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FESTIVE IRRITANT STARTS TOMORROW

Continuing for the full 12 days of Christmas, Spurtle will tomorrow start its annual irritating spot-the-location photo competition with an exciting…
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NEW LIGHTS ON HUGUENOT ENIGMA

Planning permission is sought to reconfigure four existing high-level windows on the east elevation of the peculiar building at 2 Hart Street Lane.…
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THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Everyone recognises the power of a well-told story. Stories can entertain, alarm, provoke and inform. And, as Blythe Robertson explains here,…
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FOUL PLAY IN FIJI

MARIANNE WHEELAGHAN'S THE SHOESHINE KILLER – REVIEW This is the second adventure in local author Marianne Wheelaghan’s Scottish Lady…
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NOT ONLY BUT ALSO

TWO OPEN E-MAILS ON BELLEVUE'S FESTIVE RECYCLING FARCE Dear waste@edinburgh.gov.uk Thank you for responding to my extensive email of…
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APPRECIATIVE GLOW FOR PAOLOZZI RESTORATION

Congratulations to Powderhall Bronze Ltd for superb restoration work on Sir Eduardo Paolozzi’s Manuscript of Monte Cassino sculpture group at the top…
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BOTANIC COTTAGE WINS HIGH PRAISE

In Issue 247 we reported that the newly rebuilt Botanic Cottage had been nominated in an annual architectural awards scheme run by the Georgian…
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NO HOTEL FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH

Edinburgh’s Development Management Sub-Committee today voted to accept the advice of its own officials and refused a planning application to…
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VISION OF LOVELINESS

Some months ago, a Specsavers brochure came through the letterbox. Nothing unusual, really (junk mail outweighs genuine mail these days), but there…
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MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

Four artists with complementary interests are showing in a joint Whitespace exhibition on Howe Street until Friday.  Three paintings…
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