9 June 1638: James, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Charles I’s royal commissioner for resolving the #Scottish Troubles arrives #Edinburgh#otd In vain.
Four days earlier a 100 of his kin & clients disobeyed his summons to meet at Dalkeith. (NGS)
🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Leith Festival begins, Roseburn Path tram debate, local bike buses on the airwaves, Taylor Swift weather reports + get 30% off subscription to The Ferret
"Die schottische Hauptstadt hat Werbung für Fluggesellschaften und SUVs sowie für Kreuzfahrtlinien und Öl- und Gasunternehmen verboten. Aktivisten bezeichnen dies als „historischen“ Schritt im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel."
My new film, 'Primogeniture', is screening with a collection of other shorts at 6pm next Tuesday (the 4th of June) at the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh. If you're local to that, please consider going to see it. I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out. #film#Shortfilm#Edinburgh#movies
One day in beautiful #edinburgh what to do?
So far I'm planning on 2 (maybe 3) charity shops and high tea at Luckenboots and walk around the centre
Any other tips?
27 May 1603: Anne of Denmark returns to #Edinburgh#otd having retrieved Henry Frederick, now Duke of Cornwall from Stirling, against the initial wishes of James VI & I. All of this only ten days after she'd miscarried of another child.
27 May 1560: Mary of Guise becomes seriously ill #otd By 7 June she herself knew she was dying and made her will. She died at #Edinburgh Castle in the early hours of 11 June 1560