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PRANA SOUP AND THE SPICE OF LIFE

Prana is the Sanskrit word for ‘life force’, which cosmic energy seems to have inspired (and fuelled) Margaret Halliday’s three epic journeys around…
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EXCLUSIVE READERS OFFER AT THE MAGNUM

Happy days, Spurtle Readers! Recognising you as the sort of discerning customers any business would be proud to have more of, the Magnum Bar and…
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£5m AWARD MEANS PRINTMAKERS WILL FLIT UNION STREET

Edinburgh Printmakers have secured £5m from the Heritager Lottery Fund to redevelop Castle Mills in Fountainburdge as a world-class contemporary arts…
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IN-LAWS, PIRI PIRI AND THE PERILS OF PROCESS

When the in-laws came to visit recently, we planned to go out for a nice, relaxing, Sunday lunch. Little did I know what I was getting myself…
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HAMMERING, ALL OVER THIS LAND

Readers have been fascinated by the progress of 19-year-old local athlete and former Drummond CHS pupil Kimberley Reed. Here, her father Scott Reed…
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CAMERON GUEST HOUSE GROUP EYES GAYFIELD PLACE

Edinburgh businessman Kamran Akbar has applied for permission to change the use of 4B Gayfield Place (accessed via Gayfield Place Lane) from…
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END OF THE LINE FOR YORK PLACE TRAM STOP?

If a group of 'far-sighted entrepreneurs' get their way today, the York Place tram stop may cease before it has even properly begun.  Spurtle…
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LOCKED OUT YET AGAIN – BROUGHTON SCOUTS LOSING PATIENCE

Broughton Scouts found themselves locked-out of St Mary's RC Primary School again on Friday evening following yet more problems with Edinburgh…
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ISSUE 228 – OUT SOON!

April is so close you can almost wring the raindrops out of your nose hair. This year, though, don’t bother buying galoshes and a new sou’wester. Bat…
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COUNCIL EXPLAINS IRRELEVANT DELAY

City of Edinburgh Council has made a firm – if slightly surprising – defence of how it processed the 154 McDonald Road planning application. Spurtle…
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