What The Dickins: Edinburgh Folk

Continuing our Edinburgh’s Best series, our blog celebrates Susan Doherty, Edinburgh’s Best Lifestyle Store Founder. Edinburgh’s Best Lifestyle Store Founder-Susan Doherty, Lifestory There’s so much to love about Lifestory. Independently-owned by Susan Doherty, Lifestory was intentionally created as a destination store for lovers of Scandinavian design and lifestyle. After living…

We’d love you to Meet Our Team. This blog introduces fabulous Femi Popoola! Femi has a fascinating story and if you didn’t already know it, after reading this blog, you’ll know why Femi is such an asset to our team.   What brought you to Scotland?  My family moved from…

One of the (many) reasons we fall in love with Edinburgh over and over again is the architecture. So it seems only fitting to celebrate someone who has had a significant impact on Edinburgh’s cityscape. On 15 July 1790 William Henry Playfair was born in London and 231 years later,…

Edinburgh is a romantic city. With the dramatic castle perched on top of an extinct volcano, pubs with roaring fires, men in kilts and soft Scottish accents, it’s easy to fall in love here. But the most romantic Edinburgh proposal ever. That’s a special story we’re lucky to be able…

Bethan Koller has just joined us at Dickins, taking over from Louisa as our Digital Marketing and Social Media Manager. Bethan first landed in Edinburgh 11 years ago from South Africa. After studying social sciences at Edinburgh Napier University and then travelling to Canada, she joined Tartan Silk PR, as…