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Join Roger Emmerson, author of Land of Stone and Scotland in 100 Buildings, as he invites you into his 40-year search for the Scottishness of Scottish architecture. It begins before Scotland was Scotland. Before architecture was architecture. Between the mountain and the sky. Between the land and the river. An antinomy, an antisyzygy, a parallax. Tracing a path from Celtic culture, through Scots colloquialisms, to the ideas of Kant, Thomson, Gregory Smith and Žižek: Emmerson has uncovered some answers. But the search continues...
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ScotlandsFest: In Search of Scottish Architecture is by Roger Emmerson / Luath Press, listed under Spoken Word in the Fringe programme. It plays at St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church, 14 Johnston Terrace, EH1 2PW, 20 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets are £10.