‘O Thou! whatever title suit thee! 

Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, 

Wha in yon cavern grim an' sooty 

Clos'd under hatches, 

Spairges about the brunstane cootie, 

To scaud poor wretches!’

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital.

Here we show the Ferry Road Tunnel: dripping, dark and leaching minerals.

Responding to the Erosion Emergency announced on 12 September (Issue 355), the

'How can ye chant, ye little birds

And I sae fu' o' care!'

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital.

We begin with fear and feathers, and three unchancy burds portending either no good or nothing at all depending on your disposition.

A crow.

A magpie.

And a pigeon.

Dark memories

The Cockburn Association 1875–2049

Halloween is here. 

Can Easter be far behind? 

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Currently closed to road traffic following a surfeit of lum lumps. 

And Storm Amy. 

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#hyperlocal 

#weather 

#Storm Amy 

Police Scotland have issued the following press release, which we publish unedited and in full.