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Work began last week and continued over the weekend to try and convert the garage on East Scotland Street Lane – which always looked like a dwelling and briefly had aspirations to be an office – back into a garage.
There was a lot of furious activity on the roof, and the glass elevation facing the tennis club has now gone, replaced by a roller shutter.
Frankly, it makes no sense.
This phrase adorns both sides of the Rodney Street Tunnel, where it first appeared, we think, in late July.
Spurtle has failed to establish any particular reference in the Moomin canon to sauce loving, or any contemporary usage of the term which clarifies its appearance here now.
If your superior understanding of the Moomins, Snork Maiden, Snork, Snufkin and the Muddler, or indeed your experience of making or retaining sauce, suggests a plausible explanation, we’d love to hear it.
Skye-based James Newton Adams’ paintings in his solo exhibition at the Union Gallery are mostly of people and places in the Hebrides or west coast of Scotland.
They are rendered in a style which looks, at first glance, rough, childish and unconsidered. A second look, though, soon reveals some very subtle brushwork and a more complicated approach: a process of paring down, refining each scene until what remains is a kind of irreducible narrative essence.
The Westminster Parliament will today discuss Mark Lazarowicz MP’s private member’s bill aimed at extending Holyrood’s powers to curb bad parking.
At present there is uncertainty about whether this power has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
If successful, the Edinburgh North & Leith MP’s bill would remove any uncertainty and allow Holyrood to tackle what he describes as ‘irresponsible parking which can be not just a nuisance but a real danger in the case of the elderly, children and people who may be visually impaired or disabled in some way’.
A new choir is starting in Edinburgh for relatives and friends who look after children in their families where a parent is unable to do so.
Circle – a Scottish charity which supports such ‘kinship carers’ – has won Big Lottery funding for the project, which starts on 9 September in St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church on George Street.
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‘I think each one of us has to get through these years of trial, without hope, and without despair.’ René Magritte in letter to John Byrne.
In 1967, John Byrne was working in a carpet factory, unable to make a living from painting. He wrote a letter of admiration to Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.
David Hill – better known to some for his tweets as @NewTownFlaneur – disagrees with those who want to retain St Stephen's chimes around the clock. Here he delivers a counterblast demanding peace and quiet at night ...
In the run-up to this month’s Scottish Independence Referendum, startling new figures about voting intentions have emerged.
We are not talking about YouGov’s results published yesterday, but the latest not-stricty-reliable monthly poll conducted by Cuckoo’s Bakery on Dundas Street.
Based on purchases of politically themed cupcakes up to 28 August, the gap between those intending to vote Yes and No has narrowed to 1.3%.
Spurtle enjoyed this generous colourful painting which we found on its last day of exhibition at the White Space gallery on Howe Street yesterday.
Margaret Anderson's piece is untitled, but its starting point is certainly botanical – possibly the thistles which have been a recurrent them in much of her work to date.
Anderson grew up in Scotland and Australia, is an occupational therapist for NHS Lothian, and graduated this year from Edinburgh College of Art. We'll keep an eye out for her work in future.
New Town residents have objected loudly to the temporary silencing of the clock chime at St Stephen’s Church.
Council officers required the action last week after four complaints and one query were received from neighbours – believed to be living in three new flats on St Vincent Place – concerning what they felt was excessive noise at night.
Environmental Health visited the site and, in an official’s own words (shown to the Spurtle by a third party):