Andy Catlin

Safe Streets Bearsden knocked it out of the park tonight with huge turnout for their Bears Way Beacon Ride as part of @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Rides which highlight the need for safer streets and better cycle routes, especially for women riding after dark 🚲🌝

2026 really is the year that just keeps on giving... 😱 www.nme.com/news/music/c...

Good to see folk out protesting at the UK Government's wrong-headed decision to allow production from the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea 👏

Cracking mix of trad, experimental & deep listening tunes from Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh at inaugural Shore Leave gig at Brown's of Leith c/o Aidan O'Rourke & Tim Taylor (plus bonus lesson is how to pitch bend on a whistle using fizzy water 😂). Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/caoimhin-o-r...

Beautiful set tonight from Mairi McGillivray and Katie Allen at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social c/o @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social celebrating National Poetry Day 2026 👏

Headline of the Day: "Drunk Van Halen fan called Microsoft support and demanded to speak to Gates" Ah, the good old days of the interwebs 🤘 www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026... via @theregister.com

Harvest Moon going full power over #Edinburgh 🌝

Positive afternoon documenting @strangetownco.bsky.social new production of Jennifer Adam's powerful "Balisong". The play is being performed in 12 schools across #Edinburgh with a public performance at @traversetheatre.bsky.social tomorrow night (Sat 26 Sep 2026) www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/bal...

Proud as punch to see pal Josh Holton with Rhiannon Grist at @typewronger.bsky.social for the #Edinburgh launch of his critically acclaimed debut novel 'Fledgling' published by @conduitbooks.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Headline of the Day: "Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam" Have they not suffered enough? 😉 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Its been a tough week so good to get a heartwarming trip to Glasvegas documenting some of @cyclinguk.bsky.social ace projects including the brilliant Toryglen Community Youth Project SCIO, a non-profit charity organisation dedicated to supporting young people and their families 👍

Six venues, ten bands, ten hours ✅ Bumper photo album from Sunday's Edinburgh Psych Fest andycatlin.myportfolio.com/edinburgh-ps...

That's another Edinburgh Psych Fest wrapped up with audacious fun from @stereolabgroop.bsky.social GANS @anginedepoitrine.bsky.social + Water Machine 👏

Busy first wave of Edinburgh Psych Fest 2026 shenanigans with great sets from Jill Lorean, Ghostwoman, The Heavenly Bodes + Automatic.

"Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears" Groundbreaking research or a B movie horror plot? www.wired.com/story/how-do... via @wired.com

More bike fun today documenting VIE Velo's ride round West Lothian & Queensferry in gorgeous autumn sunshine. VIE Velo have been enabling visually impaired and sighted people to share the joy of cycling since 2017 - find out more here: www.vievelo.org/about

Restorative Gwen John-inspired set from Karolína Kubálková at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social c/o @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social 😌

Nothing is quite as much fun as watching other folks' daring-do / daftness and the King and Queen of Kaimes bike race is SUPER FUN (for observers). 1km, 10% gradient, 100% effort 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/king-and-que...

Belter of a show to finish off the festivals with max sweaty fun from Sex Mask + Humane at Sneaky Pete's 😅 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/sex-mask-hum...

Fab day documenting this year's 360 Fest at National Museum of Flight including fun times with Extreme Mountain Bike Show, Think Circus, @cyclinguk.bsky.social + Saltire Steel.

Bold ideas at tonight's PILGRIM concert of new works at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social with some fascinating collaborations between doctoral researchers and Sequoia, the University of Edinburgh's Ensemble in Residence.

Grinning like a loon from the all the guitars'n'grooves at tonight's euphoric Golomb + Scarred Lip gig at Sneaky Pete's ❤️ Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/golomb-scarr...

Textures on top of layers on top of textures tonight from Just Mustard + Skydaddy at La Belle Angele c/o 432 | Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/just-mustard...

All the #Edinburgh love went out to Horsegirl tonight at La Belle Angele c/o 432 with ace bonus opening set by From 2 - haste ye back 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/horsegirl-fr...

100 secs of fun from last night's Pieute 14th birthday street party. All joy, no fuss 👍

Sunshine, shenanigans and best times at @pieute.bsky.social 14th birthday street party 😎 Photo / video album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/pieute-14th-...

