Julian Barnett
Edinburgh, Part 1
Summary
Julian Barnett takes us on a detailed journey through the history of Scotland’s Edinburgh, which he describes as “one of the most elegant and handsome cities in the UK.” Part 1 of 2.
Julian Barnett
Julian Barnett is a teacher, collector, tour guide, and writer with a specialist interest in ultra-orthodoxy within the various faiths. For the last 35 years, he has been investigating and documenting the most extreme sects of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds. His experiences and travels were serialized in the Jerusalem Report and also broadcast on BBC Radio Four Religion. Outside of his full-time history teaching post at Southbank International School, Portland Place, London, Julian lectures at numerous venues around the UK and beyond. In 2013 Julian was a joint winner of the National Teacher of the Year Award.
Simply because Edinburgh is naturally a dark city. Daylight hours are very short. When I go up to Edinburgh, I normally go to Edinburgh in January, February time. It doesn’t get fully light until round about nine o'clock in the morning, fully light. And by 3:30 it is dusk. So therefore, windows are even more important in cities like Edinburgh. So the buildings are made with large windows.
Money ran out, the old story.