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  • A synagogue, nestled in between two tenement buildings

    Edinburgh’s Jewish Heritage

    23 March 2021, Archives, History
  • Memorial to McGonagall. Reads: William McGonagall, Poet and Tragedian

    William McGonagall’s Life and Rhymes, And photographs from Victorian times

    05 March 2021, Archives
  • illustration of Lochranza Castle in the style of Tintin. Heading text reads "The secret of the archives"

    Tintin and the Secret of the Archives: What inspired The Black Island?

    27 November 2020, Archives
  • Men sit and chat on bench beneath astatue of Queen Victoria

    A Century of Leith in Photos

    13 November 2020, Archives
  • An archive photograph of a library

    Another Edinburgh

    29 October 2020, Archives, Black History, Storytelling
  • An aerial view of a loch and the surrounding landscape including farmland and a town

    Our Changing Landscape

    04 September 2020, Aerial photography, Archives, Heritage
  • Glasgow mothers and grannies enjoying a seaweed hula dance on the beach at Seton Sands

    Oh I do like to be beside the Scottish seaside

    24 August 2020, Archives, Year of Coasts and Waters
  • An archive photo of a fish shop.

    Let’s do the Time Warp (through our archives)

    30 July 2020, Archives
  • A black and white photo of four women knitting on a croquet lawn in Edwardian dresses.

    A Stitch in Time

    14 May 2020, Archives
  • sepia photo showing the Lawnmarket area of Edinburgh. Horses and carts are in the street.

    Yellow Pages of Yore

    17 April 2020, Archives, Collections
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