Join us as we explore the archives to look at life and leisure in Victorian Edinburgh. We’ll pay a special visit to The Meadows for the International Exhibition of Industry, Science & Art in 1886 - did you know some remnants of the exhibition remain?
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2pm and 3pm
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No other Scottish monarch has left such a mark on Edinburgh as James IV. It was during his reign that work started on Holyrood Palace, the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle and the crown spire of St Giles.
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On March 25 1707, in Parliament Hall, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Seafield formally confirmed the passing of the Act of Union and closed the Scottish Parliament with the words ‘Now there’s ane end of ane auld sang’.
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The obelisk on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill is not a trophy looted from Ancient Egypt but the Martyrs’ Monument erected in 1844 to honour five men, three Scots and two English, transported to Botany Bay in 1794. Their only ‘crime’ was to campaign for the right to vote.
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Join Mike Lewis to hear about the origins and colourful history of Edinburgh International Festival.