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YOUR LOCAL PATCH – DOES IT EXIST?

Back in October 2013 we reported a City of Edinburgh Council survey investigating the Natural Neighbourhoods of the capital. Its results were…
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'FOUR REFLECT' ON EYRE PLACE

A completely unexpected pleasure is to be had on Eyre Place at the moment – a photography exhibition in the congenial surroundings of the Roamin’…
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EH3, WHAT?

No sooner has Hibu’s tissue of disappointments New Town Matters quietly dissolved than another free glossy flops onto the mat. A claimed ‘35,000…
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FIVE SQUARE PHOTOS QUIZ

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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NO MORE FAKING, BY GEORGE – PLANNING NEWS

The Category A-listed George Hotel at 15–25 George Street has applied for permission to change its exterior at No. 21 (Ref. 14/04755/FUL). On…
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YARD SEEKS 5KM CHRISTMAS RUNNERS

The Yard seeks sponsored runners to take part in a Christmas Charity Festival in the Royal Botanic Garden and Inverleith Park next weekend.The two-…
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DESERT SHIPS ON DUNDAS STREET

Spurtle is delighted to kick off December with three notable absentees. Freya Levy's wise men seem to have taken the hump and slipped from view…
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BELLEVUE PLACE GETS UPTWINKLED

Local resident Christina Thomson was busily putting the finishing touches to her latest creation at the corner of Bellevue and Bellevue Place this…
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COSTS, CORNFLAKES AND CANONMILLS

Who doesn’t love Brides Magazine? This correspondent was reading it avidly at breakfast this morning until it suddenly became apparent that the…
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DOWNWARD SPIRAL

Albert Einstein was once asked by an admirer whether he had stood on the shoulders of Sir Isaac Newton in reaching such dizzying scientific heights.…
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