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FRONT AND CENTRE, ALL TOGETHER NOW

Two free workshops will run early next month using First World War artefacts as starting-points for discussion, stories and drama. Organised by…
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NEW FLATS PLAN FOR FUSION HOUSE – PLANNING UPDATE

AMA (New Town) Ltd has applied for planning consent to convert 73 Logie Green Road into 34 residential units with 32 car parking spaces (Ref. 14/…
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BROUGHTON'S SANDY HILL – SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY?

Locals report that, as feared, ground has begun to slip down the steep bank between the Claremonts and Broughton Road following pre-development…
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SMAUG'S BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE

Rising into the air above Canonmills is this pepperpot turret.Close-up, it resembles the sinuous limb of a dragon, but it is sheathed in what…
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'WE SHALL NOT CEASE FROM EXPLORATION' – GROUP 13 AT THE UNION GALLERY

Group13 is a combination of highly accomplished and highly rated contemporary Scottish artists reuniting for their third joint exhibition, this time…
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BIN THERE, DUMPED THAT

Dozens of unopened defrosted ready-meals and other dry foodstuffs dumped in Bellevue last week have left locals irritated, bemused and disgusted.…
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RBS EYRE TERRACE PLANS MERIT CLOSE ATTENTION – PLANNING UPDATE (8.4.14)

The Royal Bank of Scotland has submitted concurrent Planning applications for its site at 7, 11–13 Eyre Terrace. The first seeks to demolish two…
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St STEPHEN's – GRAND CHURCH BUYER?

An unconfirmed story circulating in Broughton suggests that the new owner of St Stephen’s Church is either the Edinburgh-based video game designer…
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HATTI, HOWE STREET AND SOME MYSTERY HAITCHES

Broughton-based artist Hatti Pattisson will be exhibiting new work at 25 Howe Street later this month (12–17 April). On show (and for sale) will be…
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PRANA SOUP AND THE SPICE OF LIFE

Prana is the Sanskrit word for ‘life force’, which cosmic energy seems to have inspired (and fuelled) Margaret Halliday’s three epic journeys around…
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