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Backwards to Britain (French: Voyage à reculons en Angleterre et en Ecosse) [a] is a semi-autobiographical novel by the French writer Jules Verne, written in the fall and winter of 1859–1860 and not published until 1989.
The St. James Centre, later re-branded as St. James Shopping, was a shopping centre next to the former New St. Andrew House office building for the Scottish Office, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was initially designed by Burke Martin Partnership in 1964 but was completed by architects Ian G Cooke and Hugh Martin of Hugh Martin & Partners after ...
General Register House is an Adam style neoclassical building on Princes Street, Edinburgh, purpose built by Robert Adam between 1774 and 1788 as the headquarters of the National Archives of Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. [1]
The bronze statue in the north east corner of the quadrangle is of General Stanisław Maczek, a Polish Second World War tank commander who was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, and who lived in Edinburgh for the last 46 years of his life. The statue, which was unveiled in 2018, is the work of the Polish sculptor, Bronislaw Krzysztof.
Easter Road, Edinburgh - 20,421 seated [33] Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh – 20,099 seated [34] Edinburgh Castle Bandstand (Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo) - 8,800 seated [35] Edinburgh Park Arena - 8,500 with standing, 6,450 all seating, 5,475 family show mode, 3,950 'auditorium mode'. [1] Planned to open in 2027. [36] Edinburgh Playhouse ...
Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes (Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new 4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a unique record of the ...
Romantic Edinburgh, by John Geddie, London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 1929, pp. 241–2. The Buildings of Scotland - Edinburgh, By John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, and David Walker, London, 1984, ISBN 0-14-071068-X; Report of the Town-Council Proceedings in The Scotsman newspaper dated 22 Jul 1826.
St Paul's and St George's Church (known colloquially as "Ps and Gs") is an evangelical church of the Scottish Episcopal Church in central Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It is located on the corner of Broughton Street and York Place in the east end of Edinburgh's New Town, and is protected as a category A listed building.