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My new rainbow watercolour of Edinburgh's skyline is now available to buy as a print with either white or rainbow background. 10% of sales goes to Covid-19 Appeal.
Original available too.

https://t.co/P2wZz0kIFE

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2020-05-22

🌊 Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares . .
Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895.
https://t.co/IEhCk464JK

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2020-05-20

🌸 Exotic flora,
Edinburgh, Printed for W. Blackwood; [etc., etc.]1823-27.
https://t.co/9agO7PiebF

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2020-05-20

It is time we had another heraldic shout-out to the NHS so here are the arms, recorded in 1997, of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust.

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2020-05-20

that when the India Museum was dispersed in 1879 botanical drawings were sent to with duplicates going to Edinburgh

The BL also houses natural history works from the India Museum. Here’s one with some furry friends NHD1/19

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2020-05-19

Over the next few weeks we are going to highlight some of our favourite objects in local collections. These leather pattens are a type of heeled overshoe worn to raise women's slippers and skirts above the dirt of Edinburgh's streets

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2020-05-15

15 May 1556: John Knox appears in surrounded by so many supporters that the ecclesiastical authorities quietly dropped various processes against him (BM)

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2020-05-15

RESCHEDULED DATE:

The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to Edinburgh Playhouse with performances from 9th to 26 June 2021.

***Tickets on sale today at 12 noon*** https://t.co/L9Dp4HKXWr

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2020-05-14

May 14, 1685 the news of Argyll's departure from Orkney arrives in Edinburgh. It is sent by fast packet boat to Whitehall. The Militia is mobilised and Scotland prepares for war.

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2020-05-14

Alongside our project in Edinburgh, Harriette has begun a series of portraits in our local area; here is a super painting of Portia

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2020-05-12