Edinburgh has a great choice of small (mostly independent) shops, the perfect places to buy souvenirs and gifts. You can pick up a ready-to-wear kilt or peruse delicious delicatessens and pungent ...

Edinburgh's Royal Mile has scores of gift shops selling Scotland-themed souvenirs to a growing number of visitors The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, visited by five million tourists ...

Say “Scotland” and most people think whisky, but the country has a history of smuggling coffee – as it was heavily taxed – then importing and drinking the brew. The first coffee houses opened as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I mostly write about the water of life, better known as whisky. Edinburgh’s historic relationship with whisky runs deep. Following ...

Edinburgh shoppers could soon be packing their bags after a popular high street sweet shop launched a nationwide giveaway ...

These nostalgic photos show how we shopped in the 60s and 70s, including some of the country’s most-missed department stores.

The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, visited by five million tourists each year. The collective name for four streets that thread through the city's Old Town, it is home to a 900-year-old ...