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OTTER RUBBISH
Monday 18 April 2011 - 20:26
The latest edition of the Liberal-Democrats' 'election special' freesheet Edinburgh North & Leith News contains the following thought-provoking…
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THE ANGEL IS IN THE DETAIL – 'DIVERSITY' AT THE UNION GALLERY
Saturday 16 April 2011 - 08:29
In a rather disarming preamble to this exhibition, Barbara Franc writes of her sculptures being linked together in what she hopes is 'a celebration…
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NORTHERN-AND-LEITH INVISIBLE MEN 'DISCOVERED'
Friday 15 April 2011 - 13:36
In a recent post, we examined Scottish Labour's election flyer for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency, and noted that of 19 recognisable…
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MISSING IN ACTION – LABOUR'S INVISIBLE MEN
Wednesday 13 April 2011 - 07:37
Another day and another election flyer slides slantendicularly through the letterbox begging for attention. This morning's was from Malcolm Chisholm…
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BELIEVE IN LEITH STREET!
Wednesday 13 April 2011 - 00:00
Nicely placed, subtly proportioned and provocatively surreal, this pig-masked figure on a pig is the latest street-artwork spotted by Spurtle in…
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GALLERIES PREVIEW
Tuesday 12 April 2011 - 09:56
Union Gallery's latest exhibition – Diversity – will open later this week and run from 14 April to 2 May. It will exclusively feature …
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PLANNING UPDATE – 11.4.11
Tuesday 12 April 2011 - 00:00
Starbucks plan to open a new outlet at 45 Leith Street. (The premises are just uphill of the footbridge, on the left hand side as you approach Calton…
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NEW YORK SNOG BLOG 4 – THE CLIMAX
Monday 11 April 2011 - 22:40
All good things come to an end, but at least Broughton-based Whisky Kiss have gone out on a high: bassist Iain McPhail brings down the curtain on a…
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SPURTLE REBUTS 'POLITICAL BIAS' CLAIM
Monday 11 April 2011 - 21:47
A concerned Bellevue reader – we'll call her 'E.' – has written to us in disappointed irritation at what she believes to be our biased, pro-SNP…
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BROUGHTON ROAD FALL – POLICE SEEK WITNESSES
Monday 11 April 2011 - 18:32
Police have appealed for witnesses after a 23-year-old woman fell from a third-floor window on Broughton Road last night.The incident occurred at…
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