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Monday, 1 February 2010


Jim Inch, Director of Corporate Services at City of Edinburgh Council, contacted all staff on 14 January outlining ways to reduce staffing costs. Spurtle received a transcript...

Friday, 1 January 2010

George Park has written a book – see Issue 178– about former St Bernard’s Football Club, once a local giant on the Scottish scene but now mostly forgotten. He told Spurtle all about it.
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Friday, 1 January 2010

As reported in Issue 178, Jon Reid has left Drummond CHS for pastures old.


In Issue 149 we asked how long such a young and ambitious professional would remain. ‘I’m here to make a...

Friday, 1 January 2010

Unreliable geographies by Aeneas McHaar

No. 3: Broughton Island, New South Wales, Australia

32º 35’ S, 152º 20’ E

 

A low, scroggy...

Friday, 1 January 2010

Here is another stunning item from Drummond CHS Librarian Annie Scanlon’s collection  of swimwear and beach paraphernalia. Like the cap featured in Issue 178, it dates from the 1960s.
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Friday, 1 January 2010

In Issue 178 we reported problems faced by Edinburgh schools due to proposed budget cuts. Click on the link below to read the Edinburgh Prmary Schools Headteachers' Association response in full....

Friday, 18 December 2009

For those readers with an interest in bearded pillars of the co

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Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Unreliable geographies by Aeneas McHaar

No. 2: Rodney Street, Helena, Montana, USA

46º 36’ N, 112º 00’ W

 
Focused around the main...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Below we print a fuller version of the article which appears on page 1 of December's Spurtle (Issue 177).

Community councils want to be included in the first round of consultations...

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Seasons gratings! And in the words of The Waitresses ‘Bah, humbug! No, that's too strong – ‘cause it’s my favourite holiday!’ What’s for fun in frosty, festive...

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