A person stitching a quilt on a replica historical quilting frame
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.
Two actors standing back to back onstage during a theatre performance
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...
A sound recordist answering questions after a lecture presentation
A sound recordist with their arm raised stands in front of a projected image of an iceberg
A sound recordist stands in front of two laptops with a projected image of a rockpool behind them
A sound recordist stands in front of a projected image of a seal
Mind / ears blown away by sound wizard Chris Watson's excellent 'Planet Ocean' talk tonight at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 👏🎧👏🎤👏
A smiling musician playing a modular synthesiser with his fist raised in celebration
A musician playing a euphonium at a concert
A smiling musician playing a modular synthesiser
A musician playing a saxophone at a concert
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 > randycatlin.myportfolio.com/wavetable-49-26-march-20...
A curious baby is lifted up towards a torch light by their smiling parent
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 🥰
A choir performing inside a large church
Two choral singers performing in a church
A choral singer performing in a church
A choral singer performing in a church
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...
A bass player performing onstage during a concert
A keyboard player performing onstage during a concert
An electric guitar player singing into a microphone onstage during a concert. Another vocalist is lying on the stage in front of them and singing into a microphone.
An electric guitar player and vocalist sharing a microphone during a concert
Tuesday Tunes #3 : Another exceptional show from Bathing Suits tonight with Shelf Lives at The Mash House 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/shelf-lives-...
A piano player performing at a concert
A piano player and cello player performing at a concert
A cello player performing at a concert
A piano player and cello player performing at a concert
Tuesday Tunes #2 : Excellent, intriguing lunchtime concert from Robin Michael + Anna Michels at Reid Concert Hall at University of Edinburgh @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 👏
A group of school children gathered around a vintage record player with a large speaker horn
Tuesday Tunes #1 : Fun times documenting St David’s RC Primary School visit to the National Museums Collection Centre where they discovered the beginning of the vinyl revival 🎶
*blush* Good to see you too. Ace range of topics and achievements presented 👍
An art curator pointing out the detail in a black and white illustration of a blacksmith
An art curator placing a large illustration onto a display stand. The illustration features a person lying unconscious below a tree in the rain.
A black and white illustration of a creature with a human head and an insect's body
A black and white illustration of a girl sitting with a cat in her lap
Fun time at today's 'Prints & Drawings in Focus | French and Impressionist prints and drawings' @nationalgalleries.bsky.social getting up close with exceptional work including Delacroix, Legros, Redon and a box-fresh new acquisition by Morisot (because you can't have enough cats in art 😻)
Headline of the Day: "Snooker's Mark Williams has serious phobia of tea bags" 😱 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A group of people watching a full moon rising
A full moon rising above an estuary
A black and white image of a full moon
Fine evening to be chasing the full Worm Moon across #Edinburgh 🌝
A pencil self portrait of the artist Gwen John
A painting of a woman with a black cat sitting in her lap
A watercolour picture of a cat
A watercolour picture of a cat
Fab 'Gwen John | Strange Beauties' exhibition at Amgueddfa Cymru which really brings the details of @judithmackrell.bsky.social excellent biography 'Artists, Siblings, Visionaries' to life (especially Gwen's fondness for cats 😻). Scottish pals can see it @nationalgalleries.bsky.social in Aug 2026 👍
A harp player performing onstage during a concert
A close up of a harp player's hands during a performance
A harp player performing onstage during a concert
A harp player performing onstage during a concert
Virtuosic, dynamic and sensitive Joel von Lerber harp performance today at @rwcmd.bsky.social 👏👏👏
An electric guitarist onstage during a concert
An electric guitarist and a bass guitarist onstage during a concert
An electric guitarist onstage during a concert
A bass player onstage during a concert
After a few weeks at the quieter end of the musical fun park, good times tonight mixing it up with a maximalist line-up of THUMPER + Oedipus and The Mama’s Boys + Diet of Worms at Sneaky Pete's 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/thumper-24-f...
A violinist performing at a concert
A violinist performing at a concert
A cello player performing at a concert
A violinist performing at a concert
Class @thenightwith.bsky.social show last night with United Strings of Europe at @fruitmarket.bsky.social including ace 'Spindrift' by Aileen Sweeney that every Scottish group needs to get into their repertoire 👏👏👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/united-strin...
A gaelic folk singer performing at a concert
An acoustic guitarist performing at a concert
A gaelic folk singer performing at a concert
A folk music trio performing a concert in a large atrium inside a museum
Lovely set today from Innes White + Ceitlin Lilly + Ellen MacDonald at National Museum of #Scotland as part of the celebrations for World Gaelic Week 2026 #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026
Two singers onstage during a folk music concert
A singer onstage during a folk music concert
A singer onstage during a folk music concert playing an acoustic guitar
An accordion player onstage during a folk music concert
All-star alumni cast at @weekofsound.bsky.social @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Recording Culture concert celebrating 75 years of the School of Scottish Studies Archives and its remarkable work in both preserving and developing new work 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/recording-cu...
What would you do with a camera that can capture two million frames per second? Find out why sticky tape screeches, obviously 🤔 www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org
An electric bass player onstage during a concert
An electric guitar player onstage during a concert
A drummer onstage during a concert
A three piece band onstage during a concert
After last week's session in the recording studio, good time catching up with Blackstar Falling live last night at Whistlebinkies 👏
A young person moving a large cardboard triangle to fit inside a diagram marked out on the floor
Sharp young minds at work today taking part in the Giant Geometry Challenge at National Museum of #Scotland as part of their free half term family activities celebrating the latest exhibition 'Giants' www.nms.ac.uk/events/giant...
A close-up image of an Indian elephant's skeleton focussing on the spine and pelvis
An anatomy lecturer giving a presentation with an illustation of a human thorax projected above them on a screen
An Indian elephant's skeleton at the inside entrance of a anatomical museum
Alternative Valentine's Day fun at @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social Anatomical Museum's heart-themed Public Open Day as part of their 300th anniversary celebrations (and way better than overpriced petrol station chocs'n'flowers 😍)
Two musicians in a recording studio singing into a shared microphone and wearing headphones
Three musicians reflected in the surface of a circular mirror
Three musicians in a stairwell taking part in a photoshoot
Three musicians in a recording studio stand next to the engineer who is working on their song on a computer
Cracking afternoon taking photos with Blackstar Falling who are recording their new album at Mark Morrow Audio - catch them live at Whistlebinkies in #Edinburgh on Wed 18 Feb 2026 🎶
A speaker giving a presentation with their hands raised in front of their body
A speaker with their hands raised up giving a presentation at a podium which has the words 'National Galleries of Scotland' written on it
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 👍
A fiddle player performing at a concert in a museum
A small pipes player performing at a concert in a museum
Two fiddle players performing at a concert in a museum
A fiddle player and a small pipes player performing at a concert in a museum
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) 👏👏👏
A singer onstage during a concert who is shaking their hair
A singer onstage during a concert who is playing a keyboard
A singer and guitarist onstage during a concert
A singer onstage during a concert
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...
A singer performing at a contemporary classical music event in an art gallery
A cellist performing at a contemporary classical music event in an art gallery
A theorbo player performing at a contemporary classical music event in an art gallery
A recorder player performing at a contemporary classical music event in an art gallery
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...
