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MUSIC SCHOOL PLANS ANNOUNCED

DETAILED PLANNING APPLICATION LATER THIS WEEK Proposals to rehome St Mary’s Music School and create new public performance spaces in the old…
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SMALL VICTORY FOR 'TRANQUIL OASIS'

Essential Edinburgh’s controversial application to extend the coffee pavilion in St Andrew Square Gardens has been withdrawn (Ref. 14/04840/FUL).…
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SPIED ON BROUGHTON STREET

Spotted in Vino’s – Edinburgh-based biographer Vin Arthey.He was ordering wine for the launch at Waterstones on George Street of a new edition of his…
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NO HONOUR AMONG THIEVES

BAD EGG WELCHES ON RASCAL OVER COAT The following unedifying tale appeared in the Caledonian Mercury on 18 March 1745, some four months before…
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NO ESCAPE AROUND THE CORNER

Spurtle loved this lino cut when we called in at the Gallery on the Corner this morning. It's called 'Hunter', is by the very talented Alice…
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INFURIATING MISMATCH OR NO BAD THING?

PARKING CONUNDRUMS RAISED BY LOCAL MOTORIST'S FOI REQUEST Reader Alastair Macfarlane has been dissatisfied for some time about parking problems…
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NOW, WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL FLOWER BED

Bellevue Place has been  looking out of this world since yesterday evening. Star Wars droid C-3PO looms from the shrubbery in the…
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BOX OF DELIGHTS–PLANNING UPDATE

Freezing parents and carers waiting for their little people to emerge from Broughton Primary School may soon have an alternative spot in which to…
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COLD PLEASURES ON DUNDAS STREET

The Sutton Gallery’s Winter Show is becoming one of my favourite traditions at this time of year. One reason is that it’s one of the few places…
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DRUMMOND MATHMOS IN SCOTTISH TOP TEN

Following their victory in the Lothians in June, last week a team of S3 and S4 pupils from Drummond Community High School took part in the…
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