What The Dickins: A Tale Of Edinburgh City

5 Places Every Cyclist in Edinburgh Should Know About
Ronde Bicycle Cafe and Shop Edinburgh
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Markus Stitz is an endurance cyclist and creator of the Capital Trail. He is also an Edinburgh resident and became the first person to cycle around the world on a singlespeed bike! As founder of www.bikepackingscotland.com he also organises regular events in the city, of which the next one will…

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Meet Edinburgh Illustrator Helen C Stark
Helen C Stark Illustrator Edinburgh
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We’ve been lucky enough to work with a very talented illustrator recently called Helen C Stark – and there is no better day to tell you a bit more about Helen than on International Women’s Day! We spotted Helen’s gorgeous drawings on Instagram, got in touch and are now proud to present two…

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Introducing the Dickins Collections
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You might’ve noticed that we’ve recently launched a new website as well as updated the branding and introduced a new logo. We’ve also incorporated a cool aerial video of Edinburgh on our homepage that you need to check out! It’s been a lot of work, but we’re very pleased and proud…

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Exciting Plans for the Observatory by Collective
The Collective Calton Hill Edinburgh
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If you’ve been up on Calton Hill during the past few months you might’ve noticed that there is some restoration work going on at the top. Collective, a contemporary visual arts organisation established in 1984, started redeveloping the A-listed City Observatory complex on Calton Hill in November 2016. We caught up with…

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Meet Life Story – Edinburgh’s Best Scandi Shop
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If you like the clean, minimalist lines of Scandinavian design then there is one store in Edinburgh you need to pay a visit to: Life Story on 53 London Street (there is also an online shop if you’re based somewhere else than Edinburgh!). We love a bit of Nordic design…

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