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Listen to the audiobooks from the whole Slow Horses series by Mick Herron on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries. Available to borrow immediately and free with your library membership! zurl.co/5Dl00 #lovelibraries
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Listen to the audiobooks from the whole Slow Horses series by Mick Herron on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries. Available to borrow immediately and free with your library membership! zurl.co/5Dl00 #lovelibraries
Today for our #ThrowbackThursday we’ve a fantastic 1950s bird’s eye view of Princes Street which looks to be taken by someone staying at the Balmoral, or the North British Hotel, as it would have been known then.
Photo via Edinburgh Collected thanks to @Living Memory Association zurl.co/EtFCQ
Photo via Edinburgh Collected thanks to @Living Memory Association zurl.co/EtFCQ
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today for our #ThrowbackThursday we’ve a fantastic 1950s bird’s eye view of Princes Street which looks to be taken by someone staying at the Balmoral, or the North British Hotel, as it would have been known then.
Photo via Edinburgh Collected thanks to @Living Memory Association zurl.co/EtFCQ
Photo via Edinburgh Collected thanks to @Living Memory Association zurl.co/EtFCQ
Get in the mood for Christmas with seasonal reads on Libby. Free from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Get in the mood for Christmas with seasonal reads on Libby. Free from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
Spread the news www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Spread the news www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
Our latest Capital Collections exhibition features the beautiful early photographs of Thomas Keith, a surgeon and amateur photographer.
They'll take you on a virtual tour of 1850s Scotland stopping off at Iona, Aberdeenshire, Fife, the Lothians and Loch Katrine at zurl.co/yvTIQ
They'll take you on a virtual tour of 1850s Scotland stopping off at Iona, Aberdeenshire, Fife, the Lothians and Loch Katrine at zurl.co/yvTIQ
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Our latest Capital Collections exhibition features the beautiful early photographs of Thomas Keith, a surgeon and amateur photographer.
They'll take you on a virtual tour of 1850s Scotland stopping off at Iona, Aberdeenshire, Fife, the Lothians and Loch Katrine at zurl.co/yvTIQ
They'll take you on a virtual tour of 1850s Scotland stopping off at Iona, Aberdeenshire, Fife, the Lothians and Loch Katrine at zurl.co/yvTIQ
Want to trace your family tree, but not sure where to start?
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library to find out how our free library resources can help.
Next session, and last of the year, is Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm.
Book by emailing [email protected]
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library to find out how our free library resources can help.
Next session, and last of the year, is Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm.
Book by emailing [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Want to trace your family tree, but not sure where to start?
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library to find out how our free library resources can help.
Next session, and last of the year, is Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm.
Book by emailing [email protected]
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library to find out how our free library resources can help.
Next session, and last of the year, is Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm.
Book by emailing [email protected]
It's Book Week Scotland! To celebrate we've got unlimited copies of the fantastic ebook thriller Bury Your Secrets by Scottish author Kerry Watts. Borrow through Libby now! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's Book Week Scotland! To celebrate we've got unlimited copies of the fantastic ebook thriller Bury Your Secrets by Scottish author Kerry Watts. Borrow through Libby now! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
Join in with Libby Reads - unlimited copies available of the ebook and audiobook that inspired the cult Anime film Spirited Away! - The Village Beyond the Mist. Available from the Kids and Teen Guides on Libby zurl.co/bfzby
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join in with Libby Reads - unlimited copies available of the ebook and audiobook that inspired the cult Anime film Spirited Away! - The Village Beyond the Mist. Available from the Kids and Teen Guides on Libby zurl.co/bfzby
Today’s #ThrowbackThursday gives a 1960s view of the Vennel off the #Grassmarket.
Do you have any picture memories of Edinburgh that you can share on #EdinburghCollected, our community archive?
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/S1go9
Do you have any picture memories of Edinburgh that you can share on #EdinburghCollected, our community archive?
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/S1go9
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today’s #ThrowbackThursday gives a 1960s view of the Vennel off the #Grassmarket.
Do you have any picture memories of Edinburgh that you can share on #EdinburghCollected, our community archive?
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/S1go9
Do you have any picture memories of Edinburgh that you can share on #EdinburghCollected, our community archive?
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/S1go9
We've gone back to 1965 #OnThisDay with the British Newspaper Archive to find this full-page advert in The Scotsman placed by @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social announcing its arrival.
Delve further into history with the British Newspaper Archive, free in Edinburgh Libraries! zurl.co/xOCgn
Delve further into history with the British Newspaper Archive, free in Edinburgh Libraries! zurl.co/xOCgn
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We've gone back to 1965 #OnThisDay with the British Newspaper Archive to find this full-page advert in The Scotsman placed by @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social announcing its arrival.
Delve further into history with the British Newspaper Archive, free in Edinburgh Libraries! zurl.co/xOCgn
Delve further into history with the British Newspaper Archive, free in Edinburgh Libraries! zurl.co/xOCgn
Happening tomorrow!
Bring your device for free digital skills help at
Central library 💻
Lloyds Banking Group volunteers offering 1:1 support.
📅 Tue 18th Nov
🕝 2:30-4:30pm
📍 Mezzanine Level (Central Library)
Drop in welcome on the day or book ahead:
[email protected] | 07716 702180
Bring your device for free digital skills help at
Central library 💻
Lloyds Banking Group volunteers offering 1:1 support.
📅 Tue 18th Nov
🕝 2:30-4:30pm
📍 Mezzanine Level (Central Library)
Drop in welcome on the day or book ahead:
[email protected] | 07716 702180
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Happening tomorrow!
Bring your device for free digital skills help at
Central library 💻
Lloyds Banking Group volunteers offering 1:1 support.
