Edinburgh, Scotland

The Fringe consumes the City of Edinburgh for three weeks in August every year in a vibrant Festival which is effectively a colourful celebration of the International Arts. Performers come from all over the globe: the famous, the not so famous...and...

Princes Street Gardens, in the very centre of Edinburgh, actually forms part of what used to be the bed of a man made loch, called the Nor Loch. Drainage of the loch began in 1760 with the developing Gardens first being leased by the Crown Estate in...

Whatever your own particular perspective causes you to think of William Wallace, surely no one can deny that he must have been quite a remarkable man in many ways? It was William Wallace who provided the inspiration and determination for the downtro...

"The Scott Monument. Erected 1840-44 to the memory of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832.) Born in Edinburgh, lawyer and ardent patriot. He won enduring fame as a romantic poet and the author of the Waverley novels. This monument was designed by George Meik...

Edinburgh's Royal Mile is the impressive thoroughfare which connects Edinburgh Castle at the top of the hill with the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the bottom. There can surely be no other street in the world which affords the visitor such a diverse ble...

The Last Drop is a traditional Scottish pub in the centre of Edinburgh's historical Old Town, to be found at 74/78, The Grassmarket, near The Royal Mile. It is a place of wooden beams, a friendly atmosphere, fine ales and quality food. The...

Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags are twin rock formations to the north-east of Edinburgh City Centre, in the grounds of the Royal Holyrood Park. There are numerous walks over and around these geographical features, of varying degrees of length and d...

There can be little doubt that the name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will forever be synonymous with the famous resident of 221B Baker Street, a certain Mr Sherlock Holmes. This, while understandable given the popularity of the character and his adventu...

I vividly recall reading two of Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous novels as a schoolboy but cannot remember whether I read "Kidnapped" or "Treasure Island" first. I cannot deny that I found them both somewhat disturbing at the tender age of six -...

The telephone is unquestionably one of the most significant and radical inventions and subsequent human developments of all time. It changed the field of global communications forever and of course the Internet we are presently using could never have...