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SPIDERS ON WINDOWS, MARVELS IN THE MOMENT

From 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013, the Japanese artist Tomoko Tabuchi chose 12 photographs a day to represent her life. A graduate of…
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UNDER THE VOLCANO – UPS AND DOWNS IN THE BASEMENT

In Scotland, we are well-used to blending pleasure and pain, hope and despair. It is a national characteristic rooted in climate, religion, football…
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LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENTS RUMPUS – LCCC SEEKS CONSENSUS

Leith Central Community Council has sought to calm the storm over Leith Walk renovations which blew up before Christmas. In a Hogmanay blog post on…
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SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, EXACTLY?

How is your head? If the combination of recent meeting and greeting, central heating and over-eating has once again reduced it to the size of a…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Spurtle rose bright and early today, and embarked upon 2014 with the customary clear head and clean conscience. We recorded our brisk constitutional…
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A WINTER'S TALE

Tim Smith – Spurtle's chief cycling correspondent and grammarian – has a dark secret. He devises puzzles. For your amusement and/or irritation, his…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 25

The Broughton Spurtle is now officially Christmased-out. We shall be taking a festive rest for the next few days before returning with online news…
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'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 24

Staff at Ampersand Interiors on Dublin Street have been looking forward to Christmas for weeks. Their window shows a period fireplace, stockings…
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FOX NEWS FOR BROUGHTON – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 23

When it comes to Christmas foxes, Broughton Street struggles to compete with Jay Perkins’s Christmas lightshow this year. The Tulsa, Texas resident ‘…
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DINNER IS SERVED – PLAYGROUND-CHOMPING CLASSROOMS GET THE GO-AHEAD

It will surpise few to learn that the City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning permission to the City of Edinburgh Council for a new, 2-storey…
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