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GIBSON STREET
Monday 13 October 2025 - 15:23
Zarro and the end of the known world. No. 49 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #…
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Campaigning for Edinburgh
Monday 13 October 2025 - 00:00
The Cockburn Association 1875–2049 Cliff Hague and Richard Rodger with D.J. Johnston-Smith and Terry Levinthal. (Foreword by Alexander McCall…
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EAST CLAREMONT STREET
Sunday 12 October 2025 - 12:37
Halloween is here. Can Easter be far behind? #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #festum precox…
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ROYAL CRESCENT
Sunday 5 October 2025 - 21:14
Currently closed to road traffic following a surfeit of lum lumps. And Storm Amy. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #weather #Storm Amy…
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BUS HITS MAN – POLICE SEEK WITNESSES
Friday 3 October 2025 - 09:08
Police Scotland have issued the following press release, which we publish unedited and in full.Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses…
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WAITING FOR AMY
Friday 3 October 2025 - 09:00
The calm before the storm. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #weather #Storm Amy…
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AN ALMOST FRUITLESS TASK
Thursday 2 October 2025 - 00:00
 The inherent seasonality of fruit reminds us of the evolution of the year, writes Charlie Ellis. The ripening of blackberries ushers in autumn…
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PLEASE BE PATIENT
Wednesday 1 October 2025 - 00:09
A review of the Cockburn Association’s 150-year-anniversary Campaigning for Edinburgh, promised in Issue 355 to appear online here today, won’t.…
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND FOXY
Wednesday 1 October 2025 - 00:01
In Issue 355, we reported the passing of Renaissance at 8 Antigua Street.Here are two related images, vaguely philosophical first and very vixen…
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ISSUE 355 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!
Tuesday 30 September 2025 - 13:31
As you read this, advance copies of the October Spurtle are already populating Broughton shop shelves and plastic dispensers like playful New York…
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