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Planning permission is sought to reconfigure four existing high-level windows on the east elevation of the peculiar building at 2 Hart Street Lane.
Also proposed is reconfiguration of the north facade to include a new entrance door and window at ground-floor level, and new and configured windows at first and second-floor levels, together with a timber balcony at second-floor level (Ref. 15/05345/FUL).
Everyone recognises the power of a well-told story. Stories can entertain, alarm, provoke and inform. And, as Blythe Robertson explains here, storytelling is now being used to help government identify, instigate and communicate change.
During Book Week Scotland, which ran from 23–29 November, I had an opportunity, perhaps one that was slightly uncomfortable for me, to cast off the constraints of my civil service life and bring some of the other strings to my bow to bear.
MARIANNE WHEELAGHAN'S THE SHOESHINE KILLER – REVIEW
This is the second adventure in local author Marianne Wheelaghan’s Scottish Lady Detective series, writes Caroline Roussot.
Wheelaghan (right) this time transports us to Fiji, where her heroine DS Louisa Townsend is due to attend a police conference on money-laundering.
TWO OPEN E-MAILS ON BELLEVUE'S FESTIVE RECYCLING FARCE
Thank you for responding to my extensive email of 10th December with your hand delivered letter of 11th December apologising for your failure to inform me of the revised waste/recycling collections.
As requested, I have attached stickers to my green bin and blue box and redistributed materials into the appropriate receptacles.
Congratulations to Powderhall Bronze Ltd for superb restoration work on Sir Eduardo Paolozzi’s Manuscript of Monte Cassino sculpture group at the top of Broughton Street, writes John Ross Maclean.
Recently, purple aerosol graffiti besmirched the great foot, and obscure lettering was incised on its rear. These and other imperfections were effaced by a chemical solution.
In Issue 247 we reported that the newly rebuilt Botanic Cottage had been nominated in an annual architectural awards scheme run by the Georgian Society.
The structure was entered in the ‘Best Restoration of a Georgian Landscape or Garden’ category.
Edinburgh’s Development Management Sub-Committee today voted to accept the advice of its own officials and refused a planning application to redevelop the old Royal High School as a luxury 147-bedroom hotel (Ref. 15/03989/FUL).
Developers Duddingston House Properties LLD and the Urbanist Group are now expected to appeal the decision.
Some months ago, a Specsavers brochure came through the letterbox. Nothing unusual, really (junk mail outweighs genuine mail these days), but there was something odd about this particular item.
It seemed to have an artist’s impression of me on the front cover.
Disturbed but equally intrigued, I decided I should pay Specsavers a visit to see why they are using my face to sell glasses.
It turns out there isn’t a Specsavers in Broughton, but a glasses-related incident following the arrival of the brochure prompted me to get my eyes checked.
Four artists with complementary interests are showing in a joint Whitespace exhibition on Howe Street until Friday.
Three paintings by Joyce Gunn Cairns appear, of which this reviewer’s favourite was ‘Young Man’.
It is a characteristically nuanced piece, making one wonder whether the subject’s weathered face is that of a young man prematurely aged, or an old man young at heart.
THREE-YEAR MERRY GO ROUND ON PRINCES STREET / OLD ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL LATEST
M&D Events seeks permission to erect a 12600mm-diameter traditional carousel ride with associated stands for dispensing ice cream, hot dogs and cold drinks on the roof terrrace of Princes Mall (Ref. 15/05426/FUL).