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WILKINSON'S 'DEEP REGRET' AT ROYAL HIGH PLANS

Initial reactions to new plans for the old Royal High School have been mixed (Breaking news, 2.9.15).Adam Wilkinson, Director of the Edinburgh World…
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NEW NEW PLANS FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH

New luxury-hotel plans have been unveiled for the old Royal High School building on Regent Road, and a planning application has been submitted. …
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PEDESTRIANS BORED SILLY AT CROSSINGS

Spurtle reader 'Paul at Fountainbridge' is concerned by the low priority given to pedestrians at road crossings around the city centre.He says they…
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PIONEER VET RECALLED ON PILRIG STREET

A descendant is seeking planning permission to erect a blue plaque at 1 Pilrig Street in memory of the medical pioneer Professor John Barlow (1815–56…
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HOW THEY FARED AT THE HUSTINGS

It was an informative, entertaining and often lively evening at the Leith Walk by-election hustings in St Mary’s Parish Church on Thursday, writes…
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BOATS, BIRDS AND BIRD-WOMEN

This beautifully solid and disintegrating vessel (right) is by Paul Kennedy, an Edinburgh College of Art graduate now exhibiting at Bon Papillon…
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ISSUE 244 WILL BE OUT SOON!

As you read this, September’s Spurtle (Issue 244) is clattering off the press like a trainload of young Spanish language students disembarking at…
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BEWARE OF THE BOBBLE HAT

A brief wander about the streets of Edinburgh this morning afforded the perfect antidote to an otherwise delightful summer’s day in the capital.First…
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FLOCKING TO HADDINGTON PLACE

On display at McNaughtan’s Bookshop & Gallery from Tuesday next week will be work by the Edinburgh-based illustrator Camillia Seddon. Seddon…
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POLL CARD BLUNDER DISAPPOINTS YOUNG VOTERS

An as yet undisclosed number of young people who had hoped to vote in next month’s Ward 12 (Leith Walk) by-election will not be able to do so.The…
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