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MAKE TIME FOR THE GLASITE TOMORROW

The Glasite Meeting House on Barony Street will be open to visitors this Saturday from 10am–4pm. Scottish Historic Buildings Trust staff will be…
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GOD ROT YOUR BROLLIES, GENTLEMEN

It’s Christmas. I detest Christmas. I detest Christmas cards, Christmas jumpers, Christmas trees, Christmas presents, Christmas songs,…
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GREEN FLAG GOES UP FOR GEORGE V PARK

It looked at first like a successful ascent of Mount Usborne. In fact, what half-frozen passers-by witnessed yesterday lunchtime was the…
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FIVE SQUARE PHOTOS QUIZ – WEEK 2

For no very good reason, Spurtle is running a spot-the-location quiz. Each Wednesday between now and the end of the year, we'll publish five…
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LOCALS APPLAUD COUNCIL FOR LONDON STREET BIN BALLOT

Many passers-by have been infuriated over recent months by the untidy and malodorous state of London Street. Broken bin bags, strewn rubbish,…
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HO, HO, HO ... RUN!

This slightly frightening Sankt Nikolaus can be found at Unicorn Antiques on Dundas Street. For much of the day he stands in the basement…
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FRESH VIEWS AT OLD OBSERVATORY

Visitors experienced an abundance of free weather on Calton Hill today. Southerly 0º breezes wafting to hurricane force lent the air a healthful…
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YORK PLACE ASSAULT AND ROBBERY

Below is very slightly edited press statement released by Police Scotland yesterday evening. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses…
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ST ANDREW SQUARE – DEATH BY A THOUSAND PEES

Essential Edinburgh’s commercialisation of St Andrew Square will take another step forward if its plans to extend the café there are approved (Ref.…
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COLLETTE RAYNER: 'ACCESS AS IDIOT DISTRACTION'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON Collette Rayner’s new work at Collective is based on research into the Principality of Sealand, a '…
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