Breaking news

Beaverhall Art Studios are welcoming visitors today with masses of original works to be seen and many pre-Christmas bargains on sale. 

Since 2012, the first and second floors of the former Duncan’s Chocolate Factory (the red brick building with the distinctive Egyptian-themed fresco) on Beaverhall Road have housed a a vibrant blend of painters, ceramicists, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, textile and fashion designers, jewellers and small charitable organisations. 

It’s a heady and thoroughly enjoyable mix. 

The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December. 

Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley  Care and The Soko Fund. 

Full details at foot of page. 

Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.

A second pre-application consultation on plans for ‘new sustainable housing’ at the former B&Q site on Warriston Road will take place early next month. 

Artisan Canonmills Ltd will exhibit proposals by architects Sheppard Robson at the Nelson Hall in McDonald Road Library on Saturday 3 December (noon–4pm) and Monday 5 December (2pm–8pm).

Plans will be available to view online here from Tuesday 6 December. (Have a look there now for a fly-by view of the Beaverland.)

The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has applied for Listed Building Consent to make important changes to the main Meeting Hall of the Glasite Meeting House at 33 Barony Street (Ref. 16/05648/LBC). 

ACT NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT  

David Sterratt writes: There are a couple of consultations Spurtle readers may be interested in responding to - but be quick as the deadline is TODAY. 

COCKBURN ASSOCIATION ANNUAL LECTURE, 2016

Cliff Hague (Chair of the Cockburn Association) delivered a version of the wise, trenchant and provocative article below at a public meeting in Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church on 27 October 2016. 

Spurtle thanks Hague and the Cockburn Association for permission to reproduce it in full.

The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December. 

Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley  Care and The Soko Fund. 

Full details at foot of page. 

Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.

The Scottish Chamber Choir will hold a festive concert in Broughton on 17 December. 

Directed by Iain McLarty, the event at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church will feature seasonal music, readings and carols, and is being staged as a fundraiser for locally based charity Waverley  Care and The Soko Fund. 

Full details at foot of page. 

Normally, tickets cost £10, but we have two to give away to the winners of our new irritating competition.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is to create a 1,000-seat auditorium, and rehearsal/recital, recording and administrative spaces in a new purpose-built centre behind Dundas House on St Andrew Square. 

The Edinburgh International Festival will also get to use the performance venue. 

The development, on land which is surplus to Royal Bank of Scotland’s requirements, is estimated to cost up to £45m. Dundas House itself will remain an RBS branch.

EARLY DAYS IN FRAMING A RESPONSE 

With details of RBS’s PPP only very recently available, the New Town & Broughton Community Council had not come to any settled position when it met last night.

Greater clarity is expected at its next meeting on 12 December, ahead of the deadline for public comments on 16 December.