Breaking news

Dean Valley Regeneration Ltd is coming forward with plans for what it terms the ‘linear public park’ beside the Water of Leith between Stockbridge and Dean Bridge.

The picturesque area in question includes the publicly owned walkway and riverbanks, individually owned gardens, and communally owned private gardens.

The company – which has applied for charitable status – will seek financial backing from the Climate Challenge Fund, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) is failing to discharge its duties in clearing litter and refuse. So says the New Town Clean Streets Campaign’s Fred Street, who in the article below points to a wide gap between what the Scottish Government expects of the Council and what actually happens on a day-to-basis.

NTCSC recently alerted the Council via Twitter to a large communal wheelie-bin on Hamilton Place which was very seriously overflowing.

Whatever happened to deferred gratification? 

Before answering that, let me just say that it has been abolished. Nowadays we all do everything a little bit before we say we're going to do it. 

On Broughton Road, they started celebrating Trafalgar Day (the 21st of October) on the 18th. Perhaps we should be grateful, as only a few years ago a lack of nautically trained locals meant the traditional running-up of Nelson's flag signal was in serious danger of being dropped. 

A new joint exhibition opened this morning in the White Space Gallery outstation on Howe Street.

It features the work of nine artists, showing together for the first time. They come from all over the country, although there are strong connections among them to Edinburgh and the thriving art scene in Ullapool.

Perhaps the most well known is Adam King, who has exhibited frequently since the late 1980s, particularly in his native Yorkshire.

A proposal by Kingsford Developments Ltd to fit 600mm x 600mm bush hammered Domus tiles to the entrance platt at 76 Dublin Street has been refused listed building consent (Ref. 15/01177/LBC). 

A Council assessment stated:

At Monday’s meeting of the New Town & Broughton Community Council, councillors and members of the public discussed parking, writes Caroline Roussot. City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) has launched several draft proposals and a consultation (see Issue 245), for which the deadline is the end of this month. 

Rockspring UK Value 2 Tanfield (Luxembourg) Sarl – snappily titled component of a property asset and fund manager specialising in commercial real-estate investment across the UK and continental  Europe for over 30 years – has plans for the entrances to its property at 1 Tanfield (Ref. 15/04365/FUL). 

Do you ever feel as though there’s a Moby Dick inside you that just requires a little winkling out? 

Has your One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch disappeared down the back of the sofa along with your ability to finish sentences? 

Are you already an internationally acclaimed author but eager to up your profile in the Lothians? 

GREEN THOUGHTS AND A CHILL OCTOBER —David Hill

Dublin Street, unleashed from Drummond Place shackles, hastens up to a smoky summit. 

I follow in its wake. In the foothills, an old-style, white-on-black street sign catches my eye. Once new and bold, a bright young thing, it's almost forgotten now, fading to sandstone oblivion.

THROUGH A GLASS INTRIGUINGLY 

I’m often disappointed when visiting an exhibition by not getting the chance to see up close the artwork displayed in the window. 

The painting or artwork in the window is often the one to entice the passer-by. It must be attractive and yet it must give a good insight into what’s ahead.