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HIGH TIMES AT HERIOT ROW 'HENLEY'

The Central Edinburgh New Town Association held its 'Annual Garden Party & Big Picnic' in Queen Street Gardens West this afternoon. Spurtle…
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE (BROUGHTON) NIGHT-TIME

We have no idea what Spey Street is like now for local residents at night. But roughly 200 years ago it was a source of huge frustration for one of…
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LATEST NEWS ON CANONMILLS BRIDGE

Fresh plans have been submitted for the site at 1–6 Canonmills Bridge (Ref. 15/02927/FUL). Glovart Holdings Limited's latest application seeks…
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IT'S MURDER ON PRINCES STREET

It is very exciting to see Botanic Cottage, once semi-derelict on Haddington Place, now emerging restored, extended and improved in the Royal Botanic…
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UNTIMELY DEMISE OF EMBATTLED VIVAT

Vivat Trust Ltd, the charity which has let out Calton Hill’s Old Observatory House to visitors since 2009, has ceased trading.The development came in…
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UNLIKELY NEIGHBOURS, BUT WHERE?

Here is a harmless brainteaser to liven up your drizzly Sunday. Where in Spurtleshire can you find, on the same street, the following…
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BOTANICS TROUBLED BY WIND

Blustery winds buffetted Edinburgh this afternoon, forcing the Botanics to temporarily close the glasshouses for fear of broken or loosened panes…
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ARTWORK OF THE MONTH

‘NELSON STREET FROM DRUMMOND PLACE’ BY LUCY JONES  There are some things that belong to Edinburgh, and in particular to the New Town. Local…
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BUMS ON BOOKS AND ODD LOOKS

Three Scottish literati helped publicise the arrival of new sculpture-benches on George Street yesterday, smiling for the media and drawing bemused…
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COST OVERFLOW OF GORMLEY'S '6 TIMES'

It is now over five years since Antony Gormley’s 6 Times was revealed to an excited Edinburgh.The cast-iron figures stretching from Belford Road to…
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