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WISE WORDS, SHIFTING SANDS, DODGY SOURCES

Many thanks to Michael MacFarlane, who spotted a perfectly sensible piece of advice recently and presumably thought we could do with it.It appeared…
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BATLEYS BATTLE ON

Batleys Limited cash and carry are seeking a review of City of Edinburgh Council’s refusal to grant them a temporary extension of trading hours.As…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 12

GAYFIELD SQUARE  From East London Street, a setted prelude sweeps south through the ghost of the Estate. I meander up past whitewashed creation…
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EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL

RHYS FULLERTON PREVIEWS SOME LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS ...  The Edinburgh Art festival has been running since 2004 and this year’s programme has plenty…
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LIB DEMS GO FOR MO

The Scottish Liberal Democrats (SLD) have now announced their candidate for the Leith Walk (Ward 12) by-election on 10 September.He is Mo Hussain,…
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ISSUE 243 IS OUT FROM TODAY!

Ushering in hayfevery August a full 24 hours early, Spurtle’s Issue 243 arrives in outlets the length and breadth of the barony and beyond from today…
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STRANGE CHANGES, ODD NOTES, DISCONCERTING LOGICS

Just started at the Collective Gallery on Calton Hill is Beatrice Gibson’s oddly compelling Crippled Symmetries.The exhibition comprises two short…
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CAMPAIGNERS BUY TIME FOR CANONMILLS BRIDGE

City of Edinburgh councillors today neither turned down nor consented an application to demolish the quaint 1830s building at 1–6 Canonmills…
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THINKING OUT OF THE BOX

Dalkeith-based Cipher Games Ltd has applied for permission to convert office space at the Category C-listed 3 Queen Street into an ‘Entertainment…
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RESPECT, EXPECTATIONS, AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS

There are many good reasons to respect a war memorial.For example, to pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in the service of a high ideal.…
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