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BUILDING UPGRADE FOR BOTANICS

The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh will hold a second public consultation at 20A Inverleith Row on 10 January to seek views about a major programme…
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WAVERLEY CARE LAUNCHES CHARITY AUCTION

In the run-up to World AIDS Day, Broughton-based charity Waverley Care has launched its Tartan Ribbon Online Auction. It now seeks…
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COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF

 FIRST LOOK INSIDE EDINBURGH’S INSPIRING NEW GALLERY COMPLEX On a morning of scudding sunshine and showers, Collective Gallery today…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR QUIRKY QWERTY LOCAL BUSINESS

Typewronger Books – the typewriter repair service, micro-bookshop, events space, and now independent publisher – is one year old today. Spurtle…
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BROUGHTON HERO REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR

The Lord Provost, Frank Ross, unveiled a commemorative flagstone this morning to honour the bravery of a First World hero. Sapper Adam Archibald…
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ISSUE 279 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, the latest Spurtle has been written, printed, folded, and carefully counted into piles ready for wind-powered distribution across…
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EAST PRINCES STREET GARDENS

Removal of 52 trees from East Princes Street Gardens has prompted outrage on social media. The ensuing argument centres around the National…
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CALM AMID THE STORMS

If you’re craving a dash of colour and outdoor drama at the moment, you’ll find them locally in what’s perhaps a rather unexpected setting.Bond…
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END OF THE LINE FOR L'ESCAPADE?

In Issue 275 we reported the imminent arrival at 2 Dundas Street of L’escapade – a bistro bar in premises formerly occupied by the café Glass &…
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A WIRD IN YER LUG

Few things are more expressive, persuasive, or satisfying to pronounce than a well-chosen Scots word, and for the 1.5M people who can speak the…
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