The medieval heart of Edinburgh — the Royal Mile, closes, and 500 years of stories.
Edinburgh’s Grassmarket has been a market, a killing ground, and now the city’s most beloved square. Here’s the story behind the cobblestones — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The dark history of Edinburgh’s most-loved square — and the pub named after a hanging Read More »
The true story of Greyfriars Bobby — the Skye Terrier who kept watch over his owner’s Edinburgh grave for 14 years, and why the city has never forgotten him. Plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
Walk up the Vennel steps from the Grassmarket and you’ll find stone walls more than 500 years old — built in panic after Scotland’s darkest military defeat. Edinburgh’s Flodden Wall is still there, free to visit, and almost nobody knows it. — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
Victoria Street is Edinburgh’s most colourful Old Town address — said to have inspired Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. Here’s what makes this curved cobbled street worth discovering. — Plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The Edinburgh street that inspired Diagon Alley — and why the real thing is even better Read More »
Edinburgh has over 100 secret closes hiding off the Royal Mile — and each one holds a different story. Here’s where to look — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The secret closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town — and what hides at the end of each one Read More »
Behind a plain wooden gate on Edinburgh’s Canongate lies a beautiful 17th-century walled garden that thousands of visitors walk past every day without knowing it’s there — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The secret 17th-century garden hiding behind a gate on the Royal Mile Read More »
Beneath the Royal Mile lies Mary King’s Close — a 17th-century street sealed under a Georgian building for 300 years. Here’s what survived, and why it’s Edinburgh’s most haunting discovery — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The street Edinburgh buried beneath the Royal Mile — and the eerie world preserved below Read More »
Step through the iron gate at Greyfriars Kirkyard and discover the tombstones that inspired Harry Potter, the haunting legacy of the Covenanters, and one very loyal dog — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
Beneath Edinburgh Castle lies a square where hundreds were executed — and where the city now gathers for its finest pint. The Grassmarket is the Old Town’s most compelling space — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The Edinburgh square that went from public gallows to the city’s best night out Read More »
Deacon Brodie was Edinburgh’s most respected craftsman and town councillor by day — and its most cunning burglar by night. His extraordinary double life inspired one of literature’s greatest stories. — plus get weekly Scotland stories free.
The Edinburgh man who lived a double life — and inspired Jekyll and Hyde Read More »
