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NEW HOPE FOR CANONMILLS BRIDGE CAMPAIGNERS?

SEPA MAY STEP IN Some people may have thought that the fight to save 1–6 Canonmills Bridge is now a lost cause (Breaking news, 29.1.16), but die…
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REMEMBERING THE ‘STORMY PETREL’

The Great Storm of 14 October 1881 claimed the lives of 189 men, most of them fishermen from Eyemouth (129) and Burnmouth (24), but 17 originating…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 14

DAVID HILL CONSIDERS FORTH STREET AND BROUGHTON PLACE Lightness and possibility inform the morning air as I head past the metropolitan cathedral…
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ISSUE 251 OUT SOON!

As you read this, Issue 251 of the Spurtle is speeding from the presses like rattlestanes off a tourist’s sunhat. Distribution will mostly begin…
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CHARITY WALK SEEKS FRESH LEGS

Freedom from Torture is a charitable medical foundation for the care of victims of torture. Its local Edinburgh group is currently preparing for…
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BROUGHTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

The Edinburgh International Festival is the first summer festival to announce its full 2016 programme, writes Rhys Fullerton. Broughton-based…
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BURNS REPORTS ON SCHOOLS CRISIS

Council Leader Andrew Burns today issued an unconditional apology to pupils, families and carers for the disruption and anxiety caused by ‘negative…
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EVERYTHING MUST GO

The St James Centre will cease to trade next month, closing a 40-year chapter in our collective story of shopping, eating, parking, flirting and…
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PORTRAITS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY

REVIEW: DRAWING FOR A REVOLUTION AND A LAUGH Arusha Gallery have had a busy 2016 so far, but surprisingly this is their first exhibition of the…
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DISABLED PEOPLE’S QUESTION TIME

A ‘Disabled People’s Question Time’  will take place this Friday on Holyrood Road. A Scottish Parliamentary Election event, it is being…
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