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REFERENDUM – LAST-MINUTE MIXED MESSAGES

A quick survey of windows this afternoon revealed a mixture of voting intentions in the heart of Broughton.The sash pictured here is quite…
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ON THE WALLS OF THE HALL OF FAME

Walking along Northumberland Street the other day, my eyes were drawn to a plaque on the side of No. 25. It’s not unusual to have plaques or…
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BOOZY MAC AND CHEESE

This wonderfully grown-up version of an American classic is just about the perfect comfort food as the weather gets colder again. Rather than…
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FLATTERY WILL GET YOU WHERE?

You always know when you’ve been love-bombed.This Spurtle contributor passed a Canonmills A-board today – obscured in our photo by a large dollop of…
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ORANGE LODGES ON THE MARCH FOR UNION

An estimated 12,000 people paraded through Edinburgh this lunchtime in a pro-Union march organised by the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland. The…
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PITCHER PERFECT

These eye-bogglingly beautiful plants are called Nepenthes, and they’re hanging from the awning outside Narcissus on Broughton Street at the moment.…
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CRATE FUN FROM RAFT OF ACTIVITIES

For the ‘S6 residential’ this year we went to Abernethy Barcaple near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, writes Drummond CHS pupil Greg Howitt.…
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CITY CENTRE MARCH – DELAYS LIKELY

Orangemen are not the only suits, but you’d be forgiven for thinking so when an estimated 12,000 of them – some very smartly dressed – arrive in the…
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PUBLIC TO BE CONSULTED ON NEW PLANS FOR SHRUB PLACE GAP-SITE

Edinburgh-based People for Places (Shrubhill) Ltd is coming forward with revisions to the planning application first submitted by BL Developments Ltd…
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FINE ART AT COLOURS GALLERY

REVIEWED BY JOHN ROSS MACLEAN This exhilarating oil painting of ‘Fishing Nets’ by Joan Eardley is a highlight of the current exhibition of…
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