Secret Edinburgh
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
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- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
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After unsuccessfully trying to track down a copy of the 2025 Tales Of Paranoia by Robert Crumb in the UK, my husband did what any right-minded person would do...HE GOT FIFTY COPIES shipped from Fantagraphics in Seattle...
They're selling well. Get yours before it's too late! 👇🏽
🛒 ebay.us/m/tWn1Hh
They're selling well. Get yours before it's too late! 👇🏽
🛒 ebay.us/m/tWn1Hh
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All set at the @ootbdrillhall Winter arts market today on dalmeny street, Leith. My last fair of the year, I’m here until 5pm, lots of great independent artists and makers on show so pop along if you’re in the area.
#edinburgh
#edinburgh
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
All set at the @ootbdrillhall Winter arts market today on dalmeny street, Leith. My last fair of the year, I’m here until 5pm, lots of great independent artists and makers on show so pop along if you’re in the area.
#edinburgh
#edinburgh
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Looking for Santa’s grotto. Accidentally found the entire workforce instead. Edinburgh Santa Dash today.
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Looking for Santa’s grotto. Accidentally found the entire workforce instead. Edinburgh Santa Dash today.
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#christmasTopper Abercromby Place #Edinburgh
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#christmasTopper Abercromby Place #Edinburgh
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Hunsun star globe used to navigate at night (1920). In the collection at Trinity House, Leith, the home of the Incorporation of Shipowners and Shipmasters, which dates back to the 14th century.
#archiveadventcalendar
#star #Day7
📷 flic.kr/p/yH9Afj
#archiveadventcalendar
#star #Day7
📷 flic.kr/p/yH9Afj
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Hunsun star globe used to navigate at night (1920). In the collection at Trinity House, Leith, the home of the Incorporation of Shipowners and Shipmasters, which dates back to the 14th century.
#archiveadventcalendar
#star #Day7
📷 flic.kr/p/yH9Afj
#archiveadventcalendar
#star #Day7
📷 flic.kr/p/yH9Afj
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Waiting to get into a gig, the shadows of the crowd on the wall gave me a kind of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari vibe
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Waiting to get into a gig, the shadows of the crowd on the wall gave me a kind of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari vibe
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
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Edinburgh’s purple Xmas glow from Starbank Park
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Edinburgh’s purple Xmas glow from Starbank Park
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Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 10pm Saturday…
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 10pm Saturday…
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December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Hands up, who wants to see wildly over the top Christmas decorated hotel entrance. Ok, here you are.
Also, where did they get those candelabras from, because I've been looking for one like that for my living room.
Also, where did they get those candelabras from, because I've been looking for one like that for my living room.
December 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hands up, who wants to see wildly over the top Christmas decorated hotel entrance. Ok, here you are.
Also, where did they get those candelabras from, because I've been looking for one like that for my living room.
Also, where did they get those candelabras from, because I've been looking for one like that for my living room.
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Dreamer of Peace in Saughton Park is weel happit.
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Dreamer of Peace in Saughton Park is weel happit.
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Doing it all again tomorrow, so if you're around Edinburgh come and see me and the other amazing traders at 66 Albion Road 😘
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Doing it all again tomorrow, so if you're around Edinburgh come and see me and the other amazing traders at 66 Albion Road 😘
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My art is in the orphan_account exhibition in Sett Studios, Edinburgh. You can see it from now until Monday!
www.instagram.com/orphan_accou...
#art #tumblr #ao3 #2010snostalgia #queerartist #artexhbition #edinburgh
www.instagram.com/orphan_accou...
#art #tumblr #ao3 #2010snostalgia #queerartist #artexhbition #edinburgh
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My art is in the orphan_account exhibition in Sett Studios, Edinburgh. You can see it from now until Monday!
www.instagram.com/orphan_accou...
#art #tumblr #ao3 #2010snostalgia #queerartist #artexhbition #edinburgh
www.instagram.com/orphan_accou...
#art #tumblr #ao3 #2010snostalgia #queerartist #artexhbition #edinburgh
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It's your last chance to join one our natural wreath workshops on Mon 8th or Tue 9th Dec!
Head down to Royal Edinburgh Community Garden & be inspired to create your own Festive Wreath with foliage & natural materials, unwind & support our work tackling homelessness.
Book tickets:
buff.ly/gDxtMaZ
Head down to Royal Edinburgh Community Garden & be inspired to create your own Festive Wreath with foliage & natural materials, unwind & support our work tackling homelessness.
Book tickets:
buff.ly/gDxtMaZ
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's your last chance to join one our natural wreath workshops on Mon 8th or Tue 9th Dec!
