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PICARDY PLACE PLANS AT LAST

 TIME TO RESIST GIGANTIC GYRATORY  Plans for the future road layout of Picardy Place are at long last emerging into the light.…
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NEW HOMES FOR GAYFIELD SQUARE

Stone Acre Gayfield Square Ltd seeks planning permission to demolish the former garage, workshop and gallery spaces at the north-west corner of…
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NEW BREWERY, TRADITIONAL SMELL?

It’s all go on Dunedin Street.No sooner has Alien Bloc opened its doors to the bouldering brave (Issue 265, p.3) than in a separate development,…
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DEMO OUTSIDE DRUMMOND

Over 30 people gathered outside Drummond Community High School this afternoon to protest against the Fringe presence inside of the Shalom Festival.…
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THE CONTEMPORARY FIGURE

 NEW GALLERY IN FINE FORM Since the Union Gallery left Broughton Street, locals have had to look elsewhere for contemporary Scottish art…
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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

 COUNCIL SAYS WORK HAS NOT BEGUN ON SANDY HILL  A Council official from the Enforcement Team today announced that recent removal of earth…
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BIKE CAMPAIGNERS HAIL PROGRESS

Spokes, the Lothian Cycle campaign, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is in optimistic mood. In its summer Bulletin (No. 128) it…
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ISSUE 265 – OUT TOMORROW!

August is not one of the wetter Edinburgh months. It just feels like it. Somehow the 50mm of rain which water us during the Festival are moister,…
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ROOFTOP 'VILLAGE' FOR CITY CENTRE

GOOD TIMES ROLL ON WAVERLEY MARKETGalashiels-based Keasim Ltd have applied for planning permission to create a ‘Festival Village’ on the vacant, 0.4…
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NEW BEAR ON THE BLOCK

 LATEST INSTANCE OF A BROUGHTON BRUIN Eurasian brown bears were not uncommon across Scotland in the past, and had a reputation for fierceness…
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