Panmure House Revitalising the Edinburgh home of economist Adam Smith
Heather McGregor, Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, takes us through the ambitious project to redevelop and reopen Adam Smith's former Edinburgh home. Opening in 2018, Panmure House will once again inspire and facilitate ground-breaking economic research and debate.
A Walk Up The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland
A walk up The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. I filmed this a couple of years ago, but thought people might still like to see it :-) In this video:-
Holyrood Palace, Queen Mary's Bath House, The Queen's Gallery, The Scottish Parliament, White Horse Close, The Canongate, Dunbars Close Garden, The Museum of Edinburgh, Robert Fergusson Statue, The Canongate Kirk, Bakehouse Close, The Canongate Tolbooth, Chessel's Court, Tweeddale Court, John Knox House, The High Street, St Giles' Cathedral, The Mercat Cross, The City Chambers, The Heart of Midlothian, David Hume Statue, Castlehill, Wardrop's Close, The Writers' Museum, Lady Stairs Close, The Jolly Judge Pub, Edinburgh Castle & Esplanade + views, Ramsay Garden, George Heriot's School, Arthur's Seat, Camera Obscura, The Scotch Whisky Experience, Boswell's Court, The Witchery Restaurant, Victoria Street & Terrace, West Bow, Colonnades at Signet Library, Parliament Square, Adam Smith Statue, Hunter Square and Niddry Street.
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© David Wheater, A walk up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle.
Panmure House - restoring the home of Adam Smith
Panmure House, in Edinburgh's old town, is the final home of philosopher Adam Smith. Smith met with some of the greatest minds of the Scottish Enlightenment at Panmure House and completed his work on Wealth of Nations.
Edinburgh Business School, the graduate School of Business at Heriot-Watt University, is undertaking this ambitious re-development project to preserve and restore Smith's home to, once again, become a place of economic debate.
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Pocahontas Gravesite Gravesend, England
On my mom's side of the family, we were traced back to Pocahontas (I have the paperwork), so while I was in England, I really wanted to visit her memorial and the place near her burial.
This is part of my one and only European trip that I was so blessed with! I'm still a frugal mom on a budget, but thanks to this awesome YouTube channel I met my friend, Edward who has blessed my family and friends with computers, has traveled with us before, and invited me on this trip that there's no way I could have afforded! He was so amazing to have been so generous! I'm so grateful for such awesome friends in my life!
I will get back to my renovation videos very soon and then after all that work is done, back to cooking videos and such! My schedule on videos got messed up again with a surprise visit from my ex! We hadn't seen him in 2 1/2 years, so we stopped everything for the kids to visit.
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Walking Tour | Scotland | Edinburgh City | Royal Mile
The walking video tour is a first person view of the scenery.
This video will take you to the busy street of Royal Mile in Edinburgh City.
Taken during the Autumn season, late October of 2019. Fortunately, it was Sunny but chilly and windy. Temperature was below 10 degC. Still comfortable to walk but can freeze your palms, bring gloves and hand warmer. You can also buy locally made scarves to keep you warm.
Royal Mile covers the Old Town of Edinburgh City. It is the street connected from Edinburgh Castle all the way to the Holyrood House.
Full of Scottish historic spot, street entertainers, boutiques, pubs, souvenir shops, interesting architecture and statues.
The walk will not make you tired and scouting the entire street can be a whole day activity if you got plenty of time.
Some historic and a must visit spot are listed below, they might not be found along the street but a few walk will get you there.
Edinburgh Castle
Ramsay Garden
Castle Hill
Gladstone's Land
Brodie's Close
St Gile's Cathedral
Cockburn Street
The Storytelling Cafe
John Knox House
Canongate Tolbooth
Canongate Church
Parliament Building
Palace and Abbey of Holyroodhouse
Holyrood Park
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Pro-EU Scots may want out of post-Brexit UK
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Edinburgh, Scotland - 27 May 2016
1. Piper playing bagpipes
Edinburgh, Scotland - 28 May 2016
2. British and Scottish flags, Edinburgh Castle in the background
3. People walking along Royal Mile
4. People walking past and entering whisky shop on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
5. Glass door of shop with signs reading (English) Whiskies and Open
Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 May 2016
6. David Williamson of the Scotch Whisky Association holding whisky bottle, UPSOUND (English): This one comes from the Highlands of Scotland, one that is growing at the moment in different markets around the world.
7. Whisky bottles on shelf in office of Scotch Whisky Association
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Williamson, Communications Director of the Scotch Whisky Association:
There's a really clear consensus within our industry that we benefit from membership (of the European Union). We benefit from access to a single market that represents about a third of our exports around the world. We benefit from access to trade deals with lower tariffs and the removal of discrimination, and of course the protection of Scotch whisky is also rooted in European law, and that's fundamental to the success of Scotch around the world.
