For Madge Gilbride, her Edinburgh tenement home in the shadow of the Castle is the best place in the world. But in the post-war boom she is forced to move to a bungalow on the outskirts of the city, far from the friends and neighbours who shared her life.
Best-selling author Anne Douglas, after a varied life spent elsewhere, has written a number of novels and has now made her home in Edinburgh, a city she has known for many years. She very much enjoys life in the modern capital, but finds its ever-present history fascinating.