ALAN TAYLOR’S BOURGEOIS EDINBURGH
Charlie Ellis recounts the launch of a new social appraisal of Scotland’s capital city
Most books on Edinburgh emphasise its historic and architectural qualities, especially the eccentric eruption of building which constitutes its Old Town. There are not many books which look at Edinburgh in a more socially analytical way. David McCrone’s Who Runs Edinburgh? (EUP 2022) is an excellent exception.