“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I haven’t even been here an hour and already, Edinburgh is the city of my dreams.” — Jacqueline E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Edinburgh is a great big black bastard of a city where there are ghosts of all kinds.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
What I loved about Edinburgh was being able to walk to work through a beautiful place. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is an experience A city of enormous gifts Whose streets sing of history Whose cobbles tell tales. — Alan Bold Copy Share Image
There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always. — Alan Bold Copy Share Image
We are spoilt for beauty in Edinburgh, it's so close to the sea and the mountains. — Lady Amelia Windsor Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is the most pressurised environment to do comedy. You get an hour. There's no compere. You'd better be on the money… — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I find Edinburgh a stimulating place in which to live, with it being a city of contrasts, both architecturally and socially, and… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
I joined the after-school club, School of Comedy, which progressed wildly, and in quite a Hollywood way. It sounds like 'School of… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
“This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
[Edinburgh] is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Me and Greg Davies once shared a whole jar of pesto, neat, during the Edinburgh festival years ago because we had no… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
I love Chatsworth, Winchester Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle... Every time I'm in the vicinity of something old and worth looking at, I try… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
A Finnan haddock has a relish of a peculiar and delicate flavour, inimitable on any other coast than that of Aberdeenshire. Some… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
For some time, Scotland's greatest exports to England have included whisky and Scottish MPs. Or, in the case of Charles Kennedy, both.… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is a world city, visited throughout the year for its beauty and history, but in August, it is the City of… — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
I'm terribly taken by the countryside, so I love things like shadows cast by deep woods. I love the autumn. I love… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind at all. The Duke of Edinburgh has had affairs - yes, full-blown affairs, and more… — Sarah Bradford Copy Share Image