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DROP-IN, SPEAK OUT, IMPROVE

Surgeries aimed at helping Leith Walk locals to feel safer (and tidier and less hassled) have been announced today. The new initiative will see…
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MORE CRACKS APPEAR ON LEITH WALK CONSULTATION

Another flurry of correspondence bears witness to discontent and disagreement over the Leith Walk improvements. Councillor Munro (Ward 13) wrote…
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FOOLS AND THEIR SILKS ... PLANNING UPDATE (7.1.14)

Luxury retail chain Tommy Hilfiger will come soon to Edinburgh.The store has applied for permission to install a non-hardwood timber shopfront,…
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THE OTHER STOCKBRIDGE COLONY

Alcathoe, Barbastelle, Bechstein's, Brandt's, Brown, Daubenton's, Grey, Horseshoe, Leisler's, Natterer's, Noctule, Pipistrelle, Serotine and…
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SPIDERS ON WINDOWS, MARVELS IN THE MOMENT

From 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013, the Japanese artist Tomoko Tabuchi chose 12 photographs a day to represent her life. A graduate of…
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UNDER THE VOLCANO – UPS AND DOWNS IN THE BASEMENT

In Scotland, we are well-used to blending pleasure and pain, hope and despair. It is a national characteristic rooted in climate, religion, football…
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LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENTS RUMPUS – LCCC SEEKS CONSENSUS

Leith Central Community Council has sought to calm the storm over Leith Walk renovations which blew up before Christmas. In a Hogmanay blog post on…
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SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, EXACTLY?

How is your head? If the combination of recent meeting and greeting, central heating and over-eating has once again reduced it to the size of a…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Spurtle rose bright and early today, and embarked upon 2014 with the customary clear head and clean conscience. We recorded our brisk constitutional…
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A WINTER'S TALE

Tim Smith – Spurtle's chief cycling correspondent and grammarian – has a dark secret. He devises puzzles. For your amusement and/or irritation, his…
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