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GREENSIDE PLACE – SERIOUS ASSAULT

Police Scotland have issued a press release which we reproduce below unedited and in full. -------- Police in Edinburgh have released images of a…
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ART AND NATURE … AND FREE TREES

CHARLIE ELLIS WANDERS BESIDE THE WATER OF LEITH The relationship between art and nature is evident on the Water of Leith. This is expressed most…
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ISSUE 326 — OUT SOON!

As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle (Issue 327) are already spreading across the barony to cries of amazement from startled readers…
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THE LOST NAMES OF SPURTLESHIRE

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN For the last 10 years, Spurtle has been photographing the street-name signs of Spurtleshire. The aim has been to record…
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BIN-HUBS WOULD DAMAGE THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE

INDEPENDENT REPORT IDENTIFIES 'SIGNIFICANT' ADVERSE EFFECTS Last year, the New Town & Broughton Community Council along with relevant residents…
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OLD TOWN HAIKUS

Spotted on a wall off Chambers Street today: fleeting thoughts anchored in a transient moment. The rapidly fading poems read:   THIS IS A…
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DEVELOPER APPEALS EYRE PLACE STUDENT HOUSING PROPOSAL

NO HEARING, NO PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR LOCAL VOICES CA Europe Operating Company has taken its applications for town houses and student housing at 72–4…
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ATTENTION, NIGHT OWLS!

Spurtle is sitting on a news-egg. It will hatch at midnight tonight. Locals are going to be cross. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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THE BEAVERLANDS

No. 5 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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TIME TO SAVOUR PROPER COFFEE

Charlie Ellis tells us how to find a decent brew and rues the loss of a promising newcomer Speciality coffee houses have reached a degree of…
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