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News & stories from Edinburgh's award-winning walking tour company

8th June 2022

If you have an interest in the Scotland's dark history, then you've likely heard...

26th May 2022

By Charles, Mercat Storyteller The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh has always been a place of...

17th February 2022

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller You’ll hear plenty of great stories about interesting...

20th January 2022

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Burns Night is a highlight of the Scots calendar, an annual...

30th December 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Hogmanay is as important to Scots as Christmas Day –...

16th December 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Spare a thought for the Scots architect James Smith when...

16th November 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller The Great Fire of 1824 was one of the most devastating in...

23rd September 2021

By Margaret Hubbard, MTI Storyteller Who was Elsie Inglis? Dr. Elsie Maud Inglis was born in...