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From 2024 to 2025 we added 10 new stories to Our Town Stories in celebration of #Edinburgh900.
Written by different contributors, they tell all aspects of the city’s past from commerce and conflict, faith and diversity to leisure and ideas.
Search on ‘Edinburgh 900’ to read them all! zurl.co/8a7yk
Written by different contributors, they tell all aspects of the city’s past from commerce and conflict, faith and diversity to leisure and ideas.
Search on ‘Edinburgh 900’ to read them all! zurl.co/8a7yk
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
From 2024 to 2025 we added 10 new stories to Our Town Stories in celebration of #Edinburgh900.
Written by different contributors, they tell all aspects of the city’s past from commerce and conflict, faith and diversity to leisure and ideas.
Search on ‘Edinburgh 900’ to read them all! zurl.co/8a7yk
Written by different contributors, they tell all aspects of the city’s past from commerce and conflict, faith and diversity to leisure and ideas.
Search on ‘Edinburgh 900’ to read them all! zurl.co/8a7yk
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card!
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December 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card!
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Today we time travel to Christmas Day in the 1950s as a family gather for their dinner.
Our #ThrowbackThursday is thanks to Living Memory Association.
Can you share your picture memories of Christmas on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive, to help us record history?
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Our #ThrowbackThursday is thanks to Living Memory Association.
Can you share your picture memories of Christmas on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive, to help us record history?
zurl.co/bcXSD
December 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Today we time travel to Christmas Day in the 1950s as a family gather for their dinner.
Our #ThrowbackThursday is thanks to Living Memory Association.
Can you share your picture memories of Christmas on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive, to help us record history?
zurl.co/bcXSD
Our #ThrowbackThursday is thanks to Living Memory Association.
Can you share your picture memories of Christmas on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive, to help us record history?
zurl.co/bcXSD
A reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January, and closing at 5pm on 24th and 31st.
And don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/9rjJa
And don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/9rjJa
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January, and closing at 5pm on 24th and 31st.
And don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/9rjJa
And don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/9rjJa
Find out what Edinburgh Libraries' readers' top ebooks, audiobooks and magazines were on Libby in 2025 -
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2025’s top reads on Libby
We hope you enjoyed reading ebooks, audiobooks and magazines through our Libby service in 2025! You borrowed over 755,110 titles! So what have you been reading… Top Ten eBooks Quite a change in thi…
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December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Find out what Edinburgh Libraries' readers' top ebooks, audiobooks and magazines were on Libby in 2025 -
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Listen to Richard Coles fabulous cozy crimes this Christmas - including Murder Under the Mistletoe! Free and available now on uLIBRARY www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Listen to Richard Coles fabulous cozy crimes this Christmas - including Murder Under the Mistletoe! Free and available now on uLIBRARY www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/WZcid
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/WZcid
Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1950 and a staff Christmas Party at Stewart’s Ballroom.
Maybe you remember Stewart’s Ballroom at Abbeymount? Or maybe you know someone who worked there?
Share your memories on Edinburgh Collected
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
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Maybe you remember Stewart’s Ballroom at Abbeymount? Or maybe you know someone who worked there?
Share your memories on Edinburgh Collected
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
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December 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1950 and a staff Christmas Party at Stewart’s Ballroom.
Maybe you remember Stewart’s Ballroom at Abbeymount? Or maybe you know someone who worked there?
Share your memories on Edinburgh Collected
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/umFbN
Maybe you remember Stewart’s Ballroom at Abbeymount? Or maybe you know someone who worked there?
Share your memories on Edinburgh Collected
Photo thanks to Living Memory Association
zurl.co/umFbN
Here's a reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Edinburgh Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January.
But don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/aaiJb
But don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/aaiJb
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Here's a reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Edinburgh Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January.
But don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/aaiJb
But don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/aaiJb
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/TGNE1
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/TGNE1
The deadline for the Local History Writing Competition is looming - submit your competition entry to Edinburgh Central Library by 31 December 2025.
#EssayCompetition #LocalHistory
#EssayCompetition #LocalHistory
A reminder that the closing date for entries to this competition is 31st December 2025. Read all about it on our website and how to enter. #localhistory #essaycompetition #edinburghhistory #williamanderson
William Anderson Memorial Prize - The Old Edinburgh Club
The William Anderson Local History Writing Competition run by Edinburgh Central Library in collaboration with the Old Edinburgh Club.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The deadline for the Local History Writing Competition is looming - submit your competition entry to Edinburgh Central Library by 31 December 2025.
#EssayCompetition #LocalHistory
#EssayCompetition #LocalHistory
"Deep within the vaults of Edinburgh Central Library, there exists a small manifestation of the city’s history neatly compiled and organised through a series of bulky tomes" - the Edinburgh Miscellanea!
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500 years of Edinburgh Miscellanea
This blog is written by Thom Durham, a student of the Library and Information Science postgraduate course at the University of Strathclyde, who before his graduation completed a placement at Centra…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Deep within the vaults of Edinburgh Central Library, there exists a small manifestation of the city’s history neatly compiled and organised through a series of bulky tomes" - the Edinburgh Miscellanea!
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Watching the latest series of Shetland? Why not listen to all the fabulous books by Ann Cleeves. Available to borrow for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Watching the latest series of Shetland? Why not listen to all the fabulous books by Ann Cleeves. Available to borrow for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary
If you’re out and about this festive season, can you help us record history by sharing your picture memories of the city on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive?
This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf
#ThrowbackThursday
This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf
#ThrowbackThursday
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you’re out and about this festive season, can you help us record history by sharing your picture memories of the city on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive?
