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If you were to accuse us of shameless voyeurism we would defend ourselves to the last ditch.
The truth is, we are slightly ashamed.
However, dammit, as everyone knows, half the drama, excitement and enjoyment in Edinburgh at this time of year plays out on the streets, where nothing beats watching the endlessly fascinating recombination of faces and places.
Spurtle has been out and about across Broughton today, and here is a small sample of what we saw.
If you were in north or central Edinburgh yesterday afternoon, you cannot have failed to notice a cataclysmic thunderclap shortly after 3.00pm.
Many of you will have paused to watch the shockwaves rippling across your latte, or wondered whether the end of the world would release you early from some oafish performance in a yurt clammy with comedians’ sweat.
But of course, it wasn’t the end of the world – merely a thunderbolt hitting 21 Pilrig Street.
On 15 August, St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral at the top of Broughton Street will celebrate its 200th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, it has commissioned a book – A History of the Cathedral by Dr Darren Tierney – to be published later this year.
This will tell the story of St Mary’s 'not simply as a building, but as a living community of bishops, priests, religious and laity. It is hoped to have wide appeal given the Cathedral’s history and important position within Scottish Catholicism.'
Garage was definitely one of my highlights of last year’s Festivals, writes Ella Taylor-Smith. I plastered my Facebook with photies and went on about it to anyone who couldn’t get away from me. So, I was really looking forward to seeing the new exhibition this year.
Garage is someone’s New Town home, garden and (of course) garages, partially converted into a kind of gallery. The space is run by artists and they have extended the opportunity to a good spread of contemporaries, showing a variety of site-specific and slightly more traditional works.
On Friday we reported one local shop’s foray into political satire with its addition of a tongue-in-cheek remark to an otherwise fairly uncontroversial cushion.
The comment was not universally popular among pro-Union customers and passing monarchists (Breaking news, 1.8.14).
A huge head of steam is building on the Lost Edinburgh Facebook page concerning a planning application for 1–6 Canonmills (Ref. 14.02786/FUL).
Despite recent improvements by Network Rail, access to Waverley Station continues to be a worry in the wake of new security arrangements there, says Mark Lazarowicz MP.
He has written again to the company arguing that people with restricted mobility should be able to access the station ‘as independently as possible rather than having to rely on the passenger assistance service provided by staff, however good it is’.
Who recognises this?
Correct. It’s John Stevenson Rhind’s famous 10ft-high bronze statue of Queen Victoria, Empress of India at the Foot of the Walk. Erected by Leith Town Council in 1907, it honours those men of the 5th Volunteer Batallion, ‘The Royal Scots’ who had fought in the Boer War.
Only it isn’t. And it doesn’t.
Put out the biodegradable bunting! Garland your Council dustperson with flowers!
Containerised waste and gull-proof bags should reach most remaining benighted corners of the New Town within weeks.
Spurtle readers responded with great enthusiasm last week to a rash of ‘public diary entries’ or ‘messages from an unknown confidante’ adhering to bus stops, walls, junction boxes and lampposts across Broughton (Breaking news, 30.7.14).