March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the execution of John Young, the soldier turned forger who refused to give up on life and met a farcical end on the gallows

November 9, 2022January 10, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about William Roy’s “Great Map” of Scotland and what details we can see of mid-18th century Leith on it

November 9, 2022April 2, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about a remarkable view of Edinburgh in 1750; what we can see of a city whose landscape was about to be changed forever