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 ...

An Edinburgh couple who opened a pop-up Christmas shop in Edinburgh’s city centre last month have been told it is ‘unlike anything else on the high street’ by their customers. Did you know with a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...