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A FEW SHORT LINES ON A FEW SHORT LINES

Here at the Spurtle, we are used to authors being late for deadlines, but less used to late authors being on time.However, never ones to look a gift…
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RAILING AGAINST INJUSTICE

Armies advance and retreat, elections are won and lost, philosophies cross continents and collapse walls. In Edinburgh, however, most issues are…
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LEITH FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

Leith Festival – the annual community-arts celebration of Leith’s heritage, current diversity and future – will run from 10–19 June. The online Box…
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SHORT CUT, BAD IDEA, PAINFUL CONSEQUENCE

Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service report using cutting equipment to free a 14-year-old boy this morning.His leg had been impaled behind the…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 16.5.11

The Shezan Tandoori Restaurant seeks permission to alter its shopfront on the corner site at 24–5 Union Place (Ref. 11/01412/FUL). Plans include…
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BROUGHTON STREET – FIRST POST-TESCO CLOSURE

R.S. McColl at the top of Broughton Street will cease trading on 29 May.Staff – who hope to be relocated within the company network – cite the…
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LOCALS WARNED ON DODGY TWENTIES

All that glisters is not gold. Neither, it seems, is all that crumples necessarily Clydesdale.Lothian and Borders Police yesterday warned businesses…
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PICTURES TO TELL A THOUSAND LECTURE NOTES

Readers will remember the careful archaeological study, recording and dismantlement of Botanic Cottage on Haddington Place around two years ago (…
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GUFFS AND PONGS INCLUDE THE SPURTLE

An extraordinary, 4-page gallimaufry – we believe by one Ian Lutton – has come into our hands.The Flooers o' Leith Diary 2011, spanning 22 March–27…
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SPRING APPEARANCE FOR WINTER GUEST

Spurtle is delighted to announce the opening of the 2011 Late Presented Christmas Tree Competition.This splendid example was snapped for us on 27…
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