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CRITICS SLAM ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL PLANS

Plans to develop the old Royal High School are ‘the architectural equivalent of drawing Mickey Mouse ears and a moustache on the Mona Lisa’.So said…
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BELLEVUE'S RECYCLING: NOT A PRETTY SIGHT

On Thursday 19 February, I toured the new recycling arrangements in the Bellevue/Melgund area,writes Fred Street of the New Town Clean Streets…
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PARK LIFE: UPPERS AND DOWNERS

For any parent, taking their child to the play park and seeing an empty set of swings is a joyous moment.  However, there is an unwritten…
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ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT

Gayfield Square is perhaps not where you’d expect to encounter a thriving alternative art scene, writes Rhys Fullerton, but that’s where you’ll…
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SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL ... BUT NOT ON SUNDAYS

Batleys  – the banging and crashing cash-and-carry – has lost its latest appeal against restricted opening hours on Sundays (Ref. PPA-230-2135).…
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WARM TIMES AROUND THE CORNER

Clear skies above and penetrating winds below. It’s been properly cold in Broughton today and sleet’s predicted for later in the week.No wonder…
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NEW LIGHT ON 'DARK' REGISTER

New information has appeared about the existence of a ‘Dark’ Buildings At Risk Register, and the placing on it of the former Royal High School (RHS)…
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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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