Focusing on growing up in 20th century Scotland, Sara Sheridan (The Fair Botanists and Where are the Women) and Amina Shah (Chief Executive of the National Library of Scotland) explore their personal local sheroes from the professions to the arts, in this conversation which will cover various asp
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1pm - 4pm
Your Saturday walk, picnic or playtime just got even better! Join us for an afternoon of musical tunes at Lauriston Castle. From classical, to folk and trad, to more groovy tunes, you can expect different music genres to meet on stage as you enjoy great local bands.
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9am - 5pm
This conference is organised jointly by the City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service and the University of Edinburgh Department of Archaeology as part of the official
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The birth of football in Edinburgh: from the world’s first football club to the founding of Hearts and Hibs.
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The birth of rugby in Edinburgh: how the handling code captivated the city and led to the first international in 1871.
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Although Edinburgh was not ‘Blitzed ‘ like London or Clydebank , from the first raid of October 1939 to 1942 the city was regularly attacked by German Bombers .