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Bringing the Past Back to Life
If you believe that festival season in Edinburgh starts and ends in August, think again. We've...
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Kidnapped by a Literary Hero
Edinburgh's literary history is a well documented, long trodden road. The list of luminaries...
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The Final Few
Not quite feeling spooked enough in the build-up to Halloween? Here's another pair of eerie...
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The Creepiest Characters of Old Edinburgh
As Halloween approaches, it seems only fitting to look back at some of most sinister figures of...
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Samhuinn: The Spirit of Halloween’s Past
Halloween. Love it or hate it, it’s very hard to avoid during October. Every year the one day...
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Legends of Eerie Edinburgh
To visit Edinburgh is to be surrounded by history. Our old town is entrenched in the past, with...
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Extraordinary characters of Edinburgh’s past
For our guides here at Mercat the process of reading and researching never stops. There’s...
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A glimpse behind Edinburgh’s doors
With the Festival now a dimming memory and the autumn chill beginning to settle, a strange sense of...