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Julia Morrison

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Julia works in our Digital Team coordinating our social media and blog content. She wishes there were more hours in the day to explore Scotland's fascinating history and heritage!

Posts by Julia Morrison

  • Painting of a man skating in Victorian clothing - long black coat, trousers and a top hat. He's outlined in turquoise. In the background behind him is an architectural drawing of Murrayfield Ice Rink from the 1930s, with people wearing 1930s clothing and 1930s cars.

    The Skating Minister and Scotland’s ice-skating history

    19 December 2024, Archives, History
  • An aerial photo of Holyrood Park. It's tinted purple with an illustration of a plane in yellow flying over. The crags are at the centre of the image and behind them is the city of Edinburgh. The city is under a blanket of smog but here and there church spires and landmarks emerge from the smoke.

    What can a 75-year-old photo tell us about Holyrood Park?

    20 November 2024, Aerial photography, Archives, Nature & wildlife
  • Digging into Holyrood Park’s archaeology

    14 October 2024, Archaeology, Site Stories
  • A portrait of James VI. He is a man of around 50 with a thin face and red beard. He wears a black hat with a feather in it and he has a black coat with an elaborate white ruff.

    James VI and his “favourites”

    13 March 2024, History, LGBT+ History, Who are you?
  • On the left is a close up of a bronze statue of a Black man. He has a naked torso and he beats a drum. On the right is a close up of the face of a statue depicting the explorer Mungo Park. It is in profile. He appears youthful and clean-shaven with longish, wavy hair swept back from his face. Behind these images is another image of the monument taken from a distance showing it in context.

    Mungo Park: exploring his memorial

    28 September 2023, Heritage
  • view of St Giles' Cathedral taken from the lawnmarket area

    St. Giles’ Cathedral and its Royal history

    12 September 2022, History
  • 19th century engraving depicting a rider on horseback crossing a bridge over the Water of Leith. Some other small figures walk along the banks of the river.

    The LGBT sex scandal of Edinburgh’s New Town

    28 February 2022, History, LGBT+ History, Women's History
  • view from the top of the hill in the middle of Iona, down to the abbey and across to Mull

    Built on bones: the story of St Oran

    27 October 2021, Supernatural and Folklore
  • a carved stone featuring a face and a shield with a lion rampant

    Hidden meanings in Scotland’s historic places

    18 January 2021, Collections, History
  • Archaeological excavation of medieval burials at Whithorn Priory.

    Our curious collections unearthed

    25 September 2020, Archaeology, Collections

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