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WOMAN ATTACKED UNDER WELLINGTON STATUE

Police Scotland issued a press release this afternoon which we reproduce unedited and in full below. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for…
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GEORGE STREET EXPERIMENT THRIVES ON SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Iain MacPhail, City of Edinburgh Council’s City Centre Programme Manager, contacted us yesterday with a response to our recent article on the ‘George…
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WITHDRAWN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – PLANNING NEWS

A planning application to convert 7–8 Baxter’s Place from a social club to five residential apartments has been withdrawn. (Ref. 14/03707/LBC;…
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NEVER MIND THE FORELOCKS

Whose life may be counted properly complete without the existence in it somewhere of an early 19th-century Venetian brass ‘hippocamp’ gondola oarlock…
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ROAST BLOODY MARY TOMATO SOUP

This bleak midwinter, Paul Dow – head chef at the Magnum Bar and Restaurant – has designs to warm the cockles of your heart. Followed…
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BETTER OUT THAN IN

To get you through this testing Christmas period, I’m sharing some semi-digested grumblings.They are perfect to read aloud at the festive table or,…
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY – ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON

The Scottish Government has produced the following account in recent days, which we thought is of sufficient local interest to reproduce unedited and…
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SEASON'S TWEETINGS!

The Left-Handed Tea Drinker will return tomorrow with typically cheerful…
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PIP MAKES A MEAL OF MOUTH ORGAN

Congratulations to Pip Phillips who raised £224.57 yesterday afternoon by entertaining Broughton Street businesses with a mixed repertoire on the…
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FIVE SQUARE PHOTOS QUIZ – WEEK 4

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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