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RED FOX NO BRUSH

On this page is more street-art spotted in Broughton over recent days.On the corner of Gayfield Square and Street appears this spray-paint stencilled…
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HOWARD HOTEL MEWS WITH THE TIMES – PLANNING UPDATE (10.4.12)

The Howard Hotel (at 34 Great King Street) seeks planning permission to develop 7 new bedrooms in a disused mews building at 16 Cumberland Street…
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?

Newly arrived in Broughton (we think late last month), this cheerful face with scarf spills from a blocked-up window in Gayfield Square.The portrait…
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ASPARAGUS AND SMOKED SALMON TARTLETS

Surrounded by the remnants of my half-eaten Easter eggs this weekend, I was searching for something to make that didn’t involve chocolate but was…
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DARK CONTINENTS IN WORLDS APART

Contrary to first impressions, there is common ground in the work of Stewart Bremner and Kevin Low, who appear to make unlikely fellow exhibitors in…
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KEN CLARK – MAN BEHIND THE MURAL

In Issues 203 and 205 we mentioned our chance discovery of and subsequent introduction to a relative of Ken Clark. Clark was the designer…
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COUNCIL PLANNERS DEAF TO NOISE CONCERNS

The new Coop supermarket at 8 McDonald Road has been granted permission to extend its trading hours (Ref. 11/0420/FUL). From now on it will be open…
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FUN TIMES AND A WEE THANK YOU ABOUT THE OFFICE PHOTOCOPIER

It’s often said that April is the cruellest month (blimmin’ T.S. Eliot fans cluttering up the place) but we have to disagree.The Met Office may…
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MRS CHARLES DICKENS – THE BROUGHTON CONNECTION

In this the bicentenary of her husband's birth, John Ross Maclean examines a local girl's remarkable but under-remarked biography. Mrs Charles…
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LOCALS PLAN TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PILRIG

In Issue 205, we dealt with concerns arising from the recent relaxation of planning regulations ('Common sense and/or the lack of it'). Many people…
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