January 1, 2023January 4, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Eight Day of Christmas; who were the Maids of the Maiden Castle?

December 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about an old gravestone in Leith, the King’s Botanist, a bungled attempt to capture Edinburgh Castle for the Jacobites and a death by “surfeit of figs”

October 5, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the surprise capture of Edinburgh Castle in 1639, when Lord General Alexander Leslie was not hoist by his own petard

August 30, 2022September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the 18th Century Highlander mutiny in Leith, its sad outcome and a remarkable last-minute reprieve