El Hombre de Mimbre (1973) es una de las películas más perturbadoras de todos los tiempos. Es tan intensa que convierte a Midsommar en una broma. La película fue brutalmente mutilada por el estudio para su estreno inicial. El jefe del estudio, Michael Deeley, la detestaba tanto que supuestamente se arrojaron negativos y tomas descartadas como relleno de vertedero bajo la autopista M3. Más tarde fue rescatada en parte gracias a una copia encontrada por Roger Corman. Las restauraciones (incluido el “Corte Final” de 2013) reconstruyeron una versión más larga.

Just published in the Georgian Group Journal (2026) - Mylne's Land - Scotland's first modern tenement ? The story of a stone tenement in Leith designed by Robert Mylne (1633-1710), Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, in 1678. It survived until 1955.

Decline.

As Glaswegians mourn the city's disappearing architectural treasures they're being warned "use it or lose it". Union Corner is the latest in a long line of listed buildings to burn or collapse - and it looks like Hillhead Baptist Church could soon follow. @GordonBarr from the Architectural Heritage Fund says it's vital new purposes are found for historic structures. The Fund's opened a new free exhibition at the Briggait celebrating 50 years of operation. You'll find more details here: ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/

Remembering Oliver Barratt MBE (1941–2026), a quiet force behind Edinburgh’s conservation movement. His legacy lives on in the city’s historic fabric and civic voice. Read more: tinyurl.com/3zymhy39

Scaffolding is going up around Gwrych Castle marking the start of the next phase of restoration. Roofs and floors are being reinstated in areas closed since 1985 as part of a £4.5 million programme. Our sincere thanks to all funders and supporters who have made this possible!

"It’s my manor!" "Not any more Harold, they're taking it away from you." One of the great movie endings. Without a word Hoskins conveys shock, anger, denial, negotiation, depression then acceptance. Have a better one than Harold.

Lex Garage (NCP) : Located at the corner of Lexington Street and Brewer Street, Soho, this Grade II listed multi-storey car park opened in 1929. It is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built car parks in England and features a distinct "Classical-Moderne" facade.

Any Trotters of Mortonhall out there ? Your family burial ground could use a little tlc. Mortonhall, Edinburgh.

Please do sign up: lots of surprises and a peek into the forthcoming book I’ve written with Brent Elliott: The British Cemetery 1700-2020

Happy birthday, Philip Hepworth. March 12, 1888 in Hampstead, London, UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip… 1/

Yeah - just google English medieval castle - what could possibly go wrong?

From the archive: Georgian Group's journal made available for free online ianvisits.co.uk/articles/geo…

The Worm Moon rising behind the freshly painted North Bridge and the King's Own Scottish Borderers statue #Edinburgh #WormMoon

Designs for new lamp pedestals for the courtyard of the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the foot of the Royal Mile, 1908. The drawings were made by William Thomas Oldrieve, an architect with the His Majesty’s Office of Works.

“over the past five years, ministers rejected Historic England’s advice to list buildings 10 times. Of these rejections, eight have taken place in the last year under Labour…almost every one of the 10 cases of rejection, the site in question was subject to development proposals”

In the spring edition of the Scottish Local History Forum magazine, you'll find a full story about the OEC Jean Guild Grant programme and the projects and research it has funded. #parliamentsquare #edinburghhistory #history #stgilescathedral #grants buff.ly/pT4uzn1

‘Demolition Derby’ strikes again, as the 1930s Egyptian Art Deco style Crompton House has been flattened in the past few weeks, despite a backlash from Councillors and a public petition. The demolition came as part of the City Council’s multi-million pound Our City Our River (OCOR) infrastructure scheme, aiming to boost Derby’s response to heavy floods and severe weather. However critics argued the locally listed building, or even just the handsome clocktower, could have been retained in situ while still allowing the planned new riverside park and flood defences scheme to proceed. Designed in 1938 by Naylor Sale and Widdows for James Harwood, a local printer and stationer, the handsome Portland stone building had most recently been in use as a Nat West bank branch. Derbyshire’s Historic Environment Record highlighted its pilasters with palmette capitals, the clock face in aquamarine mosaic, a fluted frieze and square cornice with key motif, doorcases with wave-motif decoration, and soffit and window reveals decorated with Tudor roses. All now gone. Just another day in demolition-obsessed Britain? If recent statistics are anything to go by, at least another 49,999 buildings are likely to be demolished in 2026 alone...

The Lord Lyon attended a Reception in Parliament Hall Edinburgh hosted by the Lord President to celebrate the installation of the c1685 Gueudeville print of the Downsitting of the old Scottish Parliament.

Bruce Peter gave a talk on Art Deco Cinemas this evening as a precursor the silent film festival Hippfest which takes place at the Bo'ness Hippodrome next month - if you didn't catch it live, it's available to watch anytime on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=-K1cziQ_…