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SUMMERY SUMMARY ON A WINTER'S DAY – DRUMMOND TENNIS CLUB IN FINE FETTLE

Drummond Tennis Club (DTC) is a hidden gem in the heart of New Town, writes coach Sophie Blake.  Many of you will know it and are perhaps…
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FIRST PUBLIC OUTING FOR NEW PICARDY PLACE PLANS

GVA Grimley Ltd will hold a public pre-application consultation event to show proposals for the redevelopment of Picardy Place on Friday 6 December.…
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FESTIVE FEATHERS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 4

The plates reproduced here of a redbreast and partridge are two of 59 beautiful hand-painted engravings which appear in A History of British Birds by…
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BROUGHTON STREET – KEEPING IT REAL

It’s snowing in the barony tonight! And not just blizzards of Planning controversy. In Crombie’s of Broughton Street they’ve got drifts of real…
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SECONDS AWAY, ROUND 2: McDONALD RD BUST-UP CONTINUES

These are lively times in the planning stushie over 154 McDonald Road (Ref. 13/02458/FUL; Breaking news, 6 November). Developers Kingsford and local…
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READERS PANTO TICKETS COMPETITION

Spurtle has hooked up with the King's Theatre this year, where Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Andy Gray are swashing and buckling in a lavish new…
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WISE WORDS AND BAUBLES IN THE BASEMENT

This evening's festive snapshot comes from Those Were the Days – the basement vintage clothing boutique on St Stephen's Street.We were struck by the…
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CANONMILLS GLITTERATI LIGHT THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS

Martinez Antiques have done it again, producing a wonderful glittering invitation each evening between 5pm and 11pm in the run-up to Christmas. This…
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ISSUE 225 – OUT NOW!

Issue 225 is published and copies are now spreading across Broughton as fast as our squads of goosefat-smeared distributors can carry them. The…
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DEATH AMONG THE TEACUPS

There’s a problem with the group Christmas Exhibition at Broughton Street’s Union Gallery. At least from this reviewer’s point of view. The show is…
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