Thoughtful new kid on the block filmed in Spurtleshire back-green by Tim Smith.

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If you’re looking for an inspiring afternoon out in Edinburgh on 25 June, why not join the hosts of the open gardens of Stockbridge (and surrounds) and have a bogle at their plots full of plants?

Under the Scotland’s Gardens Scheme umbrella, from 12 noon until 4.30 pm, a trail of eight private city gardens will tempt visitors to explore the New Town, Stockbridge and Canonmills area, where the owners will be on hand to answer questions and receive compliments!

Odd perspectives in yesterday's sunlit Botanics. 

This is actually one photograph, cropped to confuse … not a composite.

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As you read this, advance copies of the JUNE Spurtle are already sprinkling across Broughton shelves like American tourists in search of a bathroom.

Issue 329 begins with news of a falling pie, influential views, a droop-defying local artist and the uncertain intentions of a new Gayfield venue.

FIRST THOUGHTS

As first predicted in March (Issue 326, p.2), Danehurst Developments Ltd have submitted a planning application for purpose-built student accommodation at 22, 24–36 Dunedin St (23/02154/FUL).

Gives you wings.

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Cheerful conversation on a sunny day.

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‘Absolute perfection belongs not to man, nor to angels, but to God alone’, said John Wesley in his Plain Account of 1766. Make of that what you will, but I’m sure we can all agree that absolute perfection certainly doesn’t belong to editors and proofreaders.

Take the 2nd edition of the Geneva Bible, for example, printed in 1562. Popular today with town planners, its mistaken version of Matthew v, 9 reads, ‘Blessed are the placemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.’