Blogs
A growing selection of engaging writing from the Cockburn’s office team, its Trustees and occasional guest authors relating to the history of the Association, its members and activities, and about the city of Edinburgh itself.
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By Rowan Brown, Director, The Cockburn Association Our namesake, Lord Henry Cockburn, and his allies, were...
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By Steven Drew, Community Participation Officer, Poverty Alliance
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2026 marked The Cockburn Association’s first year back as the regional coordinators for Edinburgh and...
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Opening Edinburgh’s historic buildings, spaces and places to more people, in more ways -
Celebrating 35 years of opening Edinburgh’s remarkable buildings to everyone
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Princes Street needs more than investment. It needs clarity of ambition
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Opening doors to explore, understand and reimagine our shared heritage
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Edinburgh’s greatest Festival asset is Edinburgh itself. Caring for it
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Public art should tell Edinburgh’s stories across the whole city
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Historic buildings are civic infrastructure, repaying thoughtful investment many times over.
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Growth and inheritance need not come at each other’s expense
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Arthur's Seat reminds us that Edinburgh's landscape shaped the city first
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Good planning decisions begin with good evidence, thoughtful design and transparency
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Be selective, stay engaged — your voice still makes a difference
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The Karl-Marx-Hof on Vienna’s Heiligenstädter Strasse is hard to miss. Completed in 1930, it stretches...