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'EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS' POSITIVE ABOUT TRAMS

When the Edinburgh Evening News rehashed a Manchester newspaper's account of the new transport system there, little of today's pessimism concerning…
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LEITH FESTIVAL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

Leith Festival organisers seek participants and volunteers for various projects this summer (Festival runs from 10–19 June).First, actors, performers…
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McDONALD RD LIBRARY HOSTS NEW POLISH BOOK GROUP

Touched by Tokarczuk? Wit tickled by Witkowski? Well pleased by Huele or enthralled by Krall?If your answer to any of these questions is yes (or…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 10/1/11

Very little to report this week, presumably because many developers remain immobilised by surfeits of figgy pudding.Of local interest, though, are…
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DECISIVE MOMENTS PRECEDE WILDMAN'S CHANGE OF SCENE

Michael Wildman's extraordinary photographs of nudes and landscapes have featured regularly at Axolotl Gallery on Dundas Street. Now that he is…
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NEW 'JOB CLINIC' FOR PARENTS

Juggling children, child care and earning a living can be a nightmare, but help is at hand. Edinburgh City Libraries today announced the launch of a…
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EXACT MAPS, WRONG ADDRESS, RIGHT READER

In Issue 190 we drew attention to the National Library of Scotland's fascinating collection of Ordnance Survey maps which appear online overlaid upon…
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SIGN OF THE TIMES

Snapped at 8 Picardy Place. See Issue 190 (p.2).[img_assist|nid=1440|title=|desc=|link=node|align=right|width=412|height=640]
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PLANNING UPDATE – 5.1.11

The Planning Subcommittee has agreed to vary Condition 3 of Logie Green Development Ltd's planning permission Ref. 08/01365/FUL and Condition 1 of…
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS 'ELEPHANT'? REWARD!

Spurtle overcame various technical printing gremlins last night and is now being distributed across Broughton. As if by prior arrangement it has just…
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