A fantastic example of design-led urban #regeneration. What are the benefits of Byzantian developments Fife Council and Historic Environment Scotland working with designers to transform a vacant historic factory into vibrant housing? Read story: bit.ly/TCLSX 📸 by David Cadzow

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Details of the programme of talks for 2025/2026 for Leith Local History Society.

Membership of the Old Edinburgh Club is open to anyone, whether you live in Edinburgh or not. Share in our passion for the history and heritage of our capital. Check out our website for the benefits of joining and to apply online. #edinhhistorymembership. buff.ly/q2ynlcg

Could this be the most beautiful hand-painted Art Nouveau style tenement close skylight ever? Hidden gem in Dennistoun. #Glasgow #dennistoun #artnouveau #dennistounstyle #tenementsglasgow #tenementstyle

Admit its niche-but here's my article on William Cartwright of Shrewsbury -last (almost) of the nonjuring Bishops. Son-in-law of Thomas Deacon he started as a Jacobite and ended with his family as the only members of his congregation. #nonjuring #jacobite shropshirearchaeologyhistory.org/wp-content/upl…

Have a great weekend folks.

🔴 ICYMI: I visited a wonderful new Edinburgh cafe that made me love my city's lively coffee scene even more, writes Gaby Soutar trib.al/Ko9Fbly

C20 Society is saddened to hear of the death of Sir Terry Farrell (1938-2025), an architect who traversed myriad styles and was a champion of conservation and contextual design. C20's Postmodern conference in 2016 was instrumental in raising awareness and recognition of what was

Just published by Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society a study on the pastoral staff of Bishop Thomas Deacon. A rare nonjuring artefact it passed to four subsequent Bishops before use as a Templar Masonic Staff and museum exhibit. Surviving both auctions and thefts it is now held at LambethPalaceLibrary

📽️ Trailer: Building a Movement — a new film marking 50 years of SAVE. 👉 The full film is live on our website bit.ly/486aqI9 Heritage, campaigning & reuse shaping towns & cities 🌱🏛️🔄.

Not sure what you’re all on about, I’m really enjoying the new Taylor Swift album. Fantastic lead single

Popped into #Glasgow’s new Uniqlo store on Argyle Street to see the new tapestry made in a collaboration between #Uniqlo and Govanhill Baths. The tapestry takes pre-loved Uniqlo clothing and, to honour their Japanese heritage and the art of visible mending, transforms it into

The Arms of King Charles III (no not that one) in the Palazzo di San Clemente in Florence. Charles Edward Stuart bought the palace in 1777 living there until 1785. The Latin motto states 'Charles III, born 1720, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 1766.

🚨 Paging the acquisitions teams at Tate, V&A, London Transport Museum, the Design Museum and London Museum: a unique 1.5x1m butterfly / moth test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.

The story of the Old Edinburgh Club is now told in our latest collaboration with Edinburgh Libraries for Our Town Stories. In 1908, a group of Edinburgh citizens got together to form a society to make the city’s incredible history accessible to all. And today, our new President,

THE TOMORROW PEOPLE (1973) may have been produced on an ultra-low budget, but it threw up some of the weirdest, trippiest visuals ever.

The Old Edinburgh Club continues its collaboration with @edinburghlibrary with the launch of the William Anderson Memorial Prize. Read all about it and how to enter. #localhistorycompetition #writingcompetition #edinburghhistory oldedinburghclub.org.uk/projects/the-w…

‼️Ministers are repeatedly overruling listing advice— putting heritage at risk, Architects’ Journal reveals 🗨️Henrietta Billings, SAVE's director, says: "Decisions around what makes the grade for listing must be guided by the experts, not political agendas" shorturl.at/VqGA6

Architects’ Journal .Department for Culture, Media and Sport rejected Historic England expert recommendations to list 8 times in the last year-why?! These buildings aren't growth-blockers! They can be catalysts for heritage-led regen⭐️ The Observer Building, Hastings - great example: a locally-led reuse project buzzing with life🐝