January & February 2026

Inside the January/ February 2026 issue of Edinburgh Life

Features

• The Royal Botanic Gardens give their winter gardening advice for a fruitful year ahead

• The history of Hamilton Palace – Scotland’s lost treasure house

• Royal Scottish Academy 200th – celebratory programme

• Spotting wildlife in Figgate Park

• Robert Burns – what brought him to Edinburgh?

• Italian Renaissance drawings at The King’s Gallery

• Visit Porto – for wine, food, culture and sun

Food & Drink

• Review of Vinette – the chic new restaurant on Broughton Street

• Brown’s of Leith, The Caley Bar and Burns Night at Lyla

Society

RBGE Supporter’s Dinner at John Hope Gateway, Consular Corps Dinner at Playfair Library, Hamilton Palace book launch at Holyroodhouse, Wooden Spoon Dinner at Prestonfield House,  Entrepreneurs’ Lunch at Royal Scots Club, Silver Scabbard Dinner Night at Redford Barracks, Heraldry Society of Scotland St Andrew’s Day Dinner at Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh World Heritage celebrates 30th in Parliament Hall.   

What’s On

Ten varied suggestions for events and activities this winter in Edinburgh and the Lothians.