Claire Bennett 
I get asked this question more than almost anything else, usually by someone standing on the Royal Mile at 8:45am with a suitcase they haven’t dropped off yet, looking slightly panicked. So here’s the honest version, not the version written by someone who flew in for four days and called everything “charming.” I moved to … Read more
I moved here for what I told everyone would be a year, maybe two. That was over a decade ago. In that time I’ve lived in Marchmont, where the beer gardens don’t really exist and everyone drinks in tiny front rooms instead, and Leith, where they’ve multiplied so fast I’m still finding new ones. I’ve … Read more
In our last article we talk about How to Pronounce Edinburgh Scotland, Versus Edinburgh in Other Countries. I’ve lost count of how many visiting friends I’ve walked up the Royal Mile toward Castlehill, promising them “just one more thing” before lunch. Nine times out of ten, that one more thing is a whisky tasting. Edinburgh … Read more
It should be “ED-in-bruh” and NOT “Edin-BURG” or “Edin-BOROUGH.” No hard G, 3 syllables, soft ending. Nobody will be rude about it if you say the wrong word here. You’ll earn a little smile if you come from the local area, but remember, it is one of the easiest ways of sounding like you’ve done … Read more