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OVERBEARING GIANT

… AND AN APPEAL TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTYSome 23 objections to Royal London’s revised proposals for 57 Henderson Row (26/01640/FUL) have been submitted…
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HANDS OFF THE NEW TOWN’S TREES!

—Michael Upton—In the Spurtle on 29 May, Mike Worobec argued for two changes to the New Town’s communal gardens; first, an ‘expert-led’ programme of…
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THE PASSING YEARS

This afternoon in Dean Cemetery. Reflecting on time and the slow erasure of memory. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #local…
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WESTERN NEW TOWN

High Plains Drifter. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #wrenchslinger #scaffolderwithnoname…
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ISSUE 362 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle have already spilled out onto the barony’s streets like exuberant Arsenal fans celebrating a…
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EDINBURGH’S LOST VISTAS

How the ‘emerald necklace’ became a green barrier—Mike Worobec— Few cities in the world are so intellectually and aesthetically deliberate as…
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FREEDOM TO ROAM

Currently at anchor off Inchkeith lies the 70m x 13m Benetti superyacht Freedom.  Yesterday afternoon, while she stood closer to Cockenzie…
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TESCO BROUGHTON ROAD – ONWARD AND UPWARD

Part of Tesco Broughton Road’s over-the-counter pharmacy range has become an interesting exercise in physical self-improvement and intimate…
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REDBRAES WEIR

Cool people prefer shade. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #weather 
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YORK LANE

Quetzalcóatl, god of wind.  No. 52 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.  #Edinburgh  #hyperlocal…
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