The History of Scotch Whisky and Edinburgh's Vaults
There’s an old saying: today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky. At time of writing,...
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The Crime of Witchcraft & King James VI | Edinburgh History
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle Keep the dates in mind when you hear grisly...
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Putting Victims of Scotland's Witchcraft Trials on The Map
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle You don’t have to join an underground...
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Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle “The good old days” is not a phrase...
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Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Frederique. On our Edinburgh ghost tours, we meet many...
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Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Jared I never consciously saw myself as a storyteller,...
Read StoryEdinburgh History: A Letter to the Pope
In this series, we tell the stories of a range of characters from Scottish history. In all of them...
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