Scotland's Printing Heritage

Letterpress workshops at Robert Smail’s

Spend the day with expert staff at Robert Smail’s Printing Works for a one-day workshop in Scotland’s oldest continually operational letterpress printers. Create letterpress artwork, poster, postcard, or greetings card up to A3 size. For all levels of ability from the age of 14 up. For more details, and how to book see event website.

Did you know?

The first ever edition of The Scotsman, or Edinburgh Political and Literary Journal was produced on Saturday, January 25 1817, from premises in Edinburgh’s High Street. It was originally published weekly, and became a daily newspaper in 1850. The proprietors announced that their ‘first desire is to be honest, the second is to be useful’.