There is nowhere quite like Edinburgh. Its heady mix of history, heritage architecture, the professions, art, literature, museums, theatre, festivals, sporting prowess, the geography and the topography, its people, their interests and where they live…the list goes on and on.

Yet it is a sad truism that for many who are indigenous to an area, that same area, if not a closed book to them, has few of its chapters read.

It is so easy to miss, dismiss or overlook the intrinsic beauty of the familiar and the commonplace as we negotiate life’s hurly-burly.

Edinburgh Life strives to put that right. Each issue celebrates the myriad facets of our capital city and its environs, inviting a closer appreciation and sometimes proffering an alternative and surprising aspect of the place we think we know so well.

Edinburgh Life is for those who enjoy the finer aspects of life, whether they cost money or perhaps just a bit of precious free time to enjoy.

Heritage, history, people, places, where to go, what to eat, what to do, where to meet. In short, there is something for everyone!

Grow your own cottage garden this spring

The renaissance of the clarsach 

Muriel Spark’s Morningside inspiration 

Saving Edinburgh’s beautiful churches 

Peter Doig’s gift to the National Galleries of Scotland

Haymarket & Dalry from above – in 1930 & 1993 

Spring in Edinburgh – a city full of colourful blooms
Not Proven! – but was Bertha Merrett murdered in 1926?

‘Indian Peter’ – the character, responsible for Edinburgh’s 1763 ‘Penny Post’ 

About the City - our good news round-up

Doug Corrance’s Edinburgh - his inimitable snapshot of the city

Lord Provost’s Burns Supper at Prestonfield House 

Edinburgh & District Burns Club Association celebrates the birth of The Bard 

Oyster Club Burn’s Supper at the Royal Scots Club

Prestonfield House hosts Burns Supper in aid of Prostate Scotland 

    

Lunch at Eve’s Court at Papple

Dinner at Cardinal on Eyre Place

Plus: Haze on the Shore, Twelve Triangles in Stockbridge, Australian Wine Festival 

          at Edinburgh Academy