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  • Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (7/6/2018) - Walking through the Dean Cemetery the other day, we stopped at a particular family memorial. It was one that we’d… ... read more ...
  • Sir Lawrence Dundas (7/1/2018) - At the east end of George Street, stands the Palladian mansion of Dundas House. It is best known today as… ... read more ...
  • A Secret Agent In Edinburgh (6/24/2018) - The name of Daniel Defoe is probably known to most people today through his authorship of Robinson Crusoe. However, that… ... read more ...
  • The Radical Road (6/15/2018) - Edinburgh is the greenest city in the UK (check out the image here) and a good part of that open… ... read more ...
  • Statues of the Royal Mile – The 5th Duke of Buccleuch (6/8/2018) - The first in an occasional series looking at the statuary and memorials along the Royal Mile. Just outside the west… ... read more ...
  • Balloon Tytler Additional (6/6/2018) - This is by way of a quick, midweek update to the last post regarding James Tytler. There were a couple… ... read more ...
  • Scotland’s First Aviator (6/1/2018) - Tucked away in a little triangle of land off Milton Street, and bounded on the other sides by the East… ... read more ...
  • The Wizard of West Bow (5/27/2018) - Thanks to all who got in touch last week in response to the post on the First Marquis of Montrose.… ... read more ...
  • No Middle Way (5/21/2018) - We were in St Giles Cathedral this week and noticed this little posy of roses on the tomb of James… ... read more ...
  • Tardis To A Tipple? (5/12/2018) - Edinburgh is rightly famed for the many excellent public houses to be found in the city. Visitors from more abstemious… ... read more ...

 
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