fromwww.theguardian.com1 week agoThis is the week Scotland was forced to confront its role in slavery, and say: Yes, that was us' | Hannah LaveryEdinburgh's legacy includes a troubling history of complicity in slavery and colonialism, challenging the narrative of a purely enlightened past.
fromwww.theguardian.com2 weeks agoHow the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slaveryRobert Halliday Gunning, a wealthy doctor from Edinburgh, used philanthropy to assuage guilt from his involvement in slavery-related gold mining.
UK newsfromTheregister2 months agoUK reheats Edinburgh supercomputer plan sans exascale chopsThe UK is investing in a new supercomputer in Edinburgh after previously cancelling a similar project.