Priceless
Issue 162
Cover Story
Rev. Jack Kellet
South Leith Parish Church 1967-1994
A Scottish Minister looks back on a life of surprises.
Including the book being on sale at Amazon for £534
Editor at Large
The notion of culture changed
The moment Pop Art in Britain was born
Prisoners of expectation
Utopia is easy to promise, but hard to deliver. Are we being sold a pipedream by political masters? Colin Montgomery stirs the pot
The Leith Glutton
A golden age of fine dining
The lamb is damned good, I see why those Border reivers did all that reiving
Ben Macpherson
Leith is a remarkable place…
The new Paolozzi mural has gifted Leith something for us to appreciate and smile about
Lifeboats and a knitted tree
The 200th anniversary of the founding of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was celebrated this year writes Dougie Ratcliffe
Graham Ross
Who said that theft is the engine of progress?
Inner city violence was in danger of puncturing the false premise of the American dream
“I’m thinking of the days, I won’t forget a single day, believe me”
This is a please no black attire funeral and my shirt’s as red as Moira Shearer’s ballet pumps in The Red Shoes
Secret histories & peepshows
Kennedy Wilson looks at three intriguingly secret and scandalous books
Victor & Victoria
Hollywood movie stars come in all shapes, sizes and levels of fame says Lawrence Lettice
Bringing a Local Flavour to Leith
Charlie Ellis chats to Steven McKenzie about his latest project: Little Havana Coffee Store
Barbary Pirates in the Port of Leith
John Tantalon commenced plans for a brand new ghost walk during the Autumn months of 2023. Here’s how it went
The accidental
question writer
History, they say, is written by the victors posits Tom Wheeler
900 years & counting
Did you know that the first Scot to visit Japan was from Leith? Asks Cammy Day
On a dark December in 1980…
So, am I an Englishman or a Scotsman? Either. Neither. Both. Who’s asking?
Tracy Griffen
Mesmerized by Raygun
A historic moment not reported on the news: no politics allowed at the Olympics!
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