As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle (Issue 327) are already spreading across the barony to cries of amazement from startled readers.

You, too, will gasp at disturbing news from Eyre Place and East London Street, where matters are not progressing as anybody expected. You, too, may swoon at the news of a former child star who’s now succeeding in two careers and on telly. It all started in Broughton.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

For the last 10 years, Spurtle has been photographing the street-name signs of Spurtleshire.

The aim has been to record their variety of design, aesthetic appeal, interesting history, and the effects of time and human interaction.

Today, we concentrate on the haunting presence of Spurtleshire street names long since passed away.

INDEPENDENT REPORT IDENTIFIES 'SIGNIFICANT' ADVERSE EFFECTS

Last year, the New Town & Broughton Community Council along with relevant residents associations commissioned an independent Heritage Impact Assessment looking at the likely effects on the Edinburgh World Heritage Site of Council plans for bin-hubs.

That report, which also looks at the Council's proposed mitigative measures, has now been finished. It is available at the foot of this page.

Spotted on a wall off Chambers Street today: fleeting thoughts anchored in a transient moment.

The rapidly fading poems read:

THIS IS A CRAYON

I GOT IT AT McDONALDS

TO WRITE THIS HAIKU

I AM VAPING HERE

CHERRY FLAVOR IN MY MOUTH

FEED ME APPLE PIE

NO HEARING, NO PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR LOCAL VOICES

CA Europe Operating Company has taken its applications for town houses and student housing at 72–4 Eyre Place direct to the Scottish Government (22/03833/FUL; 22/03834/FUL).

The Development Management Sub-Committee hearing agreed on 11 January will not now take place.

Spurtle is sitting on a news-egg. It will hatch at midnight tonight. Locals are going to be cross.

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No. 5 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.

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Charlie Ellis tells us how to find a decent brew and rues the loss of a promising newcomer

Speciality coffee houses have reached a degree of ubiquity in the city. It’s part of a seemingly irreversible tide of hipsterisation. Specialty coffee is now well established In Edinburgh with several top-class roasters and numerous high-calibre coffeehouses.

The likes of Artisan Roast, Williams & Johnson and Fortitude have been serving carefully crafted brews for well over a decade.