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PLANNING UPDATE – 30.5.11

Earlier this year (Breaking news 10.2.11) we covered the application to build a three-bedroom dwelling house on Northumberland Street NE Lane (behind…
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ISSUE 195 – OUT SOON

Even as you read this, thousands of words are being extruded in legible lumps from a wordprocessor located in Central Spurtleshire.Together they…
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NEW ANGLE FOR GALLERY ON THE CORNER

The Gallery on the Corner will host a pop-up shop a week tomorrow (Saturday 4 June) to raise funds for its brilliant work with people who have autism…
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BROUGHTON REPELS ALIEN GREY INVADERS

Broughton residents have repelled, for now, an unauthorised effort to build across the Edinburgh World Heritage Site (EWHS).Last week, Virgin Media…
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BROUGHTON-BASED CHARITY WITH A WIDER VISION

Karen Docwra works in the Fundraising and Communications Team at Waverley Care – a Mansfield Place-based organisation which helps people (and their…
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FRIENDS FÊTE COURT-SAVVY DANNY

Sports fans from across Edinburgh will gather soon to celebrate a well-kent face on the Scottish basketball scene – Danny Kaye. Kaye will be fêted…
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BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SPACIOUS NEW PORTRAIT GALLERY

As one who has very recently redecorated a flat and now experiences an acute reluctance to start banging nails into the walls from which to hang…
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A FEW SHORT LINES ON A FEW SHORT LINES

Here at the Spurtle, we are used to authors being late for deadlines, but less used to late authors being on time.However, never ones to look a gift…
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RAILING AGAINST INJUSTICE

Armies advance and retreat, elections are won and lost, philosophies cross continents and collapse walls. In Edinburgh, however, most issues are…
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LEITH FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

Leith Festival – the annual community-arts celebration of Leith’s heritage, current diversity and future – will run from 10–19 June. The online Box…
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