Head down to Royal Edinburgh Community Garden & be inspired to create your own Festive Wreath with foliage & natural materials, unwind & support our work tackling homelessness.
Book tickets:
buff.ly/gDxtMaZ
Head down to Royal Edinburgh Community Garden & be inspired to create your own Festive Wreath with foliage & natural materials, unwind & support our work tackling homelessness.
Book tickets:
buff.ly/gDxtMaZ
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A #SirenSaturday revisit today to the first #EdinburghPoliceBox picture I took to callout a picture recently published in a @scotsman.com article.
The Box has been moved slightly over the years.
All Credit/Copyright: The Scotsman/Iconic media/National World.
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
The Box has been moved slightly over the years.
All Credit/Copyright: The Scotsman/Iconic media/National World.
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A #SirenSaturday revisit today to the first #EdinburghPoliceBox picture I took to callout a picture recently published in a @scotsman.com article.
The Box has been moved slightly over the years.
All Credit/Copyright: The Scotsman/Iconic media/National World.
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
The Box has been moved slightly over the years.
All Credit/Copyright: The Scotsman/Iconic media/National World.
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
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If you happen to be in and around Leith this weekend then I would advise popping into Coburgh House. Artists, craft are showing and selling their wares for this weekend only..
#Leith
#Edinburgh
#Leith
#Edinburgh
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you happen to be in and around Leith this weekend then I would advise popping into Coburgh House. Artists, craft are showing and selling their wares for this weekend only..
#Leith
#Edinburgh
#Leith
#Edinburgh
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A good shift this morning with the crew in the Calders Greenshoots Garden. We’ll be back on Tuesday morning to kick on some more. It’s now going to be a combined solar power / potting bench system. 👌Made possible with a Community Grant from @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social 🙏
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A good shift this morning with the crew in the Calders Greenshoots Garden. We’ll be back on Tuesday morning to kick on some more. It’s now going to be a combined solar power / potting bench system. 👌Made possible with a Community Grant from @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social 🙏
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December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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For many years I’ve walked past Edinburgh’s Festival Square jokingly wondering why there are several oversized #Neolithic carved stone balls… Only to discover today thanks to @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social that they are indeed modelled on them theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/p...
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For many years I’ve walked past Edinburgh’s Festival Square jokingly wondering why there are several oversized #Neolithic carved stone balls… Only to discover today thanks to @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social that they are indeed modelled on them theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/p...
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🌿 Super exclusive! 🌿
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea — Griffen Fitness Personal Training in Edinburgh
Homegrown mint tea from Leith, Edinburgh. Whole leaf and nothing but the leaf - no twigs. Refreshing, healthy and unique. Rehydrate well with this small batch herbal infusion. Limited edition.
www.pureleith.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌿 Super exclusive! 🌿
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
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I have TWO free tickets for an Edinburgh gin & chocolate experience TODAY at 3pm. Please message me ASAP if you want them.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I have TWO free tickets for an Edinburgh gin & chocolate experience TODAY at 3pm. Please message me ASAP if you want them.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
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Here at the Assembly rooms in Edinburgh today and tomorrow 10.30am til 5pm! 💕
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Here at the Assembly rooms in Edinburgh today and tomorrow 10.30am til 5pm! 💕
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Still glowing from this!
If you want to buy my ✨ award winning ✨ Graphic Novel Builder, signed, sketched and dedicated to the comic making kid in your life, you can do so at the link below!
www.edwardross.co.uk/shop
If you want to buy my ✨ award winning ✨ Graphic Novel Builder, signed, sketched and dedicated to the comic making kid in your life, you can do so at the link below!
www.edwardross.co.uk/shop
Best Graphic Novel: Graphic Novel Builder: The illustrated guide to making your own comics, by Edward Ross @edwardross.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Still glowing from this!
If you want to buy my ✨ award winning ✨ Graphic Novel Builder, signed, sketched and dedicated to the comic making kid in your life, you can do so at the link below!
www.edwardross.co.uk/shop
If you want to buy my ✨ award winning ✨ Graphic Novel Builder, signed, sketched and dedicated to the comic making kid in your life, you can do so at the link below!
www.edwardross.co.uk/shop
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Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood Countdown To Christmas today features the beautiful illustrations of artist Jessie M. King to the book 'The Enchanted Capital of Scotland', written by Isabel K C Steele, 1946.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood Countdown To Christmas today features the beautiful illustrations of artist Jessie M. King to the book 'The Enchanted Capital of Scotland', written by Isabel K C Steele, 1946.
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Visual diary of my day in Stockbridge Edinburgh yesterday #amsketching
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Visual diary of my day in Stockbridge Edinburgh yesterday #amsketching