ISSUE 314 – OUT TOMORROW!
As you read this, advance copies of the February Spurtle are already fanning out across the barony like invitations to a Downing Street after-work work meeting for people who won’t be doing any work at it.
Page 1 jumps straight into a controversial development, grinding teeth, and serious crime before lightening the tone with coffee-and-cake news and ways to help local kids get lost in the countryside.
WHAT NEXT FOR PICARDY PLACE?
LOCALS DISCUSS FUTURE USES
Twenty-eight people attended last night’s online meeting held by the Better Broughton group to discuss the future of Picardy Place.
Among them were three City Centre councillors: Karen Doran (vice-convener of the Transport & Environment Cmte), Joanna Mowat, and Claire Miller.
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Paused in St Mary's Episcopal this morning for brief moment of quiet and reflection.
THE SKY AT NIGHT
Thrilled by weekend images of the aurora borealis in Orkney and Caithness.
LOW SUN AND WINTER BERRIES
LOW SUN AND WINTER BERRIES:—Prelude to snow tonight?
OMNi AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Edinburgh Street Food Ltd has submitted proposals for a new canopy, external bar, and outside seating to serve combined Units 6 and 7 at the OMNi Centre (21/06504/FUL). The site belongs to Nuveen, which also owns the St James Centre.
The new hospitality space would fill the current tranquil and tree-lined route between Leith Street and Greenside Row.