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Who is a city for? Spain, Edinburgh and the price of success

POSTED ON October 9, 2026

Edinburgh’s increased second-home council tax may encourage permanent residential use.

Edinburgh’s increased second-home council tax may encourage permanent residential use.

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Doors Open Days 2026: Who Looks After Our Heritage Next? / Art, Heritage & Community

2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and East Lothian since a brief hiatus from coordination after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the hiatus, the Cockburn had been the coordinators of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh since its inception in 1991. Holding the position as the coordinators emphasises our mission to galvanise civic action …


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Doors Open Days 2026: Who Looks After Our Heritage Next? / Art, Heritage & Community

POSTED ON October 2, 2026 BY Anna Dowling-Clarke and Kara Bohn

2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and East Lothian since a brief hiatus from coordination after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the hiatus, the Cockburn had been the coordinators of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh since its inception in 1991. Holding the position as the coordinators emphasises our mission to galvanise civic action …

2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and East Lothian since a brief hiatus from coordination after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the hiatus, the Cockburn had been the coordinators of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh since its inception in 1991. Holding the position as the coordinators emphasises our mission to galvanise civic action …

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Doors Open Days 2026: Who Looks After Our Heritage Next? / Art, Heritage & Community

POSTED ON  BY Anna Dowling-Clarke and Kara Bohn

2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and East Lothian since a brief hiatus from coordination after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the hiatus, the Cockburn had been the coordinators of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh since its inception in 1991. Holding the position as the coordinators emphasises our mission to galvanise civic action …

2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and East Lothian since a brief hiatus from coordination after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the hiatus, the Cockburn had been the coordinators of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh since its inception in 1991. Holding the position as the coordinators emphasises our mission to galvanise civic action …

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Opening the Doors Wider: Access and Doors Open Days in Edinburgh

POSTED ON September 24, 2026 BY James Garry

Opening Edinburgh’s historic buildings, spaces and places to more people, in more ways

Opening Edinburgh’s historic buildings, spaces and places to more people, in more ways

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Opening the Doors Wider: Access and Doors Open Days in Edinburgh

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Opening Edinburgh’s historic buildings, spaces and places to more people, in more ways

Opening Edinburgh’s historic buildings, spaces and places to more people, in more ways

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Opening the Doors: 35 Years of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh

POSTED ON September 18, 2026 BY James Garry

Celebrating 35 years of opening Edinburgh’s remarkable buildings to everyone

Celebrating 35 years of opening Edinburgh’s remarkable buildings to everyone

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Opening the Doors: 35 Years of Doors Open Days in Edinburgh

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Celebrating 35 years of opening Edinburgh’s remarkable buildings to everyone

Celebrating 35 years of opening Edinburgh’s remarkable buildings to everyone

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Princes Street: A Decision, and Now the Real Work Begins

POSTED ON September 11, 2026 BY James Garry

Princes Street needs more than investment. It needs clarity of ambition

Princes Street needs more than investment. It needs clarity of ambition

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Princes Street: A Decision, and Now the Real Work Begins

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Princes Street needs more than investment. It needs clarity of ambition

Princes Street needs more than investment. It needs clarity of ambition

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Opening Doors, Opening Conversations: Heritage at Risk

POSTED ON September 4, 2026 BY James Garry

Opening doors to explore, understand and reimagine our shared heritage

Opening doors to explore, understand and reimagine our shared heritage

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Opening Doors, Opening Conversations: Heritage at Risk

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Opening doors to explore, understand and reimagine our shared heritage

Opening doors to explore, understand and reimagine our shared heritage

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After August: What Can Edinburgh Learn from Another Festival Season?

POSTED ON August 27, 2026 BY James Garry

Edinburgh’s greatest Festival asset is Edinburgh itself. Caring for it

Edinburgh’s greatest Festival asset is Edinburgh itself. Caring for it

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After August: What Can Edinburgh Learn from Another Festival Season?

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Edinburgh’s greatest Festival asset is Edinburgh itself. Caring for it

Edinburgh’s greatest Festival asset is Edinburgh itself. Caring for it

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What Are We Making Room For? Public Art and the Pause in Princes Street Gardens

POSTED ON August 21, 2026 BY James Garry

Public art should tell Edinburgh’s stories across the whole city

Public art should tell Edinburgh’s stories across the whole city

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What Are We Making Room For? Public Art and the Pause in Princes Street Gardens

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Public art should tell Edinburgh’s stories across the whole city

Public art should tell Edinburgh’s stories across the whole city

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Heritage as Infrastructure

POSTED ON August 14, 2026 BY James Garry

Historic buildings are civic infrastructure, repaying thoughtful investment many times over.

Historic buildings are civic infrastructure, repaying thoughtful investment many times over.

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Heritage as Infrastructure

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Historic buildings are civic infrastructure, repaying thoughtful investment many times over.

Historic buildings are civic infrastructure, repaying thoughtful investment many times over.

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Looking Up: The Story of the Scott Monument

POSTED ON August 7, 2026 BY James Garry

Growth and inheritance need not come at each other’s expense

Growth and inheritance need not come at each other’s expense

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Looking Up: The Story of the Scott Monument

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Growth and inheritance need not come at each other’s expense

Growth and inheritance need not come at each other’s expense

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