Never Forget: Edinburgh Life

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Never Forget

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A webzine I created to highlight aspects of Edinburgh that to me, are memorable and that I will never forget.

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Never  Forget

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I’m Zoe, a 19 year oldstudent living inEdinburgh.Edinburgh. I’ve lived here for over a year now and I think that it is such a beautiful city. I decided to make this webzine to highlight some of the city’s places that are important to me.me. I came here last September to study Physics, but I transfered this time around.

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I decided to capture an image of the castle from the view point in Princes Street Gardens. This was to show a different side to the urban city. In places I believe that it is very picturesque and old fashioned. The scenery isis beautiful and void of modern structures and can often be overlooked by the residents here. A lot of Edinburgh with it’s Victorian type architecture can look very traditional, but I believe the modern urban shops overshadow them.overshadow them.

Especially on Princes street. It’s easy to go through the city of Edinburgh, maybe on your way to work or to the shops, without seeing any nature. Nobody really stops to think how lucky they actually are to have such a unique place on their doorstep. unique place on their doorstep.

The beautiful autumn coloured leaves against the hillside and the castle really are breath taking. If I had taken the same picture looking behind me, I would have seen a busy urban high street above, where everyoneeveryone would be too busy to care what was happening below.

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It really is an  unforgettable image of life in Edinburgh.

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The Royal mile is probably the most visited road in Edinburgh by tourists. It is rich in history, running all the way from Holyrood Palace to the Castle. PicturedPictured here is St Giles’ Cathedral, or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, which is situated

I find the history of Edinburgh to be fascinating. Underneath the very road I was stood on when I captured this picture, there used to be an underground city. To thinkthink of all the horrible things that took place there, it makes for such an eerie place, even now.

about a third of the way down the mile. On the floor outside is the Heart of Midlothian, a mosaic that marks the historic point of public execution. This very squaresquare originally was a prison in the 15th century.

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Across the road from the

Kirk, is a statue of the

great philosopher David

Hume. Whom for all of

his life, resided in

Edinburgh. During

college, I studied

philosophy,philosophy, specialising

in epistemology, the

theory of knowledge.

David Hume was a

leader in that field, and it

was his work in

empiricism that inspired

me the most. I like to

think of myself as an

empiricist, a person who

believes that knowledge

isis gained from

experiences and that you

are born with no prior

beliefs. This statue is

compromised of him

holding a ‘tabula rasa’,

which literally means

‘blank slate’ in Latin.

The tabula rasa was one

of his main theories that I

studied. It is the idea that

everyoneeveryone is born a blank

slate, and that all

knowledge is gained

from experiences.

This was one of the many

reasons why I am proud

to live in Edinburgh, and

walk the same streets he

walked down all those

years ago.

AsAs you can see one of his

big toes has been worn

away and turned to gold.

It is believed that if you

rub this toe for luck you

will gain eternal wisdom.

I believe that it is rather

ironic.ironic. A man famed for

his scepticism, is now a

symbol of luck for the

superstitious.

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I wanted to

include a picture of the

castle, but I didn’t

want the typical shot

from the lawn market,

or of the skyline from

Carlton Hill. I wanted

toto show the castle from

a different, more

natural, perspective.

This is a view from the

rooftop of the National

Museum of Scotland. The

weather was more typical

of an autumn day in

Edinburgh; there were

many clouds in the sky and

itit was dull and cold.

The Museum is a lovely

place to spend an afternoon

exploring. Up on the roof

they have a small

selection of Scottish

flowers, and an unusual

360° view of the city.

InIn my mind this view is

defintitely a more

accurate view of what the

city is really like.

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I often wonder what it would look like to see the city from a bird’s perspective. Up here you can see out for miles on a clear day. These pigeons looked as if they too, were sitting in awe of the beautiful view: standing on a rooftop, taking in all the sights with the rest of us.us. Usually when people photograph Edinburgh, I’ve noticed that a lot of things become irrelevant in comparison to the city’s old architecture. Just like these pigeons, but they’re as much a part of the city as we are, and they shouldn’t be forgotten.

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Not a lot of people are aware of the Union Canal, reaching from Falkirk to Edinburgh. I walk across the canal every morning to reach university; it’s such a stunningstunning place. Pictured here is one of the many narrow boats that are docked here and its friendly driver giving me

a thumbs up as I took a picture from the road bridge above. The path beside the canal is one of my favourite cycle routes into the city from my flat; it’s quite a hotspot for runnersrunners too. I cycle down it at least once a week to go to a local health food shop in Tollcross.

I always find it such a relaxing place to visit when I have a spare afternoon. Even if the weather isn’t too good, it is still a nice place to get away from the traffic and thethe tourists the mob the city centre.

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Before I transferred to

Napier, I studied at

the University of

Edinburgh. This was

one of its student

unions, Teviot Row

House. Teviot is the

oldestoldest purpose built

student union in the

world, opening in

1889. This place has a

lot of memories for

me; it’s where I

always hung out with

mymy friends, met

people for a drink

after class, and where

many special events

were held.

I think it’s such an

amazing building,

inside and out. It

always reminds me of

a tiny castle, which I

believe is iconic of

Edinburgh.

II had to include this

in my magazine, as it

is one of my absolute

favourite places to go

in the city.