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Thank you to everyone who joined in the Edinburgh Safari (7) in search of three-dimensional capital cocks.
There was some confusion regarding stand-up comedians and jugglers, but most of you correctly understood that it was the feathered variety in which we were most interested.
Undertaken to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, A Knavish Lad is an inspired retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Combining traditional intaglio printmaking with cutting-edge laser technology, the works on show in McNaughtan’s Bookshop & Gallery took Edinburgh-based artist Joanna Robson two years to complete.
New Town & Broughton Community Council has cancelled the extraordinary public meeting that it had scheduled for Monday 22 August.
NTBCC had intended to discuss Royal Bank of Scotland’s detailed planning application for the site bounded by Dundas Stree, Fettes Row/Royal Crescent, Eyre Place and King George V Park. But since the RBS proposal will not now be submitted until early September, the meeting has been called off.
Councillors on the Development Management Sub-Committee this afternoon granted planning permission and listed building consent for the St Mary’s Music School modification of the old Royal High School at 5–7 Regent Road (see Breaking news, 15.8.16).
Officials had earlier reported that the proposal should be judged in terms of multiple determining issues:
Julia McNairn White returns to The Sutton Gallery this month with a series of paintings of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
A Sutton Gallery regular, McNairn White manages to portray a location which will be very familiar to Spurtle readers, in a natural, calm and curious way.
Proposals for the St Mary’s Music School adaptation of the old Royal High School will go before City of Edinburgh Council’s Development Management Sub-committee on Wednesday this week (Ref. 15/05662/FUL – be warned, the web link takes an age to open).
FIFTEEN NEW JOBS
The new Lidl on Logie Green Road will open in October.
The timing emerged as Lidl confirmed that the Broughton outlet will have a sales area of 1,171 sq.m. and state-of-the-art facilities including a bakery, 8 tills and 48 parking spaces.
Spurtle learned the news yesterday as the cut-price supermarket chain announced that it was looking to recruit 15 new staff members for this its 92nd shop in Scotland.
‘SECOND SELF: JUNO CALYPSO & CAROLINA MIZRAHI’
‘Second Self’ is an exhibition which brings together works by two emerging photographers.
Mizrahi is a graduate of the London College of Fashion, and I got to speak to her about her work on my visit to the gallery. She has been inspired by gender stereotypes, which is why the colour pink resonates through her work.
City of Edinburgh Council wants to know your opinion of its draft proposals for improving McDonald Road between Broughton Road and McDonald Street.
This section forms part of ‘QuietRoute20’ (part of a convenient, safe, cyclist-friendly citywide network) linking Inverleith to Restalrig via quiet roads and traffic-free paths.
The plans will, say officials, also improve conditions for those on foot.
There are links to diagrams here.
If you’re already feeling worn out by the unadventurous conservatism of supposedly cutting-edge Fringe offerings, we have an alternative.
Situated within the Freemasons’ Hall on George Street (Venue 7), the Lìte Bothy is a half-finished shed cum pop-up exhibition featuring work by 12 contemporary Scottish artists.
It’s curated by the people behind the DOK Artist Space on Ocean Drive, and they have been refreshingly bold about showcasing new and established talents.