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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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TOO-TALL GARAGE GETS THE GO-AHEAD

Following a site inspection on Monday, City of Edinburgh Council is moving towards approval of the controversial garage/dwelling/office structure on…
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FEWER CARS, MORE STUDENTS IN LATEST HADDINGTON PLACE PLANS

S. Harrison Development Ltd (SHD) has applied for planning permission to build a mixed use development comprising student accommodation (226 beds),…
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MACARONI THEFT IS PAST A JOKE

Has anyone seen ‘Rory Macaroni’? Christina Thomson installed him in the small mid-pavement garden at the end of Bellevue Place on Saturday…
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