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If you want to get into the Christmas spirit fast, look no further than Narcissus.
The artistic Broughton Street florist positively glows on these winter evenings, with flowers, arrangements and Christmas wreaths reflecting the best of the season.
I'm off by train to London today, then on to 11 Downing Street as part of Small Business Saturday, writes local entrepreneur and Spurtle 'TG Tips' contributor Tracy Griffen.
Griffen Fitness and a selection of other businesses from around the UK have been invited to a 1pm reception 'to celebrate the UK's first Small Business Saturday and the success of our GREAT British small businesses'. Catchy title.
Multrees Walk evokes strong emotions in some locals. Jaundiced of Claremont, for example, admits to being drawn to its luxury retail outlets and simultaneously disgusted by them.
Drummond Tennis Club (DTC) is a hidden gem in the heart of New Town, writes coach Sophie Blake.
Many of you will know it and are perhaps members there, but others who have lived just around the corner are still unaware of its existence.
GVA Grimley Ltd will hold a public pre-application consultation event to show proposals for the redevelopment of Picardy Place on Friday 6 December. It will take place in Café Camino from 2.00–7.30pm.
The plates reproduced here of a redbreast and partridge are two of 59 beautiful hand-painted engravings which appear in A History of British Birds by the Rev. F.O. Morris.
It’s snowing in the barony tonight!
And not just blizzards of Planning controversy.
In Crombie’s of Broughton Street they’ve got drifts of real polystyrene bombarding a trio of real artificial snowmen and a fake fir in a genuine reproduction Georgian lampholder.
We love it.
These are lively times in the planning stushie over 154 McDonald Road (Ref. 13/02458/FUL; Breaking news, 6 November).
Spurtle has hooked up with the King's Theatre this year, where Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Andy Gray are swashing and buckling in a lavish new production of the classic Peter Pan.
This evening's festive snapshot comes from Those Were the Days – the basement vintage clothing boutique on St Stephen's Street.
We were struck by the prettiness of the tree, the cosiness of the light, the pleasantly cluttered desk and half-drunk cup of tea.