July 21, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the five different Jamaica Streets of Edinburgh and Leith; and how these and other street names evidence a time of colonialism and slavery
February 7, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Edinburgh aviation craze of 1910, when local aviators tried – with varying degrees of success – to reach for the skies
January 4, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Eleventh Day of Christmas; the Pipes of Pipe Street
October 28, 2022February 1, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about when Portobello Marine Gardens went to war and an old seaside ballroom built landing craft
October 28, 2022February 1, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about when electricity came to Edinburgh, why sewage was used to cool a power station and how it became the first part of the National Grid
September 30, 2022February 2, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about some history of Portobello, the town that bricks built, and why it has a “King’s Road”
September 29, 2022February 9, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about 600 years of the expanding boundaries of Edinburgh at its neighbours’ expense
September 16, 2022February 4, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about some of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello’s old cinemas and how they fit into the modern streetscape