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  • Daffodils growing in front of a castle

    Five beautiful places to visit this Spring

    17 March 2023,
    Visitors
  • Following a Lead: Designating Blackcraig Lead Mines

    15 March 2023,
    Industrial Heritage
  • A child exploringing a castle with a magnifying glass during an Easter egg hunt event

    Crack the Case this Easter!

    14 March 2023,
    Events
  • Local Hero: uncover a classic with our archives

    23 February 2023,
    Archives, Heritage
  • A man in a tweed suit raises his trilby hat. A sign behind him reads: Lothians and Peebles Police Headquarters

    William Merrilees and the ‘War on Homosexuality’

    20 February 2023,
    LGBT+ History
  • a helicopter hovers directly over the ruins of Tantallon Castle on a cliff top

    Progress update on our high-level masonry inspections

    08 February 2023,
    Conservation
  • A view of a large mill complex from the banks of a river

    A poem from Aonghas MacNeacail

    31 January 2023,
    Gaelic, Industrial Heritage
  • A view of a large mill complex from the banks of a river

    Bàrdachd le Aonghas MacNeacail

    31 January 2023,
    Gaelic, Industrial Heritage
  • The ruins of Culross Abbey

    Five-minute Folklore: Myths and Legends from Around Scotland

    13 January 2023,
    Heritage, History
  • A photo of the bookcase in the Master's Room at Trinity House

    Uncovering Stories in the Bookcases of Trinity House

    22 December 2022,
    Archives, Collections, History, Marine, Scotland's Year of Stories
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