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LAZAROWICZ DRAFTS WAKE-UP CALL FOR DOZY PARKERS

The Westminster Parliament will today discuss Mark Lazarowicz MP’s private member’s bill aimed at extending Holyrood’s powers to curb bad parking.…
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NEW CHOIR FOR KINSHIP CARERS

A new choir is starting in Edinburgh for relatives and friends who look after children in their families where a parent is unable to do so. …
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'JOHN BYRNE: SITTING DUCKS'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON ‘I think each one of us has to get through these years of trial, without hope, and without despair.’ René Magritte in…
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CACOPHONOUS CAPITAL

David Hill – better known to some for his tweets as @NewTownFlaneur – disagrees with those who want to retain St Stephen's chimes around the clock.…
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CRUMBS, IT'S CLOSE

In the run-up to this month’s Scottish Independence Referendum, startling new figures about voting intentions have emerged.We are not talking about…
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BRIGHT IDEAS

Spurtle enjoyed this generous colourful painting which we found on its last day of exhibition at the White Space gallery on Howe Street yesterday.…
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SILENCE OF THE CLANGS

New Town residents have objected loudly to the temporary silencing of the clock chime at St Stephen’s Church. Council officers required the…
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SUMMER QUIZ – WINNERS AND ANSWERS

The deadline for Spurtle’s Summer Quiz passed at noon today. All the entries have now been scrutinised, checked, and a clear winner has emerged.Thank…
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REMEMBERING THE GREAT WAR

Of the capital’s major commemorations of the centenary of the First World War’s start, perhaps the most poignant is at the Scottish National Portrait…
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BELL TOLLS FOR LOCAL COUPLE

Sadly,  Jean and Archie Bell of Bellevue died on 17th and 24 July, writes John Dickie. A shared obituary was published, and they also shared a…
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