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NEW TUNE FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL

A new, funded scheme for the old Royal High School (RHS) on Regent Road is waiting in the wings.Sources in the know tell us that St Mary’s Music…
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WANTED, DEAD OR NOT ALIVE

We’ve all heard of guerrilla gardeners. Now, though, there’s a new unorthodox horticulturalist in town: the vigilante devegetator. Spurtle…
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JOHN LEWIS PLANS FOR BUILDING DISRUPTION

John Lewis seeks planning permission for changes that will allow the shop to keep trading while the St James Quarter is developed around and below it…
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VANDALS SPOIL LOCAL FUN

Little Bo-Peep is no more. The recent arrival who appeared at the end of Bellevue Place just before Easter was trashed by vandals last night.We…
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NORTH BERWICK CAUGHT ON DUNDAS STREET

As you step through the doors of The Sutton Gallery this month, you can almost hear the waves crashing against the rocks and feel the soft sand…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 4: LONDON STREET

DAVID HILL EXPERIENCES THE NORTHERN FANLIGHTS Have you ever been to the New Town's distant northern shore, where the rooftop permafrost combines…
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BROWNFIELD BEAVERBANK PLACE BUILDING – BETTER BUT STILL BROWN-ISH

After considerable to-ing and fro-ing, revised plans have been approved to build new housing at 29 Beaverbank Place (Ref. 13/03575/FUL). A total…
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MY FAVOURITE PAINTING

RHYS FULLERTON ON CLAUDE MONET'S HAYSTACKS: SNOW EFFECTI admit that this painting is not Monet’s greatest, writes Rhys Fullerton. I agree that it’s…
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LONDON STREET BIDS BYE-BYE TO THE BEAKS

The keenly  awaited results of the Council’s much anticipated ballot on the widely loathed gull-proof waste sacks on London Street have been…
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NO DIRECTION

There I am taking a quiet stroll on Calton Hill one lukewarm spring day, when I am interrupted by some confused-looking tourists. ‘Excuse me,'…
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