One of the (many) reasons we fall in love with Edinburgh over and over again is the architecture. So it seems only fitting to celebrate someone who has had a significant impact on Edinburgh’s cityscape. On 15 July 1790 William Henry Playfair was born in London and 231 years later,…
Continue readingAfter what feels like one of the longest winters in living memory, summer has come to Edinburgh, and you can feel it! It’s a wonderfully energising feeling to walk through town, as businesses open up and people make plans for the summer. And the good news keeps coming – of…
Continue readingOne thing that many of us have shared during Coronavirus, is the need to work from home. If you’re spending time here and will need to work from home, then fortunately Dickins have great work from home apartments in Edinburgh to suit everyone from singles, to families and dog owners.…
Continue readingThe first meal of the day can set the tone for the rest of the day, so you want to make sure it’s something you enjoy and that will fill you up until your next meal. As we all know what a horrendous thing it is to desperately be looking…
Continue reading“As a well-spent day brings a happy sleep, so a life well spent brings a happy death.” Leonardo da Vinci If you follow Dickins on social media, you may have seen that my woooooonderful mother, Marianne Dickins, died completely unexpectedly on 11th April. I say woooooonderful, because if you ever…
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