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LADY WITH THE LITTLE DOG

Our neighbour and long-time Spurtle supporter Dr Joy Hendry is a distinguished editor, critic, and all-round ‘lady of letters’ whose work for the…
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ISSUE 307 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle are already finding their way into shops, bars, homes, and recycling bins across Broughton and…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 21

EDINBURGH COUNCILLOR’S ROMANCE In the Court of Session on Tuesday, before Lord Low, evidence was led in an action by Euphemia Cumming Montgomery, 3…
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PLANNING UPDATE

‘SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT, WHAT?’ The mysterious depths of 38 Queen Street are explained in plans associated with a proposal to convert part of the…
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DEATH OF TEENAGER – MAN CONVICTED

Readers will remember the tragic case of Mhari O’Neill, the 15-year-old Edinburgh woman whose body was discovered on Calton Hill on 8 December 2018…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 20

A CONTUMACIOUS PRISONER. A woman named Elizabeth Igo was brought to the bar of Edinburgh Police Court to-day, charged with being drunk and…
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NOT ANY OLD IRON

Living in a World Heritage Site, we tend – rightly – to focus on the preservation and restoration of its finest features. But sometimes, the…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 19

1904 ______________   A LIFETIME WITH ONE FIRM. The above is a portrait of Mr George Sime, who passed away Wednesday last at the ripe age of…
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PILOT PROJECT LAUNCHES IN HOPETOUN CRESCENT GARDEN

Standard Life Aberdeen’s ‘Giving Back to Green Spaces’ project has chosen Hopetoun Crescent Garden as one of four pilot schemes to increase local bio…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 18

THEFT FROM A POLTON GARDENER.—Before Bailie Gibson, in Edinburgh City Police Court yesterday, Robert Copeland (33), residing at 22 Scotland Street…
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