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 …
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 …
The Great Pox was rarely talked about in the nineteenth century but its effects were everywhere. Primarily sexually transmitted, it’s devastating effects could last a lifetime, leading to the saying “One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury”. Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving will show specimens from Surgeons’ Hall’s collections demonstrating what this dreaded disease does to the body, how …
Dr. Robert Knox is often associated with Burke and Hare. Join the Surgeons’ Halls Museums as they delve a little deeper and uncover some of his lesser known tales. Most people’s opinion of Robert Knox is entirely one-dimensional, superficial and prejudiced by the standard narrative of the Burke and Hare affair. Knox was vilified in the press yet the 10 …
Have you ever wondered how the Surgeons’ Hall Museums maintain their vast collection of specimens? Join Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator, as she explains how anatomical specimens are prepared and preserved, through different methods of treatment. You’ll see first-hand, maintenance work taking place on the Supernumerary limb in our Wohl Pathology Museum. The conservation drop-in is included in the price …
The closing event at the successful SpACE exhibition will be Vol-43 COP(yer whack)…what’s next! Retrofit/policy review/procurement shift/green revolution or evolution? Guest Presenters at this FREE Pecha Kucha event will talk about the issues presented by the Climate Emergency and the built environment. Confirmed presenters so far: Architype, Architects Denise Bennetts, Architect Buro Happold, Engineers Gordon Duffy, Architect Malcolm Fraser, Architect Aythan Lewes, Surveyor Alex Liddell, Architect Joanne …
In 1854 an inventory of Mary Queen of Scots’ rich collection of jewellery, annotated in her handwriting with bequests to her relatives and courtiers, was discovered in General Register House. This talk will look at the contents of the inventory and what it says about Mary’ style during her personal reign and the personal networks she valued and relied on. …
There are those who say that science supersedes religion, rendering faith redundant. But reverence for the natural world, finding the answers to help humanity flourish and sustain the earth community, in all its diversity, are spiritual pursuits too and many scientists attest urgent questions cannot be answered by science alone. As we look forward to the 26th UN Climate Change …
