July 18, 2023February 16, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about why the regular grid of James Craig’s New Town isn’t as regular as he would have liked it to be (and what it has to do with servitude)
July 13, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the “Dick Vet” and why its name is nothing to be giggled about
July 10, 2023February 16, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the early Penny Postal service and street directories of Edinburgh and the numbering and naming; re-numbering and re-naming of some streets
June 11, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Mr McHattie, Mr Ritchie and the floral clock in Princes Street Gardens
December 1, 2022January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Interceptor Sewers; how Victorian Edinburgh cleaned up the Water of Leith. Twice.
November 29, 2022March 4, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Leith’s lost “Eagle Buildings” and what connects them to the building of the Forth Bridge
November 22, 2022January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The Thread about Darlings; “All for the Ladies”; where the “Older Woman” could go to “forsake the styles of youth to select fashions that have dignity”
November 21, 2022January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about three old photographs around Waverley Station and what they can show us of mid-19th century changes in Edinburgh
November 17, 2022February 1, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Disruption; why churchgoing in Scotland went offshore for some and why it was a pivotal moment for the development of photography
October 24, 2022February 1, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Mrs Maciver, Edinburgh’s first cookery teacher and writer; who published the first known recipe for Haggis (and a little about the early history of that dish)