Los Angeles Portrait Studios was one of Edinburgh’s best-known commercial photography studios during the first half of the twentieth century. Located on Princes Street, it produced thousands of family portraits that continue to provide a fascinating glimpse into the city’s social history.
Alexander James Adie was one of Edinburgh’s greatest scientific instrument makers. Inventor of the sympiesometer and optician to royalty, his precision instruments were used by Charles Darwin, Sir David Brewster and other leading nineteenth-century scientists.
Built between 1938 and 1940 for Caledonian Insurance, the largest insurance company at the time, the Capital Building was designed by architects Leslie Grahame Thomson and Frank J Connell.
Long Shadows on an evening stroll, Santo Domingo De La Calzada, La Rioja, Spain
In October 1848, the celebrated Polish composer Frédéric Chopin visited Edinburgh during his final concert tour. Discover where he stayed, where he performed, and why his brief Scottish visit remains an important chapter in the city’s musical history.
The Leuchie Lighthouse Trail has transformed North Berwick into an open-air gallery, with 15 colourful lighthouse sculptures creating a free family attraction while raising funds for the Leuchie charity.
Sad to see this fine Edinburgh building lying empty. The old Odeon Cinema on the Southside of the city has been unused and unloved for more than twenty years.
1917 – the first World War raged on and the N.H.S. was almost thirty years away.
The charity running the Royal Infirmary had a deficit of almost £26,000; equivalent to £2.6M in 2024.