Edinburgh, Scotland - 28 May 2016
9. Tourists looking at whiskies in shop window
10. Pan from Edinburgh tour bus to tour guide
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Ross, 63, Edinburgh tour guide:
I think we're better off in Europe, because we're all one big family nowadays I suppose. I would actually like to see our pound change to euros, so I didn't have to keep changing money when I go abroad. No, I think it's a good thing. I think if we leave, then we're just, we don't know what the future holds, at least we know when we're in Europe a rough idea of what the future holds for us.
12. Wide of Edinburgh Castle
13. Sign of Nicolson Kiltmakers shop on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 May 2016
14. Kiltmaker Nicola Laird folding tartan in Nicolson Kiltmakers
15. Close of Laird's hands running needles through tartan
16. Customer paying
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicola Laird, kiltmaker at family-run business Nicolson Kiltmakers Edinburgh:
We are quite a specialised industry, if somebody wants a kilt then they will come to us anyway, so I personally don't think it will affect us, and I think there's too much scaremongering going on, so businesses are scared. But we don't know what's going to happen either way.
18. Laird stitching tartan in shop basement
19. Buckle being stitched on to kilt
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicola Laird, kiltmaker at family-run business Nicolson Kiltmakers Edinburgh:
Well, personally, I think we should leave. I wanted independence for Scotland, and I don't understand why the UK, they were so keen to keep us on, why they want to get out of Europe, so I definitely want to leave the European Union.
21. Close of Made in Scotland sign in shop
22. Tartan scarves in shop
23. Typical nested architecture of Edinburgh's Old Town
24. Adam Smith statue in front of St. Giles' Cathedral
25. Professor Laura Cram working at her desk
26. Folders with tags reading Ethics and EU/UK Referendum
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Cram, Professor for European Politics, University of Edinburgh:
28. Exterior of Scottish Parliament
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Christina McKelvie, SNP (Scottish National Party) Member of the Scottish Parliament:
Clearly for remaining within the EU, as long as that EU is reformed, and as long as that Scottish voice, that distinct Scottish voice, is heard within that European Union.
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Wallace Monument, Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish hero. The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. In addition to public subscription, it was partially funded by contributions from a number of foreign donors, including Italian national leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. The foundation stone was laid in 1861 by the Duke of Atholl in his role as Master Mason of Scotland with a short speech given by Sir Archibald Alison. It was completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead at a cost of £18,000, the monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style. The tower stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley. A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms. Inside is also a Hall of Heroes, a series of busts of famous Scots, effectively a small national Hall of Fame. The heroes are Robert the Bruce, George Buchanan, John Knox, Allan Ramsay, Robert Burns, Robert Tannahill, Adam Smith, James Watt, Sir Walter Scott, William Murdoch, Sir David Brewster, Thomas Carlyle, Hugh Miller, Thomas Chalmers, David Livingstone, and W. E. Gladstone. In 2017 it was announced that Mary Slessor and Maggie Keswick Jencks will be the first heroines to be celebrated in the hall. The original Victorian statue of Wallace stands on the corner of the monument and is by the Edinburgh sculptor David Watson Stevenson. In 1996 Tom Church carved a statue of Wallace called Freedom, which was inspired by the film Braveheart. It has the face of Mel Gibson, the actor who played William Wallace in the film. Church leased the statue to Stirling Council, who in 1997 installed it in the car park of the visitor centre at the foot of the craig. The statue was deeply unpopular, being described as among the most loathed pieces of public art in Scotland and was regularly vandalised before being placed in a cage to prevent further damage. Plans to expand the visitor centre, including a new restaurant and reception, led to the unpopular statue's removal in 2008. It was returned to Church, who, after an unsuccessful attempt to sell it at auction, reportedly offered it to Donald Trump's Menie estate golf resort. However, it remained in the garden of the sculptor's home, where it was incorporated into a replica of a castle, and with additions to it that included the head of the decapitated governor of York. In April 2016, it was reported in local press that the statue might be moved to Ardrossan's old Barony Church.
Kris And Alix Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh Scotland August 7th
Tour Scotland video of two female singers on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Kris and Alix singing in the rain the Royal Mile.
Sir Geoff Palmer : Flag Up Scotland Jamaica Launches Petition to Scottish Parliament
Flag Up Scotland Jamaica launched a petition calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a formal bilateral partnership with Jamaica, making it a Priority Country for trade and international development as a means of acknowledging that trade with Jamaica has contributed significantly to the foundations of economic growth and prosperity in Scotland and recognising that Scotland should now seek to advance the prosperity of Jamaica.
