Scotland Magazine

GOTHIC GLAMOUR

Edinburgh is many things: medieval town, the Georgian answer to Athens, and Scotland’s modern capital. But for many, including James Thomson OBE, it is its Gothic intrigue, seen in the decaying cemeteries, dark, twisting lanes, and old weather-beaten stone buildings topped with elaborate spires, that holds the most appeal.

It was during Thomson’s student days at George Heriot’s

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