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ALAN TAYLOR’S BOURGEOIS EDINBURGH

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Charlie Ellis recounts the launch of a new social appraisal of Scotland’s capital city

 

Most books on Edinburgh emphasise its historic and architectural qualities, especially the eccentric eruption of building which constitutes its Old Town. There are not many books which look at Edinburgh in a more socially analytical way. David McCrone’s Who Runs Edinburgh? (EUP 2022) is an excellent exception.

HOMELESSNESS – CITYWIDE PROBLEMS COMING TO A DOORSTEP NEAR YOU

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Many residents breathed a sigh of relief after the withdrawal in recent days of the application for a licence to run 37–49 Albany Street as a 42-person house in multiple occupation.

 

For the last 4 years, the building (formerly operating more conventionally as the Albany Hotel) has been used as an unlicensed HMO by the Council. 

 

SHOCK NEWS FROM DUNDAS STREET

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Locals were shocked this morning to find a note on the door of Cuckoo’s Bakery saying the business had ceased trading.

 

The popular café appeared to be thriving in recent weeks, and regular customers had no idea there was trouble behind the scenes.

 

Spurtle spoke to another prominent independent café owner in the area this afternoon. They said that while the news caught them by surprise, it was not totally unexpected.

 

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