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== Sport ==
== Sport ==
Edinburgh has two football clubs; Hibernian FC (nickname: the Hibees) and Heart of Midlothian FC (nickname: the Jambos). Both play in the Scottish Premier League. The famous author Sir [[Walter Scott]] wrote a novel ''The Heart of Midlothian'' based around the early days of the club and its founder [[Vladimir Romanov]], an exile from Tsarist [[Russia]] and boyfriend of the author [[Alexander Pushkin]]. [[Rugby]] is also popular amongst the [[gay]] community.
Edinburgh has two football clubs; Hibernian FC (nickname: the Hibees) and Heart of Midlothian FC (nickname: the Jambos). Both play in the Scottish Premier League. The famous author Sir [[Walter Scott]] wrote a novel ''The Heart of Midlothian'' based around the early days of the club and its founder [[Vladimir Romanov]], an exile from Tsarist [[Russia]] and boyfriend of the author [[Alexander Pushkin]]. [[Rugby]] is also popular.
== Culture ==
== Culture ==
*[[James Connolly]] (trade unionist and Irish political agitator)
*[[James Connolly]] (trade unionist and Irish political agitator)
*Tam Paton (child psychologist)
*Tam Paton (child psychologist)
*John Leslie (television presenter, rapist)
*John Leslie (television presenter)
*[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] (author)
*[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] (author)
*[[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (author)
*[[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (author)
*Ian Rankin (author)
*Ian Rankin (author)
*[[Walter Scott]] (author)
*[[Walter Scott]] (author)
*James Clerk Maxwell (physicist)
*James Clerk Maxwell (physicist)
*'''Cramond''' is the site of a [[Roman]] fort associated with the [[Antonine Wall]]; it lies west of the city on the shore of the [[Firth of Forth]] and boasts some antique buildings on its narrow village street. Inland, it is one of the city's most expensive residential districts. Cramond is connected by a pedestrian causeway to the uninhabited Cramond Island, about a kilometre offshore.
*'''Cramond''' is the site of a [[Roman]] fort associated with the [[Antonine Wall]]; it lies west of the city on the shore of the [[Firth of Forth]] and boasts some antique buildings on its narrow village street. Inland, it is one of the city's most expensive residential districts. Cramond is connected by a pedestrian causeway to the uninhabited Cramond Island, about a kilometre offshore.
*'''Joppa''' is a seaside area east of Portobello.
*'''Joppa''' is a seaside area east of Portobello.
*'''Leith''' was an independent municipality until 1920. It is the port of Edinburgh, although its extensive docks are now being converted into affluent residential and leisure areas. ''HMY Britannia'', the former royal yacht of Queen [[Elizabeth II]], is berthed at Leith as a tourist attraction. Surprisingly, it has yet to be taken for a Joy Ride.
*'''Leith''' was an independent municipality until 1920. It is the port of Edinburgh, although its extensive docks are now being converted into affluent residential and leisure areas. ''HMY Britannia'', the former royal yacht of Queen [[Elizabeth II]], is berthed at Leith as a tourist attraction.
*'''Morningside''' is a wealthy middle class suburb of south Edinburgh, whose inhabitants are popularly supposed to speak in an affected accent and display extremes of camp behaviour.
*'''Morningside''' is a wealthy middle class suburb of south Edinburgh, whose inhabitants are popularly supposed to speak in an affected accent and display extremes of genteel behaviour.
*'''Murrayfield''', west of the city centre, is home to the Scottish national [[Rugby Union]] stadium. It also hold the [[Regimental Standard]] for the [[Gay Liberation Army]]
*'''Murrayfield''', west of the city centre, is home to the Scottish national [[Rugby Union]] stadium.
*'''Newhaven''' is a former fishing village on the shore of the Firth of Forth just west of Leith.
*'''Newhaven''' is a former fishing village on the shore of the Firth of Forth just west of Leith.
*'''Portobello''', on the shore of the Firth east of the city centre, is a residential and resort settlement, although the decline of 'traditional' seaside holidays in Britain has seen its fortunes waver.
*'''Portobello''', on the shore of the Firth east of the city centre, is a residential and resort settlement, although the decline of 'traditional' seaside holidays in Britain has seen its fortunes waver.