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PLEASE BE PATIENT

A review of the Cockburn Association’s 150-year-anniversary Campaigning for Edinburgh, promised in Issue 355 to appear online here today, won’t.…
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND FOXY

In Issue 355, we reported the passing of Renaissance at 8 Antigua Street.Here are two related images, vaguely philosophical first and very vixen…
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ISSUE 355 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the October Spurtle are already populating Broughton shop shelves and plastic dispensers like playful New York…
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PREPARE TO BE PROBED

WORK STARTS ON NEW TOWN QUARTERMorrison Construction 'took possession' of the New Town Quarter site on 28 September before starting work on 5…
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NEW TOWN QUARTER LATEST

Cabinet Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan yesterday visited the New Town Qtr site in advance of work starting in Oct. She welcomed this 'initiative…
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BELLEVUE CRESCENT

One from the archive:—Image taken on 19 January 2017. No. 48 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh…
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HAMMERMEN'S ENTRY

To earn an honest bob …#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#windows#cleaning…
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FOOT OF BROUGHTON STREET

Beware! The detached base of this bollard is a dangerous trip hazard in the dark. A visitor last night sustained a bruised face and wrist…
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EAST CLAREMONT STREET

Damn, no brushes. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #painting #decorating 
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SPURTLESHIRE SHRINE TO SPECIALTY COFFEE

There is undoubtedly a cultish aspect to specialty, third wave or ‘artisan’ coffee, writes Charlie Ellis.  Certain cafes are revered; the…
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