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ISSUE 247 OUT SOON!

December’s Spurtle is an almost entirely Christmas-free zone. It contains only a dozen words of vague cheeriness, being chiefly consumed with news:…
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DARK, COLD, WET, AND UNPLEASANT BUT NOT UNSPEAKABLE

Upon being invited to go out and play in the garden this morning, this semi-detached member of the Spurtle team replied simply ‘Bleugh’.When asked…
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FIRST AIRING FOR 'PARKLAND' DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Landmark buildings at 113 Dundas Street and 34 Fettes Row look set to disappear under outline plans for a major new development here on land owned by…
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ARTWORK OF THE MONTH

LISA OPPENHEIM'S BILLBOARD FOR EDINBURGH November's Artwork of the Month is a dramatic photograph of a Colorado forest fire, taken by Lisa…
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MESSAGES AND BOTTLES

'Does anyone know where these come from? Does anyone know what they mean?' So asks Rhys Fullerton, who began noticing roses in bottles…
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READINGS BETWEEN THE LINES

Surely Spurtle is not alone in recalling the horror?That moment when a fragile tome was selected from the shelves of an antiquarian bookseller and…
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ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HATE CRIME POST-PARIS

Police Scotland's Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone QPM this morning issued a statement to communities across the country. We reproduce it…
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COLD HANDS, WARM HEART

SWM (21 YO NM) WLTM SWF (FS VGL) 4 LTR It is November, and – after an evening spent among young people intoxicated with each other and the…
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LOCAL BUT WITH HIMALAYAN ROOTS

Just look and marvel. This delicately detailed botanical study is by Heather Raeburn, one of three artists whose joint show opens this evening…
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ALL THE WAY TO NEWHAVEN (BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH)

Councillors today voted to back the principle of extending the tramline to Newhaven. A decision on spending any money, however, will be delayed…
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