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HO, HO, HO ... RUN!

This slightly frightening Sankt Nikolaus can be found at Unicorn Antiques on Dundas Street. For much of the day he stands in the basement…
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FRESH VIEWS AT OLD OBSERVATORY

Visitors experienced an abundance of free weather on Calton Hill today. Southerly 0º breezes wafting to hurricane force lent the air a healthful…
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YORK PLACE ASSAULT AND ROBBERY

Below is very slightly edited press statement released by Police Scotland yesterday evening. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses…
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ST ANDREW SQUARE – DEATH BY A THOUSAND PEES

Essential Edinburgh’s commercialisation of St Andrew Square will take another step forward if its plans to extend the café there are approved (Ref.…
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COLLETTE RAYNER: 'ACCESS AS IDIOT DISTRACTION'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON Collette Rayner’s new work at Collective is based on research into the Principality of Sealand, a '…
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YOUR LOCAL PATCH – DOES IT EXIST?

Back in October 2013 we reported a City of Edinburgh Council survey investigating the Natural Neighbourhoods of the capital. Its results were…
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'FOUR REFLECT' ON EYRE PLACE

A completely unexpected pleasure is to be had on Eyre Place at the moment – a photography exhibition in the congenial surroundings of the Roamin’…
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EH3, WHAT?

No sooner has Hibu’s tissue of disappointments New Town Matters quietly dissolved than another free glossy flops onto the mat. A claimed ‘35,000…
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FIVE SQUARE PHOTOS QUIZ

For no very good reason, Spurtle is running a spot-the-location quiz. Each Wednesday between now and the end of the year, we'll publish five…
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NO MORE FAKING, BY GEORGE – PLANNING NEWS

The Category A-listed George Hotel at 15–25 George Street has applied for permission to change its exterior at No. 21 (Ref. 14/04755/FUL). On…
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