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FRIENDS DISUNITED – PLEASE HELP!

'Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing…
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PERRY ON THE St JAMES QUARTER

 DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS LOCALS  Martin Perry, Director of Development at TH Real Estate (THRE), spoke about the St James Quarter (…
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HOORAY, IT'S HORRIBLE!

A pleasurable exhalation of breath. A sigh of relief. Summer is nearly here, and with it … rain.Edinburgh’s recent brief experiment with dry, sunny,…
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CONTRASTING VIEWS ON CALTON HILL

‘The panoramic views from Calton Hill have astonished and inspired visitors for centuries,’ reads Edinburgh World Heritage’s account of the city…
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DODGY ELECTION BAR CHARTS 3

Another day, another glossy leaflet delivered with fast food flyers, another dodgy bar chart. Actually, this is a repeat of Bar chart 2, but we're…
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HISTORIC STEP FOR ANNANDALE MOSQUE

 FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE Annandale Mosque is honoured to appoint Mrs Nasim Azad as a committee member, writes Imam Hassan…
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MR BONES IS DECOMPOSED

 LIFE, QUALMS, AND THE WRONG WORD Do you ever have the feeling, just as your coach is crossing the Forth Road Bridge, that you have left…
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DODGY ELECTION BAR CHARTS 2

Oh dear. Having pledged we'd take to task all election-connected mangled mathematics that came our way, Spurtle had been hoping we wouldn't have to…
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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?

 NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN St ANDREW SQUARE GARDEN  It all began so promisingly.  Uninterrupted grass returfed across St Andrew…
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DODGY ELECTION BAR CHARTS

With yet another election comes the potential for more barcharts to make maths teachers weep.  Throughout this campaign, Spurtle will highlight…
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