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Some determined digging by local residents has begun to uncover the parties behind a sudden burst of activity on the patch of land between Broughton Road and the Claremonts (Breaking news, 11.3.14).

I've had enough. What is it about supermarkets that brings out the worst in people? What is it about these places that makes them so inept? 

I don’t have the answers to these questions, but every time I've completed the weekly food shop I find myself spending at least ten minutes reorganising the supermarket trolley park. I know I don’t have to but it seems to me that I’m the only one who cares if things are put back properly. 

The Collective Gallery’s relocation to Calton Hill was always a bold but positive move, writes Rhys Fullerton. With this being one of Edinburgh’s top attractions, they are now guaranteed visitors but the question is: Will the visitors stay and take a closer look?

It is now nearly 3 weeks since the St Stephen's Playfair Trust (SSPT) failed to have its community bid for the 'New Town icon' accepted by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland (Breaking news, 27.2.14). The rumour mill concerning the identity of the successful bidder has been working overtime since.

Is there a Bunty in your life, and did she lose something ‘important’ overnight last week?

New Town solicitors Aitken Nairn at 7 Abercromby Place think they’ve found it and now invite plausible enquiries.

How do you practise hospitality?

Henri J.M. Nouwen in his Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life (1975) observed:

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines.

Have a look at these!

Paintings, engravings and prints by Aileen Grant and Rona MacLean are exhibiting at Bon Papillon on Howe Street for the rest of this month. We like them a lot.

Leith Neighbourhood Partnership covers the Leith and Leith Walk council wards, and so covers a large chunk of Broughton. It is currently surveying local opinion as it plans what to prioritise over the next three years.

As Commonwealth Games volunteers gathered at Glasgow for a major induction event on Friday and Saturday, there appeared this cheerful chap in the rosebed at Bellevue Place.

A developer’s appeal against an Enforcement notice on his East Scotland Street Lane studio dwelling was finally dismissed yesterday (Ref. ENA-230-281; see pdf at foot of page).