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ST ANDREW SQUARE – SNAPPED UP, YET AGAIN

‘Is St Andrew Square a park or an event space?’ tweeted @speybaysoul this morning. ‘May as well just pave it.’   As she suggests, the available…
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SECRET EXHIBITIONIST GOES ON THE RECORD

'It may come as a surprise to you, but there is an exhibitionist side to my personality which sometimes just has to get out.'James R. Faulkner's…
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SMALL BUT EXTREMELY PUNCHY

In yesterday’s Independence Referendum, Scotland voted decisively to remain Better Together. Or to put it another way, following Cameron,…
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A TIME TO VOTE

Spurtle was out and about across Edinburgh today, starting with a tour of polling stations the length and breadth of greater Broughton.The one in…
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REFERENDUM – LAST-MINUTE MIXED MESSAGES

A quick survey of windows this afternoon revealed a mixture of voting intentions in the heart of Broughton.The sash pictured here is quite…
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ON THE WALLS OF THE HALL OF FAME

Walking along Northumberland Street the other day, my eyes were drawn to a plaque on the side of No. 25. It’s not unusual to have plaques or…
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BOOZY MAC AND CHEESE

This wonderfully grown-up version of an American classic is just about the perfect comfort food as the weather gets colder again. Rather than…
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FLATTERY WILL GET YOU WHERE?

You always know when you’ve been love-bombed.This Spurtle contributor passed a Canonmills A-board today – obscured in our photo by a large dollop of…
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ORANGE LODGES ON THE MARCH FOR UNION

An estimated 12,000 people paraded through Edinburgh this lunchtime in a pro-Union march organised by the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland. The…
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PITCHER PERFECT

These eye-bogglingly beautiful plants are called Nepenthes, and they’re hanging from the awning outside Narcissus on Broughton Street at the moment.…
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