CALTON HILL: Do you like it as it is? Or is it too bleak and scrubby? The history is there. The views are wonderful. But does it need more maintenance? A few more trees? What do you think?

Simon Holledge PLACE, Edinburgh Calton Hill is wonderful as it is with its semi-natural vegetation, including gorse, etc. High time its private Regent Gardens were opened to the public for everyone to enjoy the contrasting mature treescape within its more sheltered lower-lying flanks. x.com/oculusaye/stat…

....They [Edinburgh New Town's Georgian privately owned gardens in UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Edinburgh World Heritage] would be free for everybody.” Robert McDowell, Macroeconomist and Director, Summerhall Arts Centre, Edinburgh in The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

BeldamLascar Bonnie Prince Bob They already have 'a wee set of private keys' to the other half of it. 'Regent Gardens, at 12 acres or so, are the largest private gardens in Edinburgh. Hidden behind the neoclassical sweep of Regent Terrace, ...., the outlooks are astonishing: ...' theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

The Herald heraldscotland.com/news/25601609.… Donald Turvill

Can Edinburgh’s Dean, North and South Bridges support trams? Answer: Nobody knows 100%; but, everybody knows 100% they do not!

A family handed over a 13th century book to the National Library of Norway. Conservator Chiara Palandri says its pages were made of calfskin parchment & that the cover appears to be hairy sealskin. The strap is thought to have been made from reindeer hide sciencenorway.no/cultural-histo…

Surely after all this volunteer effort The City of Edinburgh Council should be making up the visible shortfall of turf and labour Paul Lawrence? #SaveCaltonHill

The absolute mess of Coalie Park's The Dock Water of Leith Conservation Trust

-on a beach- The City of Edinburgh Council Paul Lawrence So returfing Calton Hill may be 'nuts', but it's happened. The controversy is, it's the former Friends of Calton Hill/Calton Hill Conservation Trust (i.e. those resident on Calton Hill with their own private gardens) that have claimed its management x.com/oculusaye/stat…

X-ray reveals shotgun pellets embedded in 'grounded' Buzzard in Nottinghamshire. New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/13/x-r…

Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation  | Robin McAlpine bylines.scot/politics/land-…

SETBACK OR STEP FORWARD?—Princes Street & Waverley Valley Strategy paused for thought. Summary of yesterday's Planning Committee discussion here: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/setback-o… #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #planning #transport #culture #business

It gives me no pleasure to publish this post, the first in a series of contributions I hope into what has gone wrong in the John Muir Trust (I have been a somewhat sceptical member for over 30 years) but I think it raises important issues parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/12/doe…

It's a NO from Edinburgh World Heritage to current tram route proposals from Granton to Royal Infirmary Edinburgh Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh! #SaveDeanBridge #SaveSouthBridge

Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries. New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/hen…

Paxton’s death was marked at Westminster, unusually, by a backbench motion, recognising him as “the UK’s leading civil engineering historian and a tireless advocate for the preservation of engineering heritage”. telegraph.co.uk/gift/e00eadf4f…

New PAN submitted for “iconic” Daltons Scrapyard in Leith to be turned into student accommodation 📝 Mixed-use scheme could transform 0.7-ha Salamander St plot with new build-to-rent flats, purpose-built student blocks and active-frontage retail/commercial units.

Architect Malcolm Fraser (Fraser/Livingstone Architects), known for his work on the Scottish Poetry Library (Scottish Poetry Library), Scottish Storytelling Centre, Dance Base Scotland and Dovecot, lobbies against plans to demolish Edinburgh' Argyle House: edinburghminute.com/three-reasons-…

EXC: There’s been much speculation around the suspension of Historic Environment Scotland CEO Katerina Brown The Scotsman can reveal the complaints made against her in a joint grievance by seven senior staff 👉 scotsman.com/news/politics/…