Join Dr Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) in a Zoom conversation with the Morningside Justice and Peace Group about ‘Loss and Damage due to Climate Change.’ The Morningside Justice and Peace Group exists to promote informed opinion on matters of concern to the community at large. Its meetings are held …
Join Terry Levinthal, Director of the Cockburn Association, as he discusses Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage status in conversation with the Morningside Justice and Peace Group on Zoom. The Morningside Justice and Peace Group exists to promote informed opinion on matters of concern to the community at large. Its meetings are held every Wednesday during the autumn and spring months from 10.30am …
Online “In Conversation” event with the family of the late Robert Blomfield In 2018-2019 Museums and Galleries Edinburgh premiered ‘Robert Blomfield: Edinburgh Street Photography: An Unseen Archive’ at the City Art Centre with unprecedented success and record visitor numbers. Since then, the photographs of Robert Blomfield have been steadily gathering more critical acclaim and we are delighted to once again …
The next quarterly gathering of the Edinburgh Civic Forum takes place on the 1st March on Zoom. The Edinburgh Civic Forum was formed in the 1990s to strengthen the dialogue between civic groups in the capital and the City of Edinburgh Council. It also aims to encourage greater interest and involvement in planning. Generally, matters concerned with the promotion, planning …
Recordings of recent Cockburn Conversations about research and experience of hidden and contested histories
Recordings of recent Cockburn Conversations about research and experience of hidden and contested histories
Edinburgh Old Town Association invite you to join them to hear the reports of the last year. Signed-up members will elect the committee for the coming year and raise any issues or concerns. After the formal business, committee member Rosemary Mann will give a short presentation about The Unicorn and other Scottish Emblems. This online event is free to Edinburgh …
Edinburgh Old Town Association Committee member Helen McBride, who is also a volunteer guide at St Giles, will explore the many links between that church, the Scottish Reformation and the Covenanters. This online event is free to Edinburgh Old Town Association members. Non-members may attend if a donation of at least £5.00 for each event has been made. Donate online via …
Edinburgh is known as the Athens of the North, not Venice. But Edinburgh does have buildings influenced by the architecture of Venice and the Veneto countryside as will be shown in this virtual walk across the Old Town to the New Town led by retired town planner Gordon McFarlane, previously in Edinburgh Council’s conservation planning team, a member of the …
