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By: Barclay Price
Isabella Hutchison (neé Cunninghame) was an Edinburgh philanthropist who became Catholic, funding the establishment of St Margaret’s Convent and supporting the work of the Sisters
By: Derrick Johnstone
The voyage of the Henry and Francis from Leith, September 1685 In early September 1685, a ship weighed anchor in the Forth and headed out
By: Steven Robb
On a sweltering summer day, exactly two hundred years ago, the foundation stone for Edinburgh’s new Royal High School was laid on a fresh site
By: Janette Walkinshaw
A remarkable woman Writing in 1825, Robert Chambers described May Drummond as ‘one of the most remarkable women that Scotland ever produced’. [1] Many praised
By: Derrick Johnstone
Pierrots were troupes who entertained residents, day-trippers and holidaymakers in Portobello and other seaside resorts between the 1890s and 1930s. They offered a hugely popular
By: John N Amoore
Two legends in the Coats of Arms of the Canongate and Edinburgh Unexpected consequences when kings hunt is the theme of two legends represented in
By: Derrick Johnstone
A post to mark the 160th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, 26 May 1865 Commemorating Scottish veterans and Abraham Lincoln The Lincoln
Progress on ‘Reviving the Trinity Stones’ (Jean Guild Grant project) Enthusiastic stone spotters, Alison Macdonald, Hetty Lancaster, Jill Harrison, Jill Powlett-Brown and Matthew Nicholas from
By: Jo Chapman
The story of The Maiden The Maiden, a guillotine-like device introduced to Edinburgh in the 16th century, remains a grim symbol of Scotland’s history of