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SPURTLE – SINS OF COMMISSION AND OMISSION

In Issue 199 we draw readers' attention to the helpful Edinburgh World Heritage workshops on DIY energy-saving measures around the home. If you are…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 3.9.11

Edinburgh Markets have been granted retrospective planning permission for the charities market they ran outside St Mary's RC Cathedral over the…
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GALLERY ROUND-UP IN OCTOBER

Bright new work by eight Spanish talents is on display in Artelibre at Axolotl Gallery on Dundas Street throughout October.New vehicles, animals and…
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BORED, BROWNED OFF, COLD? ALI G. SUGGESTS HEXCITING, HEALTHY, HOT AND HORRIFIC ALTERNATIVES

‘It’s going to snow this October,’ a friend said cheerily the other day. ‘I read it in the Metro.’ We can only imagine the repercussions for…
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LUMPS, BUMPS, HUMPS, SCOOPS AND HOLLOWS: THE CHANGING FACE OF ST MARK'S PARK

Have you noticed the increasingly uneven appearance of St Mark's Park? What was, a few years ago, a fairly flat surface with one or two notable humps…
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CONCRETE EVIDENCE

To all those sceptical readers who piffled and pshawed at mention of a concrete ping-pong table earlier this month (Issue 198), we say study this…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 26.9.11

It has been an up-and-down sort of week for Sojourn Hotels LLD – owners of the Osbourne Hotel – who received a mixed decision on their application to…
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ISSUE 199 – OUT SOON!

If the October Spurtle were a tin of assorted Broughton-related chocolates, it would knock a tin of Quality Street Broughton-related chocolates into…
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NO SAINT, BUT STILL PRACTICALLY PERFECT

Readers of a certain vintage, with a taste for Italian design and English detective thrillers, will glow privately at the sight of this car.The Volvo…
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HOWE STREET SUPERMARKET PLAN DERAILED – FOR NOW

In what some may regard as a sharp rap over the knuckles, developers hoping to change shop premises at 28 Howe Street into a Sainsbury's Local have…
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