.org/our-manifesto/ #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #PoP26

"An unknown inventor came up with a clever design for a child-safe way to hurl edged weapons at a target" Is this a new use of the word 'clever'? www.core77.com/posts/143920...

Fair to say not everyone was 100% onboard for today's portrait session at @edinburghzoo.bsky.social with some haughty disdain from Northern White-faced Owl, Southern Cassowary, Pallas's Cat and Drill 😀

Quality wall-to-wall world premieres exploring music and nature from Ensemble Offspring c/o The Night With... at @fruitmarket.bsky.social 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/ensemble-off...

How Saturday Starts: heartwarming afternoon documenting the Egypt Past & Present Community Workshop at National Museum of Scotland, full of laughter, creativity & stories 😊

Boss night c/o Wavetable #50 at @fruitmarket.bsky.social with spicy musical goodness from The Shell + GAMING + November Group 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/wavetable-50...

Good to see one positive outcome of Artemis II was a return to proper science journalism: www.newscientist.com/article/mg27...

Quality afternoon spent with the dippers on the @wolct.bsky.social in #Edinburgh and chuffed to confirm their new nest site looks in good shape 👍

Speedy trip to catch up with the bright young things of Youth Theatre Arts Scotland's Next Generation who were holding a residential in Kingussie. Next Generation is a free support, development & training programme for young leaders in the early stages of their working lives as arts practitioners.

Academy Late at @royalscottishacad.bsky.social is one of my favourite nights of the year and tonight's was a belter with ace performances from Fev Buchanan + Cora Macmillan + Edie Niel + @mystikaglamoor.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Sad / happy finding this egg on Water of Leith today (see final image) but struggling with an ID. Thought it might be a Great Tit's but at 40mm long, it's more like a Woodpigeon's. Any ideas?

Brilliant atmosphere at today's 'Gather Around the Frame: A Celebration of Hand Quilting' event at National Museum of Scotland with an inspiring mix of community and creativity.

Always a blast capturing @strangetownco.bsky.social Young Company and loved their latest show 'Aphrodite Rogue' by Eleanor McMahon (including appropriate flashback fear on joys of flat sharing 🙀). Last chance to see it at Summerhall tonight (Sat 28 Mar 2026) strangetown.org.uk/styc-aphrodi...

Mind / ears blown away by sound wizard Chris Watson's excellent 'Planet Ocean' talk tonight at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 👏🎧👏🎤👏

Playful night c/o Wavetable #49 at their inaugural @fruitmarket.bsky.social show with mint sets from Steve Davis + @gazwilliams.bsky.social and Three Field Lines 👏 Photo album > rhttps://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/wavetable-49-26-march-2026

Fun day documenting Youth Theatre Arts Scotland's National Convention of Youth Drama and good to see the young team enjoying the movement workshop 😀

First proper bat snoop of 2026 on the Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social and pure joy seeing Soprano Pipistrelles and Daubenton's getting their spring equinox party on in central #Edinburgh 🥰

Beautiful night at Old Saint Paul's in #Ediburgh with Dr Paul Newton-Jackson directing the vocal consort Mater Matris in a concert of elaborate sacred works from 16th century #Scotland. Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/mater-matris...

Tuesday Tunes #3 : Another exceptional show from Bathing Suits tonight with Shelf Lives at The Mash House 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/shelf-lives-...