Good times this week documenting Arts Council Malta’s international development programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with 19 projects connecting directly with producers, programmers and industry professionals 👏

Another winning summary by Feedly's A.I. genius...

🎨 | Artists, designers, fabricators and creative teams are being invited to help shape the new Caerlee Mill Bike Campus in Innerleithen – which is being delivered in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University. Find out more ➡️ orlo.uk/l2W3g #MustBeNapier

Puggled joyful after a fun day following VIE Velo on their 100km Two Bridges fundraising ride (and I only did 1/3 of the distance they covered 😮‍💨). VIE Velo have been enabling visually impaired and sighted people to share the joy of cycling since 2017 - find out more here: www.vievelo.org/about

Solar eclipse over cloudy #Edinburgh including sneaking out from behind @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social for a cheeky encore 🌞🌝

DCI Taggart, there's been a murder... www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org

What happens in the 'spoon, stays in the 'spoon 🤓 www.theregister.com/personal-tec... via @theregister.com

Loved @marghjenkin.bsky.social "Rose of Nevada" and chapeau for getting legends New Fast Automatic Daffodils into the film, not once but TWICE 👏 (George MacKay looks as surprised as I would hearing 'Big' in your local) www.roseofnevada.co.uk

Fun times and brilliant attitudes as Detours + @dancebase.bsky.social + Assembly bring Belgian hip-hop culture to the festivals with an All Styles Street Battle in George Square 💪

✨ Glow Rides are back! After a brilliant first year, communities across the UK are getting ready to light up the streets again. Women-led and open to everyone, Glow Rides highlight the need for safer streets and better cycle routes. Thinking of organising one? 👇 cyclinguk.org/glow-rides

Transcendent show from Mary Lattimore at La Belle Angele - more harp, more joy ❤️

Gorgeous set - and perfect festivals respite - from Rachel Campbell & Holli Scott at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social tonight c/o @livemusicnowscot.bsky.social (including heartfelt tribute to David McLellan 👏👏👏)

"Edinburgh festival: how the city’s residents could benefit after the crowds leave" Interesting article by Veselina Stoyanova for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/edinburgh-fe...

Mixed energy levels from @wolct.bsky.social Water of Leith gang tonight with a zen heron, nibbly rat, hide'n'seek foxes and soprano pipistrelle bats in a batsh*t frenzy ❤️

Ever think that tune just sounds too damn fine? Wish it could have more hiss, flutter and distortion? Wish no more. The "Audio Cassette Simulation" is here for you: www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026... via @theregister.com

Currently choking through the Blaenavon wildfire smoke trail and hoping that it doesn't impact our small friends like this White-tailed Bumblebee or Golden-ringed Dragonfly 🤞

Taking time with tiny things on the River Usk including Demoiselles & Damselflies being flashy and aeronautically amorous whilst a Meadow Grasshopper keeps it covert.

Quite the surprise to see delicious pop maestros Blind Yeo on BBC News at Ten 😀👏😀👏😀 (sneaked in as part of Burnham's business rates cuts for pubs, social clubs and live music venues)

Wild times at Cowgate Block Party with A+ sets from Native James + PVC + Monks + ugly ozo closing out a brilliant day at Sneaky Pete's + Mash House 🔥 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/cowgate-bloc...

V3 Cowgate Block Party off to a flying start with cracking sets from Hospital Corner, Charles Bueller, Picture the Scene + Hot Face (and it's not even half way through...)

Another great night at Wavetable #53 with joyful adventures in sound from JP Waksman + Bell Lungs + forloveofambient at @fruitmarket.bsky.social 👏 Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/wavetable-53...

Behold! The mighty power of 500px A.I. captioning! "Wild Animal Roaring Expressing Raw Power and Untamed Nature" Actually, it's yawning. Perhaps it's a raw, untamed, powerful yawn? 🥱

Count me in 🦇❤️🦇 @tomgauld.bsky.social for @newscientist.com

Mainly mouths at @edinburghzoo.bsky.social with lots of chops from Atty the Linne’s two-toed baby sloth, binturong, cheetah and Southern pudu 😮