Bringing the Past Back to Life
If you believe that festival season in Edinburgh starts and ends in August, think again. We've...
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Kidnapped by a Literary Hero
Edinburgh's literary history is a well documented, long trodden road. The list of luminaries...
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The Final Few
Not quite feeling spooked enough in the build-up to Halloween? Here's another pair of eerie...
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As Halloween approaches, it seems only fitting to look back at some of most sinister figures of...
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Halloween. Love it or hate it, it’s very hard to avoid during October. Every year the one day...
Read StoryLegends of Eerie Edinburgh
To visit Edinburgh is to be surrounded by history. Our old town is entrenched in the past, with...
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For our guides here at Mercat the process of reading and researching never stops. There’s...
Read StoryA glimpse behind Edinburgh’s doors
With the Festival now a dimming memory and the autumn chill beginning to settle, a strange sense of...
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