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Issue 162

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Cover Story

Rev. Jack Kellet

South Leith Parish Church 1967-1994

A Scottish Minister looks back on a life of surprises.
Including the book being on sale at Amazon for £534

Editor at Large

The notion of culture changed

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The moment Pop Art in Britain was born

Prisoners of expectation

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Utopia is easy to promise, but hard to deliver. Are we being sold a pipedream by political masters? Colin Montgomery stirs the pot

The Leith Glutton

A golden age of fine dining

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The lamb is damned good, I see why those Border reivers did all that reiving

Ben Macpherson

Leith is a remarkable place…

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The new Paolozzi mural has gifted Leith something for us to appreciate and smile about

Lifeboats and a knitted tree

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The 200th anniversary of the founding of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was celebrated this year writes Dougie Ratcliffe

Graham Ross

Who said that theft is the engine of progress?

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Inner city violence was in danger of puncturing the false premise of the American dream

“I’m thinking of the days, I won’t forget a single day, believe me”

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This is a please no black attire funeral and my shirt’s as red as Moira Shearer’s ballet pumps in The Red Shoes

Secret histories & peepshows

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Kennedy Wilson looks at three intriguingly secret and scandalous books

Victor & Victoria

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Hollywood movie stars come in all shapes, sizes and levels of fame says Lawrence Lettice

Bringing a Local Flavour to Leith

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Charlie Ellis chats to Steven McKenzie about his latest project: Little Havana Coffee Store

Barbary Pirates in the Port of Leith

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John Tantalon commenced plans for a brand new ghost walk during the Autumn months of 2023. Here’s how it went

The accidental
question writer

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History, they say, is written by the victors posits Tom Wheeler

900 years & counting

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Did you know that the first Scot to visit Japan was from Leith? Asks Cammy Day

On a dark December in 1980…

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So, am I an Englishman or a Scotsman? Either. Neither. Both. Who’s asking?

Tracy Griffen

Mesmerized by Raygun

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A historic moment not reported on the news: no politics allowed at the Olympics!

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