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  • Local Hero: uncover a classic with our archives

    23 February 2023, Archives, Heritage
  • A photo of the bookcase in the Master's Room at Trinity House

    Uncovering Stories in the Bookcases of Trinity House

    22 December 2022, Archives, Collections, History, Marine, Scotland's Year of Stories
  • An archive photo of Alasdair Gray paining a mural. He is wearing a traffic cone as a hat.

    Alasdair Gray: Making Murals

    06 October 2022, Architecture, Archives, Heritage, History
  • Six Scottish buildings (and a bridge) opened by the Queen

    14 September 2022, Architecture, Archives
  • A film poster for the 1949 release of Whisky Galore

    Whisky Galore: The story of a close-knit community

    14 June 2022, Archives, Scotland's Year of Stories
  • An archive photo of the Queen stopping to chat to residents of Edinburgh who have gathered to see her walk past during a trip to Edinburgh

    In Pictures: The Queen in Edinburgh, 1977

    02 June 2022, Archives
  • Walford Bodie: The Electric Wizard of the North

    27 May 2022, Archives, Heritage
  • black and white photo showing the grad facade of Donaldson's School when it was first built. It's an impressive building in the Jacobean style with decorative towers and turrets.

    A short history of Donaldson’s School

    29 April 2022, Archives, History
  • A portrait of Walter Scott in his later years at work in his library. A large open book is resting on his lap and a greyhound stands at his side.

    The Homes of Sir Walter Scott

    13 August 2021, Archives
  • A synagogue, nestled in between two tenement buildings

    Edinburgh’s Jewish Heritage

    23 March 2021, Archives, History
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