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The longest of 26 walks that take place in Walk Edinburgh Week, this almost 13 mile walk winds through the…
The 300th anniversary of the birth of the Scottish philosopher, historian, and leading figure in the…
Being a port city Edinburgh has a thriving inland gull population. Gulls, and other urban foragers such as…
Edinburgh's oldest statue depicting Charles II on horseback, is back after a painstaking restoration. The…
Three years after the Edinburgh tradition of Riding of the Marches was reintroduced the event, on Sunday 11th…
The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill has been bathed in emerald light to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
Approval has been granted for an overgrown patch of the New Town to be coverted into community allotments. A…
The old Odeon Cinema on Clerk Street has been boarded up for years. Campaigners say it should be, and it can…
Heritage body Historic Scotland is holding a special Spring promotion with 5,000 half-price tickets to…
A new exhibition entitled The Artist Up Close will bring together a range of 32 portrait works of some of…
Waverley Station’s Princes Street entrance will be closed from the beginning of next month as £…
Historic Scotland is offering free entrance to many of its sites in the run up to St Andrew's Day. For the…
HRH The Princess Royal is heading to the port of Leith today to unveil a new monument to Scotland's Merchant…
The reviews are in for Burke and Hare, the black comedy from John Landis, the veteran director of The Blues…
It's a perennial problem when you're standing 24/7, 365 days a year outside in the elements. Pigeon droppings…
The statue of Charles II in Parliament Square in Edinburgh Old Town was taken away yesterday for a £57,395…
Museums Galleries Scotland have announced that a museum collection which tells the story of the Scottish…
Historian James Robertson looks at how Edinburgh earned its reputation as "City of Enlightenment" and "Athens…
An award-winning Edinburgh novelist and Japanese POW camp survivor is the latest author to be commemorated at…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…