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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR 'QUIET LASSIE' MARION

Congratulations to Marion McLeod, who was born in 1913 and has just celebrated her 100th birthday! writes Leitham Park Care Home's Alison…
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PLANTS NOT BINS REQUIRED FOR UNRULY TRIANGLE

Last month we featured local David Watt's article on the unruly Rodney Street triangle – a tangled and overgrown 'dumping ground' crying out for some…
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VINYL SURVIVOR

In the month which saw high-street stalwart HMV plunge into administration, Broughton is lucky to retain perhaps the finest of Edinburgh’s few…
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ONE LUMP OR TWO – PLANNING UPDATE (21.1.13)

One Caitlin Thomson has applied for planning permission to position 2 'original' Edinburgh police boxes on north-central Edinburgh pavements. Both…
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INEXPERIENCED OSSIAN – LOST IN THE COLD

This handsome ginger cat is called Ossian, and he's gone missing. The two-year-old male – distinctive for his unusual curly coat – did what most of…
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SCOTT – GONE BUT HOW FORGOTTEN?

Anyone out there ever heard of Lieutenant Colonel Francis James Scott? We don't know where he was born (he appears to be settled much later at Mount…
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SMALL AND BEAUTIFULLY AFFORDABLE

It's the Little Things this month at the Union Gallery features comparatively small works by contemporary Scottish artists. There is no overarching…
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KHUSHI'S PLAN TO BUILD ON SUCCESS – PLANNING UPDATE (15.1.13)

Khushi's Edinburgh seek planning permission to extend the restaurant and create new office space behind the premises at 10–11 Antigua Street (Ref. 12…
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NTBCC – MIXED RESPONSE TO LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENT PLANS

The New Town and Broughton Community Council  (NTBCC) has given a general welcome to the notion of improving Leith Walk, but has serious doubts…
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MORE BROUGHTON STREET ROAD WORKS

Road works at the top of Broughton Street/York Place started on Friday 11 January and are expected to remain in place for another two weeks, writes…
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