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TWO-MINUTE MASSAGE TO SAVE FACE

If you’re heading off to sunny climes this weekend – Newhaven, perhaps, Porty, or North Berwick ­– the following advice may be of interest.It…
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ANYONE SEEN HARPER?

This small two-year-old local is normally in and out of the backgreens behind Cornwallis Place, and sometimes finds her way along as far as the…
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EDINBURGH IN THE ELEMENTS

Photographers Paul and Lynn Henni live in Broughton, and a sense of local knowledge and affection pervades their exhibition of Edinburgh scenes…
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INSPIRED COLLISION

What makes great portrait photography?Last summer’s Stardust – the David Bailey retrospective on the Mound – left this reviewer cold. So too…
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MIXED FORTUNES FOR LOCAL PLAYERS

The nation’s attention may have been focused on Wimbledon recently, but more important things have been going on closer to home.Drummond Tennis Club’…
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LOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR WORLDWIDE CAUSE

What’s the first thing that springs to mind when a friend comes to visit Edinburgh for the first time? Possibly not: Let’s perform some…
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GRASPING THE NETTLE OF ARTIFICIAL GRASS

RADICAL SOLUTION FOR CITY-CENTRE EYESORE The seven samples of artificial grass shown below are on sale at Carpet Warehouse on East London Street…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (5)

Two weeks ago, we invited readers to scour the length and breadth of Edinburgh in search of sphinxes (Breaking news, 28.6.16). We wondered if…
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WHERE DO YOU STAND ON A-BOARDS?

Last week's item on the state of paving slabs at Shrubhill Place prompted a brief sideline in the comments thread afterwards.It concerned Broughton…
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OAP ROBBED AT PICARDY PLACE ATM

POLICE CALL FOR WITNESSESThe following press release was issued by Police Scotland this afternoon. We reproduce it undedited and in full. Police…
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