Priceless

Issue 149
Cover Story
11 October 1938 - 3 October 2022
Remembering two landladies

Jessie, landlady of The Trafalgar and Mary Moriarty in the Port ‘o’ Leith
How to get your teeth into Christmas

For many, Christmas will be a bittersweet affair. Colin Montgomery literally loses molars thinking about it
Making a song & dance about it

Gordon Young takes us back to 1896 when a Mr. James Morrison Cooke formed The Fisherlassies’ Choir
The Leith Glutton
In want of a good wine bar

There is an odd, if admittedly small, thrill to be had knowing that you are drinking the first bottle of Corpinnat ever opened in Leith
A tattoo with a harp below it

John Tantalon tells us the story of a man with a ‘good health’ tattoo and a lot of bad luck
There Was Something About Mary

Don’t call her the Queen of Leith! “It’s bloody embarrassing, I don’t know why people call me that”
Deidre Brock
On a warm afternoon in July…

If these iconic buildings are a symbol of our democracy, then surely their decay reflects the structural defects of the British state
It’s believed Columba preached to the Picts

Roy Pedersen gives us a sneak preview of his new book, The Port of Inverness, a celebration of 175 years as a trust port
A Carnival of Light

With autumn looming, the countdown is well and truly underway for the opening of the always enchanting Christmas at the Botanics
Protempore
Dear reader, as you know, this column…

To say the Tories time in office has been anything other than a complete shitshow would be insulting to the very worst understatement
The good, the bad & the ugly

Kennedy Wilson on the best and worst of books that have been turned into films
Tim Bell
Getting creative between three dots…

There’s love poetry coming down the Water of Leith, creating human warmth between the inert figures of Anthony Gormley
Old Tom’s Almanack: 2023 Edition

Mr Wheeler ventures into Mystic Meg territory with some predictions for the upcoming year