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NEW COUNCIL BODY TO HELP GUIDE SHARED REPAIRS

From Tuesday next week, Edinburgh residents in shared properties such as tenements will be able to get information and advice from the Council's new…
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PLANNING UPDATE (25.3.13)

The following local planning applications, most mentioned by us in previous issues and online updates, have this week been consented. For more detail…
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ANCIENT ROME IT AIN'T, BUT ...

Consent has now been granted for development of a vacant site on Beaverhall Road (Breaking news, 6.3.13; Ref. 11/03374/FUL). But it may surprise some…
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BROUGHTON PLACE: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Forget miserable sleet, forget trams. Feast your eyes (and ears) on this Indian Benares Silver Gilt, Enamelled and Jewel Mounted Figure of an…
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COUNCIL BOOBS ON NEW TOWN BIN PLANS

City of Edinburgh Council has apologised for mistakenly distributing inaccurate information about plans for waste management in the West End and New…
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UNDER AFRICAN SCANS

Marilène Oliver's work spans new digital technologies, traditional print and sculpture.She uses MRI and PET scanning to discover the inside of the…
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THREE GARDENS IN THE HAND WORTH ONE IN THE BUSH

I have read with interest the thread of correspondence regarding the exclusivity of Drummond Place Garden, writes John MacDonald of Jamaica Street…
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COUNCIL GETS TOUGH ON EMPTY HOMES

Edinburgh Council's Finance and Budget Committee today approved outline plans to reduce the number of long-term empty homes in the capital.Following…
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DRUMMOND PLACE DISCONTENT CONTINUES

My partner and I live on Scotland Street, writes Susie Bell, and have been trying for some time to get a key to the Drummond Place Garden – to no…
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DOWNHILL PHILOSOPHY ON BROUGHTON STREET

Diogenes of Sinope lived from c.412–c.323 BC in Ancient Greece, and was a philosopher of the Cynic school.He is said to have travelled by day…
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