October 9, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the building of the South Bridge; a “remarkable feat of engineering and town planning” and one which you mostly cannot see
October 8, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about James Hunter Blair and William Forbes; the bankers who were movers and shakers in 18th century Edinburgh
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)
September 13, 2022February 8, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Marionville; the house that thread built and home to the unfortunate “Fortunate Duellist”