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THE PASSING YEARS

This afternoon in Dean Cemetery. Reflecting on time and the slow erasure of memory. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #local history
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WESTERN NEW TOWN

High Plains Drifter. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #wrenchslinger #scaffolderwithnoname
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ISSUE 362 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle have already spilled out onto the barony’s streets like exuberant Arsenal fans celebrating a
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EDINBURGH’S LOST VISTAS

How the ‘emerald necklace’ became a green barrier —Mike Worobec— Few cities in the world are so intellectually and aesthetically deliberate as
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FREEDOM TO ROAM

Currently at anchor off Inchkeith lies the 70m x 13m Benetti superyacht Freedom. Yesterday afternoon, while she stood closer to Cockenzie, Spurtle
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TESCO BROUGHTON ROAD – ONWARD AND UPWARD

Part of Tesco Broughton Road’s over-the-counter pharmacy range has become an interesting exercise in physical self-improvement and intimate…
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REDBRAES WEIR

Cool people prefer shade. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #weather
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YORK LANE

Quetzalcóatl, god of wind. No. 52 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #Aztec
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SCOTTISH GARDENS SCHEME 2026

Grass. Greener. Other side. The view from Regent Gardens. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news ****
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