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From chintz to tartan, paisley to pop-art, join History Curator Vicky Garrington on a tour of the origins of some of the most recognisable patterns...
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This lecture will take the form of a personal reminiscence of growing up as a child in the 1950s and early 1960s in the suburb of Edinburgh. These...
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Join us to explore a unique miniature world created by two young friends in the early 1900s. Elisabeth and Margaret lived next door to each other in...
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Join us for a lecture exploring life in the City at the time the last owner Mrs Reid would have lived. Using archive material which documents aspects...
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During World War II, over 217,000 young women from 48 different countries served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. They were known as Waafs. From...
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This illustrated talk will explore the National Library of Scotland’s collections to uncover the hidden history of Scottish women mountaineers. As...
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An overview of how ghosts and the stories around them have changed over Edinburgh’s centuries as a capital city. Alex Staniforth has been a history...
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Erasmus described syphilis as “the most destructive of all diseases”, and in the nineteenth century it was considered not just a health problem, but...
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The 1935 discovery of two dismembered bodies discarded in The Borderlands of Scotland would set off a chain of events that would result in one of the...
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In the 700-year history of Lauriston, three women have owned the Castle and countless others have kept the place running, yet their stories have been...
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This is a story about the struggle of women to obtain the same right as men to vote in British general elections, a struggle which did not end until...
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Join Ruthanne Baxter as she takes us on a time-travelling road trip across Great Britain and Ireland in the Edwardian era. As we ‘travel’ we’ll take...
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The abduction and murder of two young Edinburgh girls in October 1977 shocked the city and led to the longest continuous murder investigation in...
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History is full of men: politicians, kings, heroes. But what about the women? What role did they play in society? What names should we be remembering...
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Described by Karl Marx as ‘the pleasant character mixture of swindler and prophet’, John Law inherited Lauriston Castle at the age of 12. At the age...
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Founded in Edinburgh in 1907, the Scottish Modern Arts Association set out to establish Scotland’s first ever national collection of modern art. For...
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Join History Curator Vicky Garrington for an exploration of the art of dressing during wartime. From rationing and restrictions to patriotic clothing...
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Between the 16th and 17th Century an estimated 4000 people were tried in Scotland for witchcraft, approximately 85% of these people being women. Of...
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