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WHISKY KISS AFTERPARTY AND BENDERS TO REMEMBER
Friday 22 April 2011 - 08:31
A small, blurred image alleged to be compelling evidence for the existence of Keifer Sutherland's knees has appeared on our Facebook page this…
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NEW TOWN IN WASTE MANAGEMENT TRIALS
Thursday 21 April 2011 - 16:47
A range of waste management solutions is being piloted across the Edinburgh World Heritage Site between May and October.The measures under review in…
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BROUGHTON RALLIES BEHIND GOOD CAUSE
Wednesday 20 April 2011 - 10:42
Lynne Williamson is busy raising funds for Waverley Care – the Mansfield Place-based charity which cares for and supports people in Scotland living…
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DAN NOT SO DESPERATE
Tuesday 19 April 2011 - 13:47
We don't know who Dan is, but apparently he's alive and well and living on a desert island in the Water of Leith.This photograph was sent to Spurtle…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 18.4.11
Tuesday 19 April 2011 - 08:01
If our memory of the film Titanic serves correctly, some people chose to play violins while the great liner slipped beneath the waves. The Emperor…
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OTTER RUBBISH
Monday 18 April 2011 - 20:26
The latest edition of the Liberal-Democrats' 'election special' freesheet Edinburgh North & Leith News contains the following thought-provoking…
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THE ANGEL IS IN THE DETAIL – 'DIVERSITY' AT THE UNION GALLERY
Saturday 16 April 2011 - 08:29
In a rather disarming preamble to this exhibition, Barbara Franc writes of her sculptures being linked together in what she hopes is 'a celebration…
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NORTHERN-AND-LEITH INVISIBLE MEN 'DISCOVERED'
Friday 15 April 2011 - 13:36
In a recent post, we examined Scottish Labour's election flyer for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency, and noted that of 19 recognisable…
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MISSING IN ACTION – LABOUR'S INVISIBLE MEN
Wednesday 13 April 2011 - 07:37
Another day and another election flyer slides slantendicularly through the letterbox begging for attention. This morning's was from Malcolm Chisholm…
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BELIEVE IN LEITH STREET!
Wednesday 13 April 2011 - 00:00
Nicely placed, subtly proportioned and provocatively surreal, this pig-masked figure on a pig is the latest street-artwork spotted by Spurtle in…
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