Public access to an important trove of Robert Louis Stevenson memorabilia has been restricted because of staff shortages. “While visitors to the Writers’ Museum in Edinburgh can enjoy full access to the collections of Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns on the upper floor, Europe’s finest Stevenson’s artefacts, including photographs, letters and a pair of the author’s boots, is mostly kept under lock and key in the basement because there is no attendant to keep an eye on them.”