being and becoming in the world
Scotland today and Scotland past
This delightful old photograph of the Edinburgh Gas Light Company is crammed with the workers who brought light to the night-time streets of Edinburgh: In Indexing this photograph, Trove provide … Continue reading Edinburgh Gas Light Company
22 April 1940, Edinburgh Evening News:
Gordon Stevenson in an article in the Herald, 12th May 2016, said of St Cuthberts Co-operative Society, Bread Street Edinburgh: “There had never been a bolder retail building in Edinburgh. … Continue reading ‘There had never been a bolder retail building in Edinburgh’
On a recent walk around the foot of Leith I came across Leith Dockers Club at No 17 Academy Street [this street was formerly known as Morton Street]. Behind a … Continue reading Sea Shanties from Seven Seas
Trove archive: Ross Fountain, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh: At the time of the Covid-19 Lockdown, I researched the history of the Ross fountain. I copy this, in full, below: Daniel … Continue reading Lost Art Conservation Workshop
I came across the above photograph in the Trove archive. It was taken by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal when he attended the laying of the ‘foundation and memorial stone’ by … Continue reading Usher Hall
The above headline is from the Scotsman, 24 September 2026 in a piece written by Professor Sarah Prescott, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, … Continue reading “Reframing the debate over science vs arts”
The photograph [below] was taken in 1924 by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal. It is of a building called Duncan’s Land, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. In the window you can make out two … Continue reading ‘New Library of Grand Stories’