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Features on Lothianlife.co.uk include informative articles of particular interest to discerning, 'thinking people' of Edinburgh, West Lothian, Midlothian and East Lothian.

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The Coming of the People’s School (Part three of ‘In the Path of Knowledge’)

Around the turn of the 19th. century there was growing unrest among the
female population, who wanted wider education for girls – even Jane Welsh demanded to be taught Latin, ‘just like the boys’. Haddington born Jane later married Thomas Carlyle, the famous essayist and historian.

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Are You Being Scammed?

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Coal, Black Gold from the Past

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Forth Replacement Crossing – Plus

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