In a span of 50 years in the late 18th century, Edinburgh, a city of merely 40,000 inhabitants, contained some of the Enlightenment's most important thinkers, such as philosopher David Hume, economist ...
A small watercolor recently acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland could be one of the earliest known portraits of a Black person by a Scottish artist, notes a statement. Painted by David ...
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—Construction work near the mouth of the Water of Leith revealed traces of the Edinburgh and Leith Glassworks, which was founded in the mid-eighteenth century and demolished in 1912 ...
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How an 18th-century Scottish 'cocktail' has been brought back to life for a tough taste test
Will a cauld cock ‘n’ feather prove as popular a drink as it was in 18th-century Edinburgh? According to 18th-century writer Daniel Defoe, Edinburgh’s High Street was “the largest, longest and finest ...
The Leith glass factory's cone-shaped furnaces appear in the background of painter William Reed's Leith Races. William Thomas Reed via Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council under ...
The capital of the Scottish Enlightenment. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) is set in London. As the skeptical scoff so beloved of the Scot has it: “Aye right.” (The next time you ...
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