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SOFT FURNISHER SITS TIGHT

On Friday we reported one local shop’s foray into political satire with its addition of a tongue-in-cheek remark to an otherwise fairly…
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SOUND AND FURY OVER CANONMILLS

A huge head of steam is building on the Lost Edinburgh Facebook page concerning a planning application for 1–6 Canonmills (Ref. 14.02786/FUL).  …
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ACCESS SLAMMED AS WAVERLEY'S RAMMED

Despite recent improvements by Network Rail, access to Waverley Station continues to be a worry in the wake of new security arrangements there, says…
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LONG TO REIGN UNDER US

Who recognises this? Correct. It’s John Stevenson Rhind’s famous 10ft-high bronze statue of Queen Victoria, Empress of India at the Foot of the…
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BATTLE OF THE BINS IS NEARLY OVER

Put out the biodegradable bunting! Garland your Council dustperson with flowers! Containerised waste and gull-proof bags should reach most…
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SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT 'HAVE YOU HEARD?'

Spurtle readers responded with great enthusiasm last week to a rash of ‘public diary entries’ or ‘messages from an unknown confidante’ adhering to…
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NEW TENNIS COURTS FOR WARRISTON

Planning permission has been given for Warriston Community Tennis Club’s construction of a full-sized tarmacadam tennis court and adjoining mini-…
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"OBSERVERS' WALKS" ON CALTON HILL

RHYS FULLERTON REVIEWS TRIS VONNA-MICHELL’S THE ARTIST AND THE GRAVEDIGGER: AFTER D.O. HILL.‘The photograph is a grave for the living dead. It tells…
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CHILD'S PLAY – NO CHUCKLING MATTER

‘Kill'em! Strangle'em! Don't let go! Kill'em! Kill'em! Kill'em ALL!!’So says Chucky in the 1988 horror film Child’s Play, capturing rather…
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SOFT FURNISHINGS CAN'T CUSHION HARD FEELINGS

Over the last few weeks (most recently in Issue 232, published today) we have featured the unreliable political implications of politically themed…
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