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Jamie Fitzpatrick, POP LIFE, City Art Centre, 2 November 2024 – 9 March 2025. Image credit: Greg Macvean

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The tapeworm diet dates back to the Victorian era and can have dangerous consequences for your health.

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Matt McCallum has upcycled an old Glasgow subway seat into his living room sofa.

Glasgow man upcycles old subway seat into his living room sofa

A Victorian-era school building is expected to become a new home for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society by the start of 2026.

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The hotel is popular with families.

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Dr Sara Lodge PIC: Michael Wharley

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Susan and SImon Flame outside Fasque Castle

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Marine North Berwick boasts scenic views of landmarks including the Firth of Forth and Bass Rock.

The grand Scottish hotel with sea views that's a 'nirvana for golfers'

The former Hunters Quay Hotel in Dunoon, which was once owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, is up for sale.

Historic former Dunoon hotel and Lipton Tea residence goes up for auction

According to the pseudoscientific theory of 'phrenology', the shape of someone's skull could reveal their character (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty)

Why Queen Victoria asked Edinburgh lawyer to study her son's head Susan Morrison

Unlike Sherlock Holmes, many Victorian detectives were working-class women (Picture: Peter Ruck/BIPs)

How female 'Sherlock Holmes' changed Victorian Britain for the better Dr Sara Lodge

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Adrian Palmer at Edinburgh Fringe.

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Jane Inglis Clark of Edinburgh (pictured holding ropes), a founding member of the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club. Members are pictured ahead of a New Year outing in 1909 (Picture submitted)

How world’s oldest female-only climbing club defied rampant sexism Susan Morrison

Victorian hotel in smallest whisky region on the market for over £1M

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The former South Bridge School, near the Pleasance Courtyard and Assembly Roxy venues, is earmarked for a new headquarters for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

New Edinburgh Festival Fringe HQ will be 'base for next 100 years’

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A selection pastries from Lannan. Picture: Darcie Maher

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One of 642 identical GER carriages, built by James Holden, for main line use around 1885-1887 in the South East of England

My overnight stay in an old railway carriage at a fairytale setting

The new-look Citizens Theatre in Glasgow is due to fully reopen in the autumn of 2025.

Revamp of historic Scottish theatre put back almost a year and set to cost £30m

Woman makes doll’s houses with rooms costing up to £3K.

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An illustration of The Mad Hatter's Tea Party from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, first published by Macmillan in 1865. PIC: The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images

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The seven-bedroomed house at 19 Palmerston Road is a prime example of the area’s beautiful period architecture, and has been lovingly renovated by its owners to blend tradition with contemporary style.

A seven-bedroom family home with annexe in the Capital

The six-bedroom pile dates back to 1861 and has been upgraded by its present occupants while retaining many ornate period features.

A Victorian country house with acres of impressive

Signaller Gordon McCabe pulling a signal lever in Stanley Junction signal box. (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Scotland's signal boxes still using Victorian-era technology

Why Scotland's renewable energy expansion needs some Victorian know-how Kenny MacAskill

Author Bridget Walsh

When going to the music hall was murder

What is it? A B-listed 18th-century Georgian country home that has been extensively refurbished and boasts a first-floor self contained apartment, all set within an impressive 95 acres of grounds.

A trio of properties which stand the test of time

Stanwix Park, recently voted the AA’s Holiday Centre of the Year, has plenty of attractions for all ages.

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Cambo House exterior Pic: Amelia Jacobsen

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Property: Victorian villa is a great family all-rounder

Scottish 'gentlewoman' Madeleine Smith, pictured in 1857, was accused of murdering her former lover, Pierre Emile L'Anglier, by poisoning him with arsenic (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The alleged Victorian poisoner who became a global mystery after she was cleared

Flora Steel and the William Burges brooch

Rediscovered Antiques Roadshow brooch to go under the hammer

5a Eglinton Crescent. Image: Eddy Charlton

Modern apartment in a West End converted townhouse hits the market

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The current owners raised their now-grown-up children at Logie Aston after buying it in 2002 through a house swap.
They recall: “We bought it in June and our daughter arrived in October, so we used the time in between to make sure the house was ready for a new arrival, and it’s been a fantastic family home for us ever since.”

Property: real gem hidden away in Victorian spa town

Terraced property’s charming facade on Morningside’s Braid Road. Image: Planography LTD

Property: Victorian Morningside marvel promises forever family home

The reborn Rosebank Distillery combines Victorian brickwork with modern architecture (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Historic industrial architecture is just as valuable as stately homes

Richard Campbell is the new Chair of the Institution of Structural Engineers Scotland, and Director at Will Rudd Glasgow

Structural engineers will help combat the climate crisis - Richard Campbell

Declutter for a fresh start to 2024

The Scottish merchant, shipowner, and politician, William Schaw Lindsay. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty

The forgotten Scots shipping merchant who rubbed shoulders with Abraham Lincoln

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Founded in 1869 by George Lorimer and Robert Clark, the brewery - known locally as the Caley - is sandwiched into a tight area next to Slateford Road in the west end of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh’s historic Caledonian Brewery to be turned into 170 'low-carbon' homes

31 pictures from the 1960s show what Christmas was like in Scotland

The biggest redevelopment of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in its 145-year history is expected to completed by the end of 2024. Picture: Alex Brady

First look at revamped Citizens Theatre as reopening plans are revealed

The exterior of Auchengarroch at 16 Chalton Road. Image: contributed

Charming Victorian villa with Arts and Crafts additions

Ormiston Castle, Kirknewton. Offers over £4.5m

Prestige property: opulence in residence with elegance enhanced

Images released by South Ayrshire Council show the damage caused to the hotel following the blaze.

Hotelier 'interested' in acquiring fire ravaged Station Hotel in Ayr

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