Porty Podcast
The Porty Podcast is a community project, highlighting events in and around Edinburgh's seaside - Portobello! It's a very active area with sailing, rowing and kayaking on the Forth, a vibrant artistic community and a strong sense of identity which makes it slightly separate from the other parts of Edinburgh. Image credit Nicola Dunlop
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 346
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Porty News Episode 9
Porty News Episode 8
It’s Tuesday the 9th of February. Welcome to this edition of Porty News.
It seems that the Spaces for People scheme is now causing issues in Duddingston - in particular, the plans for D…
Porty News Episode 7
It’s Monday the 8th of February and welcome to the 7th edition of Porty News from the Porty Podcast. I’m David Calder
Art Walk Porty has ambitions to involve more communities than just …
197 Where Time Suspends - the new album from Rosie Nimmo
Portobello Singer-songwriter Rosie Nimmo’s fourth album, “Where Time Suspends”, has just been released. Produced by Marc Pilley (ex-Hobotalk, and now Arksong) , its ten tracks have been…
Porty News Episode 6
It’s Friday the 5th of February. Welcome to the 6th bulletin from Porty News
You may have seen the posts from Portobello Community Council (PCC) about the two “expressions of interest” …
Porty News Episode 5
It’s Thursday the 4th of February. Welcome to the fifth bulletin from Porty News
We were delighted to read that Handicabs are offering FREE transport for people with mobility issues who…
Porty News Episode 4
It’s Wednesday the 3rd of February and this is the fourth bulletin from Porty News
First, a couple of pieces of information from the City of Edinburgh Council! The first has to do with …
Porty News Episode 3
You may have come a cross the Council’s proposals for Seafield, which it describes as an “urban area housing-led mixed-use site” – whatever that means. In practice, it means turning the…
Porty News Episode 2
Early last year, we spoke to Harem Murdochy, owner of the Boat House, St Andrews chippie and other establishments around Portobello. At that time, he had just signed a lease to turn par…
196 The Future for Community Action in Porty
Last week, we heard from Geoff Pearson from Porty Central about their ambitions for the Town Hall. On Monday evening, those were discussed at length by Portobello Community Council. The…
Porty News Episode 1
Hello and welcome to Porty News, which at the moment is an experiment as part of the Porty Podcast. Our aim – and perhaps that of anyone who wants to help out occasionally – is to brin…
195 Porty Central
Happy New Year - and let's all hope for better things as this year progresses!
Some of you may have seen an email or post from the community group Porty Central in which they explain why…
194 Year's End 2020
Looking back over 2020, the Porty Podcast has made the effort to keep going. But David Calder and his wife Penny both went down with a mild version of CoVid in the Spring which came ba…
193 Kings Place Reimagined
When you think of Portobello Beach, you tend to think of an area from (say) the Figgate Burn along to the Swim Centre. But it actually stretches almost two and a half miles from Seafi…
193 RNLI - The Kinghorn Lifeboat
In the past month, the RNLI lifeboat from Kinghorn has been called out to Portobello-Joppa Bay a number of times; but the crews have found themselves sent across here more this year tha…
191 Porty Timebank's Support through the Pandemic
The past few months have been very difficult for so many people. For long weeks and months, it was particularly hard for those who had to “shield” from possible infection. The “Stay Ho…
190 Window Wanderland
You may have noticed on assorted Porty pages online a proposal to bring some light and colour into this rather dark and dismal time of year. That’s especially true when so many of the e…
189 Shrapnel
Porty playwright and producer, Claire Wood, of Production Lines Theatre Co has a new play called ‘Shrapnel’ which opens for a short run online tomorrow night. The play is set in Scotla…
188 Velvet Easel - Under New Management
It’s almost 5 months since the Velvet Easel Gallery came under new management. And this month, the new owner, Jane Grant, opened her first winter exhibition. She’s the first to admit t…
187 Tragedy on the Roads
Road safety - the safety of cyclists in particular - was once again headline news this past week. The tragic death of a cyclist, killed by a lorry, brought into focus yet again just how…