This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf
#ThrowbackThursday
This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf
#ThrowbackThursday
Listen to audiobooks whilst wrapping, crafting or cooking this festive season! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/eaudiob...
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Listen to audiobooks whilst wrapping, crafting or cooking this festive season! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/eaudiob...
#DidYouKnow today is World Llama Day??
On the blog we have some fun reading suggestions for children to learn more about these gentle, quirky animals -
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On the blog we have some fun reading suggestions for children to learn more about these gentle, quirky animals -
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Celebrate World Llama Day on 9 December!
Did you know that llamas aren’t just adorable – they’re fascinating creatures with a rich history in South American culture? Llama Day is the perfect excuse for children to learn more about …
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December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#DidYouKnow today is World Llama Day??
On the blog we have some fun reading suggestions for children to learn more about these gentle, quirky animals -
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On the blog we have some fun reading suggestions for children to learn more about these gentle, quirky animals -
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It's that time of year again... Oh, yes it is!
#OnThisDay when the #KingsTheatre first opened its doors in 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, we look back at some of the pantos through the years with the help of the wonderful British Newspaper Archive -
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#OnThisDay when the #KingsTheatre first opened its doors in 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, we look back at some of the pantos through the years with the help of the wonderful British Newspaper Archive -
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It’s that time of year again… Oh, yes it is!
Traditionally performed around Christmas to family audiences, British pantomime continues as a popular form of theatre, incorporating song, dance, slapstick, jokes, topical references and audi…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's that time of year again... Oh, yes it is!
#OnThisDay when the #KingsTheatre first opened its doors in 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, we look back at some of the pantos through the years with the help of the wonderful British Newspaper Archive -
zurl.co/J6gOF
#OnThisDay when the #KingsTheatre first opened its doors in 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, we look back at some of the pantos through the years with the help of the wonderful British Newspaper Archive -
zurl.co/J6gOF
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The Scottish Brewing Archive Association’s project, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant, aims to publish a new book, Capital Brewing, to ensure that the brewing industry in Edinburgh is not forgotten. Read all about it on our website. #edinburghbrewing #canongatebreweries #brewingarchives
Capital Brewing: The History of Edinburgh's Brewing Industry - The Old Edinburgh Club
A project to publish a new book, Capital Brewing, to ensure that the brewing industry in Edinburgh is not forgotten.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish Brewing Archive Association’s project, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant, aims to publish a new book, Capital Brewing, to ensure that the brewing industry in Edinburgh is not forgotten. Read all about it on our website. #edinburghbrewing #canongatebreweries #brewingarchives
Thomas Keith was well-respected in his lifetime as a surgeon, however for a brief time in the 1850s, he experimented with and mastered another scientific development – photography.
View the wonderful results of his travels in Scotland on Capital Collections at zurl.co/z8v5y
View the wonderful results of his travels in Scotland on Capital Collections at zurl.co/z8v5y
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thomas Keith was well-respected in his lifetime as a surgeon, however for a brief time in the 1850s, he experimented with and mastered another scientific development – photography.
View the wonderful results of his travels in Scotland on Capital Collections at zurl.co/z8v5y
View the wonderful results of his travels in Scotland on Capital Collections at zurl.co/z8v5y
Get in the Christmas spirit with festive-themed ebooks and audiobooks. Read for free with Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Get in the Christmas spirit with festive-themed ebooks and audiobooks. Read for free with Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
In 2011, the photographer crept out in their "pyjamas and slippers to take this photo of the supermoon" above Dean Village.
Tonight, we may catch a glimpse of the last #supermoon of this year... Share your photos with us on Edinburgh Collected!
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to henry zurl.co/fhbjc
Tonight, we may catch a glimpse of the last #supermoon of this year... Share your photos with us on Edinburgh Collected!
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to henry zurl.co/fhbjc
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In 2011, the photographer crept out in their "pyjamas and slippers to take this photo of the supermoon" above Dean Village.
Tonight, we may catch a glimpse of the last #supermoon of this year... Share your photos with us on Edinburgh Collected!
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to henry zurl.co/fhbjc
Tonight, we may catch a glimpse of the last #supermoon of this year... Share your photos with us on Edinburgh Collected!
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to henry zurl.co/fhbjc
Listen to this month's Talking Books title from uLIBRARY - Dramatic Murder: a lost Christmas murder mystery zurl.co/kSNRI
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Listen to this month's Talking Books title from uLIBRARY - Dramatic Murder: a lost Christmas murder mystery zurl.co/kSNRI
Get some Christmas food, crafts and decorating inspiration with free magazines on Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Get some Christmas food, crafts and decorating inspiration with free magazines on Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby
Here's a note of Edinburgh Libraries' opening times over the festive period -
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Christmas 2025 and New Year library opening hours
Edinburgh Libraries opening times over Christmas and Hogmanay will be Wednesday 24 December – libraries close at 5pmThursday 25 December – closedFriday 26 December – closedSaturda…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Here's a note of Edinburgh Libraries' opening times over the festive period -
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The World of Maria Prymachenko exhibition is on display in the Art and Design Library at Central Library throughout December, filling the room with bright colour and inspiration - don't miss it!
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The World of Maria Prymachenko – Art and Design Library exhibition, December 2025
Central Library are delighted to be partnering again with the Museum of Ukrainian Craft and Culture Scotland to bring an exhibition celebrating Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko. The World of Maria Prymachenko will be on display in the Art and Design Library throughout December, filling the room with bright colour and inspiration. Glory of Ukraine, 1963,…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The World of Maria Prymachenko exhibition is on display in the Art and Design Library at Central Library throughout December, filling the room with bright colour and inspiration - don't miss it!
zurl.co/FdS2w
zurl.co/FdS2w