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SUTTON GALLERY: THE ART OF HASSAN MESHKINFAM

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON The Art of Hassan Meshkinfam is an exhibition co-produced by The Edinburgh Iranian Festival and The Sutton…
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BLAST OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC

St Valentine’s Day: What’s not to love about it? Let me count the ways. 1. Why would I want to buy a single rose now at the same price as a…
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SINKING SILVER SURFERS ... HELP IS AT HAND

Are you the kind of silver surfer who generally ends up swallowing gallons of seawater and needing to be rescued from the IT ocean by someone younger…
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LAUGH, LOVE, LIVE: BROUGHTON'S BRIGHT SIDE

Sometime over the weekend, a positively charged graffiti artist struck Broughton. Starting out in Bellevue, he or she bounced downhill spreading…
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BIJOU OFFICE BLOCKED ... FOR NOW

An application to convert the controversial ‘garage’ on East Scotland Street Lane to a ‘studio office’ (Ref. 15/000147/FUL; see Issue 237) seems to…
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STREETS, SPECTRES AND A WADING BIRD

In the new group exhibition at Union Gallery – Streetlife – there is an enjoyably strange work by the Glasgow-based painter Frank McNab.It shows a…
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OUT AND ABOUT DOWN SOUTH

Having first checked that our travel insurance and visas were up-to-date, and that we'd had all the requisite jags, Spurtle has been travelling south…
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NOT A LOT OF POINT

Pointless (ˈpɔɪntləs) adj. Having little or no sense, use, or purpose. ***** For all Broughton’s beauty and splendour, there are some…
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TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

If you think the man in this photo looks pleasantly chilled and self-confident, think again. Behind the shades, he has the deepest respect for,…
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COUNCIL DECISION MAKING SLATED AS ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL PLANS GO ON DISPLAY

Outline plans for the former Royal High School (RHS) went on public display there today as part of the pre-application notification process. The…
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