Icy underfoot.

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.

He’s a friendly soul:—a mostly white Ragdoll with a black face. He has been chipped.

Please send any hints or sightings to hollandmarie1@gmail.com. Or Tel. 07818076552. And kindly share links to this story with your contacts.

UPDATE

Edinburgh Council’s Transport & Environment Cmte on 8 December unanimously agreed to stiffen enforcement protocols as part of a first-draft Parking Action Plan appearing early in February 2023.

The new measures will:

RESEARCHER SEEKS EDINBURGH CONNECTIONS

It’s now 14 years since the death of one of Spurtleshire’s most esteemed residents, the political theorist and essayist Bernard Crick.

Best known for his biography of George Orwell and the classic In Defence of Politics, Crick moved to Edinburgh in 1984, living in a book-stuffed basement flat at 8a Bellevue Terrace.

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’m obviously talking about the start of Edinburgh’s Winter Fun™.  For me, this holiest of events captures the real meaning of the season.

It heralds six weeks of untrammelled joy for Auld Reekie. How privileged we are.