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Today is the last chance for readers to comment on three big local developments.  

The fifth annual Postcard exhibition in association with the NHS Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2015 has begun, write our friends at the Gallery on the Corner. 

Over 100 people attended to witness the unveiling of 280+ works donated by artists near and far. Spurtle picked favourites to show here (details at foot of page).

One artist said:‘ Contributing to this exhibition is important to me as I applaud the Gallery’s aims, which are unique, positive and outward thinking’.

As Broughton swelters in ferocious heat and blinding brightness, Spurtle has responded by manufacturing thousands of emergency sunshades for local people. 

Produced on A3 sheets of solar-reflective, ultra-thin, compressed wood pulp, these collapsible innovations will fit most pockets with ease, but can swiftly be unfolded with a little practice to afford protection from the sun’s harmful rays. 

York Place Development LLP seeks planning permission to convert offices at 15–19 York Place into 11 one and two-bedroom flats (Refs 15/04271/FUL; 15/04275/LBC).

The Category A-listed buildings already have attic-level flats at No. 17.  

Drummond Tennis Club held its annual tournament over six weeks between the start of August and the middle of September. Mark Fergie talks us through some remarkable results.

Alistair Stiven (right) took on the current club champion Calum Friar in the singles and after losing the first set he fought back and took the title for the first time on a championship tiebreak. 

Later on he won the doubles with Calum, defeating Foxwell and Johnston. 

A new adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel The Secret Agent was being filmed on Broughton Place and outside the Barony Bar on Broughton Street today.

The three-part drama by World Productions for BBC One is scheduled for release in 2016. The story is set in the London of 1886. Soho shopkeeper Verloc is employed by the Russian government to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.

The cast includes Vicky McClure, Toby Jones, Paul Ellard and Charlie Hamblett, none of whom of we'd ever heard of before or was anywhere to be seen.

Royal Bank of Scotland has begun a consultation exercise concerning the future of its properties on Dundas Street, Fettes Row, Royal Crescent, Eyre Place, and Eyre Terrace. 

An outdoor exhibition of words and photographs is being staged in the Rodney Street Tunnel for the next month. 

Hold me Dear features over 40 images of ‘extra(ordinary)’ favourite places in four cities – Copenhagen, Istanbul, Hamburg and Edinburgh – captured by the extraordinary people who live there. 

They range from harbour scenes to urban playgrounds, treasured allotments to café tables, docks, stations, a former jail and even the interior of an abandoned hospital. 

Spurtle has been out and about today, noseying into other people's business as usual.

Here – in no particular order – are nine photos of what we saw. Can you name the locations?

Answers at the foot of this page tomorrow.

1. Curvy (right).

2. Looking up at Downie.

Over 120 opponents of plans to develop the old Royal High School as a luxury hotel met last night in central Edinburgh to discuss progress and ensure timely and relevant objections. 

Convened by the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, the 'urgent action meeting' comprised speeches from representatives of Edinburgh World Heritage, the Cockburn Association, the AHSS itself, and the Royal High School Preservation Trust.

'Battle for the soul of the city'