KIRKGATE
Trinity House ship of faith.
Little known fact – Leith Academy began here in the cellar.
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CANONMILLS
The quiet spot.
(Between Tanfield and Brandon Terrace.)
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LEITH WALK
Chinese whispers.
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Folly Antiques
BROUGHTON STREET KEEPING IT REAL …
MOISTLY.
Elizabeth Brown didn't hold back in Issue 364 about the horrors of artificial flowers on high streets.
We were therefore relieved over the weekend to note that the vast majority of Broughton Street shops, pubs, eateries and services are using the real thing to beautify their premises.
Starting at the top of the street, Frenchie sets the tone …
THE EXTRAORDINARY EVERYDAY
‘A Collection of Quotidian Masterpieces’ is a vibrant, theatrical and comical body of work by Edinburgh local Constantine (right), currently exhibiting in The Torrance Gallery.
New owners Antonio and Adam Jackson-Perkins have welcomed the Athens-born contemporary artist to launch the gallery's rebrand during Edinburgh's ‘experimental, theatrical, and slightly unhinged’ festival season.
CUMBERLAND STREET
Gone but not forgotten.
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St ANDREW SQUARE GARDEN
Fluted flutter.
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MAN ABDUCTED FROM CANONMILLS AREA
Police Scotland issued a press release this evening. We reproduce it below unedited and in full.
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Five men and one woman have been arrested in connection with the abduction of a man in Edinburgh.
Around 10.30pm on Thursday, 13 August, 2026, officers received a report that a man had been abducted in the Canonmills area of the city.
A 22-year-old man was later traced in the Longniddry area on Friday, 14 August, 2026, and taken to hospital as a precaution.
OPEN-MINDED OPTION
Whilst most of us will have welcomed today’s early drenching, spare a thought for the owner of this 3-wheeled curiosity spotted on Cochran Terrace.
Half car, half tubo, it’s a 620 cc Pembleton Super SP and – contrary to its antique appearance – was assembled from kit as recently as 2014.
We think it’s the same vehicle advertised for sale in Southampton earlier this summer, but it's certainly the same one lovingly recorded here 2 years ago.
Bridge stitch-up swallowed entirely
Dear Sirs,
I am slightly concerned by the nature of your 'investigation' in the recent edition of the Spurtle. You swallow entirely the council line that the bridge is flawed. Might it not have been politic to examine how the closure of this public footpath is to facilitate the developers accessing their new site from the old recycling site?
They wouldn't want troublesome members of the public getting in the way of their machinery.
It would also have been professional to have comment from the Rights of Way Society.
The local public are convinced that this is a 'stitch up' between council and developers.
Dr Christopher Nicol
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Dear Dr Nicol, The conspiracy theory to which you subscribe spread within minutes of the Heras fences appearing in June. I have found nothing to substantiate it since but would be pleased to hear relevant facts if you have them. Spurtle awaits the result of a Freedom of Information request to the Council which may shed light on the decision-making process behind closure of the bridge. For now, there is no further news to report. We understand officials are reviewing the technical advice they have received and assessing its cost implications. They offer no timeline for this stage to be completed. The Spurtle has covered this story twice in print (Issues 363 and 364) and, in more detail, online here. The evidence points to a genuine engineering problem poorly handled and communicated by Council officers in the first instance. Thank you for getting in touch. Alan McIntoshEditor