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'WEIRD UNCLE' SEEKS MAKEOVER – PLANNING UPDATE (31.1.2012)
Tuesday 31 January 2012 - 13:42
C.C. Blooms – the popular club at 23–4 Greenside Place next to the Playhouse – has applied for listed building consent to replace details of its…
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ISSUE 203 – OUT SOON!
Tuesday 31 January 2012 - 08:42
That trundling, rumbling, clickety-clack sound you can hear in the background is the Spurtle production team nervously rattling their teeth as Issue…
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EXTRA FROTHY COFFEE RAISES EYEBROWS
Monday 30 January 2012 - 15:39
Hats off to the Broughton Street A-board artist who arrrived at this novel explanation for where coffee comes from.However, some locals will surely…
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THE GOOD EFFECTS OF POETIC LICENCE
Monday 30 January 2012 - 11:34
Four artists feature at the Union Gallery this month, in an exhibition titled Poetic Licence.Taking pride of place is the Cromarty Series by James…
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BROUGHTON IN PRINT
Friday 27 January 2012 - 14:35
'Ooh, lovely – no traffic!' was the reaction of a window shopper we recently overheard admiring this work. 'Yes, but look at the subsidence,' replied…
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IN THE PINK
Friday 27 January 2012 - 10:43
It’s not funny and it’s not clever, but this spectacular splat is nevertheless strangely compelling.The huge splurge of pink spray-insulation…
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GREENSIDE'S DARK SIDE REMEMBERED
Thursday 26 January 2012 - 17:00
In the last month, Spurtle has stumbled across a really excellent website detailing the Edinburgh roots of interconnected Italian families in…
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MYSTERIOUS UPSURGE IN ENTHUSIASM: PLANNING UPDATE – 23.1.12
Tuesday 24 January 2012 - 10:12
Kavelle – a Gorgie-based bridal couture company – seeks planning consent to enlarge openings at the front of 4–5 Brandon Terrace, and replace…
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GREENS WANT BROADER DEVOLUTION, MORE DISCUSSION AND LESS WRANGLING, SAYS JOHNSTONE
Tuesday 24 January 2012 - 00:00
Greens share the vision of Scotland controlling more of its own destiny, and we will be part of the campaign for independence in the coming years,…
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SCOTLAND NEEDS CONSENSUAL TONE IN REFERENDUM DEBATE, SAYS LAZAROWICZ
Monday 23 January 2012 - 10:08
The wish of the Scottish Government to hold a referendum on Scottish independence must be respected, writes Mark Lazarowicz, Westminster MP for…
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