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The ‘coffee cave’ phenomenon – why Books n’ Cups works

Charlie Ellis

The second of 2 pre-application consultations was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the future of Centrum and BUPA Houses at 108–16 Dundas Street.

Miss Marple investigates. 

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Here’s a question for you. Where in Spurtleshire can you find for sale, under one commercial roof:

Charlie Ellis enjoys some Broughton byways 

My walk from Stockbridge toward Leith began not by the river but on a tangent: a gentle wander along Heriot Row and past the Scotland Street Little Library, a charming, if chronologically confusing, trove containing the latest Spurtle alongside ‘vintage’ issues from early 2012. 

Continuing along East Claremont Street, the morning’s rhythm broke only when a hearse emerged from Claremont Crescent: a sharp, unexpected moment of reflection.

Kul Coffee and the shifting demographics of Edinburgh’s caffeine scene. 

Charlie Ellis reports on the arrival of Kul Coffee at 15 Elm Row, a top-class spot that starkly illuminates the evolving divides within Edinburgh’s cafe culture.

Spending significant time in cafés means constantly stepping into parallel worlds, where the ‘clientele’ shifts dramatically from one location to the next.

In Issue 355, we reported the passing of Renaissance at 8 Antigua Street.

Here are two related images, vaguely philosophical first and very vixen second.

There is undoubtedly a cultish aspect to specialty, third wave or ‘artisan’ coffee, writes Charlie Ellis. 

David Young takes a short, wistful look at the changing Stockbridge streetscape.

Gallery? Gone. (Doubtfire Gallery, N.W. Circus Place.)