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DARK CORNER WITH INTERESTING HISTORY

Spurtle ventured out of our comfort zone this afternoon to visit the seedier side of Calton, in particular this splendidly malagrugrous cul-de-sac:…
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BROUGHTON'S BATON

Broughton’s Christina Thomson, picked by locals for her work as a community volunteer, ran a local stretch of the Queen’s Baton Relay this afternoon.…
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ROGUE MAIL

Has anyone else noticed how local addresses are beginning to resemble complicated mathematical formulae these days?You practically need a degree to…
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COUNTRY CORNER

The bucolic pleasures of Bellevue Place are even bucolicer and more pleasurable at the moment than usual.The junction with Mansfield Place – long…
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NEW ROLE FOR OLD PLAYER

A minor tragedy has unfolded on McDonald Road, writes our wandering Music correspondent. It concerns the unexpected arrival there, last Monday…
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SPURTLESHIRE – YES, BETTER TOGETHER APART

Last autumn we reported on the Council’s interesting bid to establish what locals in Edinburgh think of as their ‘natural neighbourhoods’ (Breaking…
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NEW CHICKS ON THE BLOCK

This goosander and her six chicks were enjoying the sun at lunchtime today on a stump in midstream just below Warriston Cemetery.She can, with…
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THE HONEYMOON IS OVER

What a difference a week makes.Last Saturday, in brilliant early morning sunshine, Edinburgh Trams began running its commercial service between the…
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REALLY, NOTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE

The Union Gallery this month features the first ever joint showing in Edinburgh of work by husband and wife Jim McCutcheon and Linda Downie.Really is…
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NEWS OF TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS

A major new development is proposed for the gap-site next to McDonald Road Library at 34B Haddington Place (Ref. 14/02115/PAN). S. Harrison…
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