May & June 2026

Inside:

Features

• Grow About the City - our good news round-up

• Beautiful local private gardens open for charity 

• The elegance of the Edwardians  at The Kings Gallery 

• 1840s Newhaven’s fisherfolk – through the lens of Hill & Adamson 

• Fettes and Inverleith from above, in 1930 and 1993 

• Barren ground to floral oasis by the Water of Leith Walkway 

• 1707 Act of Union – why it happened, and how it affected Edinburgh 

• RSA Annual Exhibition – 200 unbroken years

• 130 years of model boating on Inverleith Pond

• Doug Corrance’s Edinburgh

Society

• Papple, East Lothian’s luxurious retreat, officially opens

• Archaeology Scotland celebrates 80th at City Chambers 

• Napier Bathrooms & Interiors and Gessi host reception at the Ivy on the Square 

• International Women’s Club Edinburgh celebrates 25th at Royal Scots Club

• Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and Brussels Choral Society sing together at Usher Hall

Food, drink and eating out

• Dinner at Eleanore on Albert Place, Leith Walk

• Dinner at Spitaki on East Claremont Street

• Women in Whisky, Leith Food Festival, Sunday lunch at the Lobby, Eating cake at Carfrae Farm

What’s On

• 10 fun and interesting things to do as summer approaches