The petition has the support of Anne McLaughlin, MP for Glasgow North East and Sir Geoff Palmer, Jamaican Professor Emeritus at Heriot Watt University.
Scotland has many links with Jamaica and these begin with Scottish prisoners of war from the Battle of Dunbar and the Jacobite Rebellions being exiled to Jamaica. Later many Scots came to make their fortunes in the slave economy. The consequence is that there is a greater frequency of Scottish surnames in Jamaica than in countries like Canada or New Zealand. A large number of place names in Jamaica are Scottish and include Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Elgin, Roxborough and Culloden. More recently in 1962, a Scottish missionary in Jamaica, William McGhie was responsible for the inclusion of the saltire in the Jamaican flag.
The petition highlights that between 1760 and 1830 the Scottish economy grew from one of the weakest in Europe to becoming one of the most powerful. Profits were made from vast amounts of Jamaican sugar as the old sugar sheds that still exist in Greenock today testify. Other industries in Scotland profited in unexpected ways. The import of linen to clothe slaves in Jamaica increased tenfold between 1765 and 1795. Recent research has confirmed that Scottish slave ownership was higher than in any other part of the United Kingdom.
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Sandy the Sculptor
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Prof. Tom Devine - An Empire of Commerce: Three Centuries of Scottish Enterprise in the East
The General Council Lecture, presented by Professor Tom Devine on Saturday 12 June in Hong Kong.
The lecture explores the historical links between Scotland and China.
Tom Devine is Director of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies and the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography.
He is considered the pre-eminent authority on the history of modern Scotland.
British Lord Who Helped Stem the Financial Crisis Now Fishing in Scotland
British Lord Who Helped Stem the Financial Crisis Now Fishing in Scotland
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Wallace Monument, Stirling
Views of the Wallace Monument, Abbey Craig, near Stirling, including the statues in the Hall of the Heroes - David Brewster George Buchanan Robert Burns Thomas Carlyle William Gladstone John Knox David Livingston Hugh Miller William Murdock Alan Ramsay King Robert the Bruce Sir Walter Scott Adam Smith Robert Tannahill James Watt
Scotland with Julia Reams-Giersch | Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel talk, Rick Steves' Europe travel expert Julia Reams-Giersch describes Scotland's top stops — from the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, to the nearby sights of Stirling and St. Andrews, to the rugged Highlands near Inverness and the lovely islands near Oban and the west coast — and explains practical travel skills, including pointers on sleeping, eating, and transportation.
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Recorded on March 3, 2018 • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Center
Written and Presented by Julia Reams-Giersch
Produced by Cameron Hewitt
Filmed and Edited by Zen Wolfang
Photography by Julia Reams-Giersch, Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Cameron Hewitt, and others
Graphics by Heather Locke and Rhonda Pelikan
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Scotland: Edinburgh & Glasgow with Julia Reams-Giersch | Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel talk, Rick Steves' Europe travel expert Julia Reams-Giersch takes you on a virtual tour of Scotland's dual, different-as-night-and-day leading cities. In Glasgow, we'll see the architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and tour fascinating museums. And in Edinburgh, we'll check out the castle, stroll the Royal Mile, and explore the Georgian New Town.
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Recorded on March 3, 2018 • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Center
Written and Presented by Julia Reams-Giersch
Produced by Cameron Hewitt
Filmed and Edited by Zen Wolfang
Photography by Julia Reams-Giersch, Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Cameron Hewitt, and others
Graphics by Heather Locke and Rhonda Pelikan
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Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the expulsion of the Gael) was the forced displacement during the 18th and 19th centuries of a significant number of people from traditional land tenancies in the Scottish Highlands, where they had practised small-scale agriculture. It resulted from enclosures of common lands and a change from farming to sheep raising, an agricultural revolution largely carried out by hereditary aristocratic landowners. A Highland Clearance has been defined as an enforced simultaneous eviction of all families living in a given area such as an entire glen.
The clearances are particularly notorious as a result of the brutality of many evictions at short notice (year-by-year tenants had almost no protection under Scots law), and the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, in which reciprocal obligations between the population and their leaders were well-recognized. The cumulative effect of the Clearances devastated the cultural landscape of Scotland in a way that did not happen in other areas of Britain; the effect of the Clearances was to destroy much of the Gaelic culture.
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Talks & Lectures | Scotland and the Caribbean
In response to the Remaking of Scotland display at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Sir Geoff Palmer, Professor Emeritus, Heriot Watt University, discusses how arts and culture, political and military action, business, missionary service and self-interest were linked to colonial activity and slavery in the Caribbean.
This talk took place at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, on 18 September 2018.
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