An event to mark the publication of Barclay Price's A History of Dundas Street, Edinburgh. Book online HERE or in the shop. Tickets are £6.00, or buy the book and get in free.
The Calton Hill Conservation Trust has arranged a series of events for locals looking at the archaeological potential of the area.
The project will be run by the Edinburgh branch of Headland Archaeology (HA). It will look into the human history of the Hill, about which little is known before building of the old observatory house in 1776.
A photogrammetric survey from the air took place using a drone on 15 January.
David Howie Scott, director of the popular Howie’s restaurants, wants to put a bronze plaque commemorating the 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass outside premises at 29A Waterloo Place (26/00212/LBC).
Proposed wording for the 330mm x 500ml memorial is:
Police Scotland issued a press release this lunchtime which we reproduce below unedited and in full.
Henderson Row in Edinburgh is closed northbound following a crash involving a van and a cyclist that happened around 11.45am on Monday, 12 January.
Emergency services attended and the cyclist has been taken to hospital.
Road users are advised to avoid the area.
Same old, same old.
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The start of a new year is often a moment for reflection rather than reaction.
Runs until 31 January at the National Gallery of Scotland on the Mound.
Alternatively, Turner skies available without queuing above Spurtleshire, weather permitting.
Bellevue Crescent. 4:15pm. Breathtaking.
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Looking out for Broughton.
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