Edinburgh has a great choice of small (mostly independent) shops, the perfect places to buy souvenirs and gifts. You can pick up a ready-to-wear kilt or peruse delicious delicatessens and pungent ...

Say “Scotland” and most people think whisky, but the country has a history of smuggling coffee – as it was heavily taxed – then importing and drinking the brew. The first coffee houses opened as ...

The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, and one of the top destinations for the five million tourists who come to the city every year. The collective name for four streets that thread ...

Its Bruntsfield spot has become so popular that teenage owner, Ilaria Pia, has announced that they are expanding across the ...

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Edinburgh's "best cafés and coffee shops" have been named. The top coffee venues around the city were crowned by The Telegraph. The Scottish capital is home to countless cafés, ranging from historic ...

But, of course, shops change and disappear and other ones come along. And shopping habits change. Here is a selection of photographs from the Evening News archives which look back at some of the shops ...

The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, visited by five million tourists each year. The collective name for four streets that thread through the city's Old Town, it is home to a 900-year-old ...