Saughton Arena – a possible future?
ONCE the new Meadowbank sports arena is fully up and running, it is going to become increasingly difficult to argue for the retention of the…
Category: Features
The Wellington Monument, 1852
It stands proud, in front of Register House, at the east end of Princes Street. Here, historian and writer, John Burnett, tells the story of…
Red sandstone buildings of note in the capital
THE luxury hotel at the foot of Lothian Road – the Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian – tops a list of 11 red sandstone…
Calton Jail among city landmarks now no longer
A FORMER prison – on the site now occupied by the Scottish Government’s St Andrew’s House on Regent Road – is recognised in a list…
The making of modern Edinburgh
Donald Anderson is a former leader of Edinburgh’s city council. He says that, during his time in office, he was “unashamedly pro-development”. Here, he reflects…
The story of the Paisley Close bust
THE story of a bust above one of the narrow ‘closes’ off the High Street is told on the website, EdinburghLive. The website’s editor, Hilary…
Crumble magazine
IT’S again all change at an architecture magazine being produced by students at the University of Edinburgh. Crumble has been running for just under four…
Key milestone passed for Facebook page celebrating Edinburgh’s past
THERE is clearly a future for nostalgia, as revealed by a Facebook page – comprising photographs of Edinburgh’s past – reaching a key milestone. In…
Edinburgh’s ‘ghost signs’
Look around you, there’s a whole, fascinating history up there – written in Edinburgh’s ‘ghost signs’, writes Leila Kean I CAN very easily remember the…
The ‘Craigentinny Marbles’
THE story of the so-called ‘Craigentinny Marbles’ is told on the website, EdinburghLive, a Victorian grave (mausoleum) for a Midlothian landowner, with a passion for…