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Wednesday, 23 June 2010

'Coffee makes us severe and grave and philosophical,' announces the A-board outside Artisan Roast on Broughton Street.

Does this explain the Swift-loving retailer's recent decision – alone...

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Pride Scotia – the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender communities' annual celebration of sexual diversity – kicks off on Saturday 26 June.

Assembly will be in East Market Street from 12...

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Last month we aired Blandfield resident Mark Sheffield's misgivings over City of Edinburgh Council's withdrawal of the one-free-special-uplift-per-household-per-year service. He suspected it would...

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Antony Gormely's 6 Times was formally launched this morning at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

The renowned sculptor answered questions and posed for photographers with...

Monday, 21 June 2010

Sources at the National Galleries of Scotland have declared themselves delighted at pre-launch publicity for Antony Gormley's 6 Times Horizon (which is officially unveiled tomorrow).

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Monday, 21 June 2010

At 4am tomorrow morning, 8 S6 students and 3 members of staff from Drummond Community High School will be on their way to Kenya.

Since February 2008 (Issue 155) Spurtle has been covering...

Monday, 21 June 2010

Spurtle launched this website in October 2009, and after 9 months staff will meet soon to review it in detail.

We're not uncritical of ourselves, but would certainly welcome objective...

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Berlitz Language Centre in Frederick Street requires accommodation for its international students.

Director Stephen Penman contacted Spurtle to tell us these students are usually...

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Leith Central Community Council meets on Monday evening at 7.30pm in the Nelson Hall at McDonald Road Library.

The draft agenda is available in Extras, as are the minutes of last...

Friday, 18 June 2010

Planners at City of Edinburgh Council are circulating a draft of revised planning guidelines on Building Heights and Roofscapes.

You can download a pdf of this draft by clicking on the link...

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