📅 Tue 18th Nov
🕝 2:30-4:30pm
📍 Mezzanine Level (Central Library)
Drop in welcome on the day or book ahead:
[email protected] | 07716 702180
Bring your device for free digital skills help at
Central library 💻
Lloyds Banking Group volunteers offering 1:1 support.
📅 Tue 18th Nov
🕝 2:30-4:30pm
📍 Mezzanine Level (Central Library)
Drop in welcome on the day or book ahead:
[email protected] | 07716 702180
Want to find out how to start your family tree?
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources.
Book your place by emailing [email protected]
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources.
Book your place by emailing [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Want to find out how to start your family tree?
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources.
Book your place by emailing [email protected]
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources.
Book your place by emailing [email protected]
Today marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson!
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson!
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
One hundred years ago staff and patients at Leith Hospital pose for a ward photograph.
The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987.
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association
zurl.co/HSuis
The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987.
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association
zurl.co/HSuis
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
One hundred years ago staff and patients at Leith Hospital pose for a ward photograph.
The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987.
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association
zurl.co/HSuis
The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987.
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association
zurl.co/HSuis
Over on the blog, our Resources Team spotlight some hidden gems amongst the many new books Edinburgh Libraries have acquired this month -
zurl.co/yOMkY
zurl.co/yOMkY
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Over on the blog, our Resources Team spotlight some hidden gems amongst the many new books Edinburgh Libraries have acquired this month -
zurl.co/yOMkY
zurl.co/yOMkY
Read the Edinburgh in World War Two story on Our Town Stories to find out how war touched every aspect of people’s lives – zurl.co/0FRn7
#WW2 #RemembranceDay
#WW2 #RemembranceDay
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Read the Edinburgh in World War Two story on Our Town Stories to find out how war touched every aspect of people’s lives – zurl.co/0FRn7
#WW2 #RemembranceDay
#WW2 #RemembranceDay
Ahead of #RemembranceDay on Sunday, read how World War One affected everyday life and the people of Edinburgh on Our Town Stories. Find out about rationing, the zeppelin raid, the Gretna Rail Disaster, football heroes, war poets and pioneering Dr Elsie Inglis.
zurl.co/cLgBk
zurl.co/cLgBk
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ahead of #RemembranceDay on Sunday, read how World War One affected everyday life and the people of Edinburgh on Our Town Stories. Find out about rationing, the zeppelin raid, the Gretna Rail Disaster, football heroes, war poets and pioneering Dr Elsie Inglis.
zurl.co/cLgBk
zurl.co/cLgBk
Sharing your pictures on Edinburgh Collected can be a way to remember the lives of loved ones. Stuart Laidlaw shared a collection of photos and documents from his father’s Army service during World War Two in a Wartime Memories scrapbook - zurl.co/7YSSL
#ThrowbackThursday #WW2
#ThrowbackThursday #WW2
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Sharing your pictures on Edinburgh Collected can be a way to remember the lives of loved ones. Stuart Laidlaw shared a collection of photos and documents from his father’s Army service during World War Two in a Wartime Memories scrapbook - zurl.co/7YSSL
#ThrowbackThursday #WW2
#ThrowbackThursday #WW2
Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/yPeS9
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/yPeS9
Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/55UIV
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/55UIV
Do you know Scotland’s firework laws? Stay safe and don’t risk it. Find out more and check for organised displays near you at
zurl.co/T3t4M
zurl.co/T3t4M
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Do you know Scotland’s firework laws? Stay safe and don’t risk it. Find out more and check for organised displays near you at
zurl.co/T3t4M
zurl.co/T3t4M
Twenty years ago, the first of the three blocks of high-rise flats in #Oxgangs were pulled down.
This picture captures the moment Capelaw Court was demolished and some say, also a ghostly face within the dust… Can you see it?
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to Firrhill Community Council
zurl.co/M4bJ0
This picture captures the moment Capelaw Court was demolished and some say, also a ghostly face within the dust… Can you see it?
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to Firrhill Community Council
zurl.co/M4bJ0
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Twenty years ago, the first of the three blocks of high-rise flats in #Oxgangs were pulled down.
This picture captures the moment Capelaw Court was demolished and some say, also a ghostly face within the dust… Can you see it?
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to Firrhill Community Council
zurl.co/M4bJ0
This picture captures the moment Capelaw Court was demolished and some say, also a ghostly face within the dust… Can you see it?
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to Firrhill Community Council
zurl.co/M4bJ0
Listen to the audiobooks from the whole Slow Horses series by Mick Herron on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries. Available to borrow immediately and free with your library membership! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #lovelibraries
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Listen to the audiobooks from the whole Slow Horses series by Mick Herron on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries. Available to borrow immediately and free with your library membership! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #lovelibraries
Take a look at our latest Capital Collections exhibition to see how Edinburgh looked over 300 years ago!
The drawings from the collections of Central Library are by John Slezer, a talented draughtsman who undertook survey work for the army around Scotland.
zurl.co/koKPv
The drawings from the collections of Central Library are by John Slezer, a talented draughtsman who undertook survey work for the army around Scotland.
zurl.co/koKPv
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Take a look at our latest Capital Collections exhibition to see how Edinburgh looked over 300 years ago!
The drawings from the collections of Central Library are by John Slezer, a talented draughtsman who undertook survey work for the army around Scotland.
zurl.co/koKPv
The drawings from the collections of Central Library are by John Slezer, a talented draughtsman who undertook survey work for the army around Scotland.
zurl.co/koKPv
Watching Down Cemetery Road?! Listen to the whole fantastic Mick Herron audiobook series for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #ulibrary
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watching Down Cemetery Road?! Listen to the whole fantastic Mick Herron audiobook series for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #ulibrary