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It's the time of year when Edinburgh loves to welcome visitors.
Christina Thomson recently found this swallowtail moth outside her backdoor on Bellevue Place.
Depending on whom you believe, ourapteryx sambucarla (one of this country's largest moths with a wingspan of 40–50mm) is rare outwith July in Norfolk, or common everywhere except in the north of Scotland.
Furore may be too strong a word for it, but a spat at least has broken out concerning the new exterior revamp at Tesco on Broughton Road. Bike campaigners say it’s not good enough.
When Kevin Low exhibited at the Union Gallery in April last year (Breaking news, 9.4.12), many of his imagined frauds, thespians and freaks seemed on the brink of disaster.
Admirers of typographic pavement embellishment were surprised and disappointed yesterday afternoon by events on Broughton Street.
A man with a high-pressure hose was busy removing the multiple COFFEEs outside Artisan Roast at No 57.
Spurtle receives theatrical press releases by the bucketload at this time of year. Most of them sound brilliant, few have any outstandingly particular relevance to life as it's lived in this former medieval barony situated just to the north of the city centre.
Seeking hidden, overlooked or taken-for-granted gardens in and around Broughton is a happy pursuit, especially this shining summer, writes John Ross Maclean. Three such gems caught his eye last month.
Representatives of Jones Lang LaSalle unveiled revised plans for part of the development at 11 Logie Road at a public meeting on 25 July.
After years of consultation, dispute, trial-runs, false starts and unforeseen delays, a new mixed strategy for 'Modernising Waste Collection' in the West End and remaining parts of the New Town is inching towards implementation.
It's almost August, the Festival is nearly upon us, and Spurtle’s Issue 221 is about to burst onto Broughton's boulevards in a 4-page format specially designed for all your midsummer needs.
Marmalade on toast is one of my favourite things for breakfast, which is odd since I'm really not a fan of oranges and rarely, if ever, eat them. Marmalade, however, I will scoff down quite merrily. It ‘s also a cracking sticky-sweet glaze for cocktail sausages, and thanks to this recommendation from my friend Ali B, marmalade also makes for an incredibly more-ish ice cream flavour!