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ASSAULT IN LEITH STREET

POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES AND INFORMATION Police Scotland issued a press release today which we reproduce below unedited and in full…
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CALTON HILL

Haute cuisine. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #TheLookout
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LOW WINTER LIGHT

Out and about in Broughton this afternoon…
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PROGRESS ON St MARY'S MUSIC SCHOOL

The Royal High School Preservation Trust’s revised proposals to form new premises for St Mary’s Music School at the old Royal High School on Regent…
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DECEMBER BLUES

Icy underfoot.
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ANYONE SEEN STITCH?

Stitch is 1.5 years old and for the first time has gone missing from his home garden in Claremont Bank. Last seen at 4.30pm on Tuesday 6 December.…
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TOUGHER STANCE ON POOR PARKING

Edinburgh Council’s Transport & Environment Cmte on 8 December unanimously agreed to stiffen enforcement protocols as part of a first-draft…
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ON THE TRACK OF BERNARD CRICK

RESEARCHER SEEKS EDINBURGH CONNECTIONS It’s now 14 years since the death of one of Spurtleshire’s most esteemed residents, the political theorist…
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HAP-HAPPIEST SEASON OF ALL

It’s almost that time of year again. Don’t know about you, but there’s nothing I love more than busying myself with plans for the big day. Yes, I…
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ISSUE 323 — OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the November Spurtle have already ensconced themselves in local businesses and libraries like nesting hedgehogs…
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