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In a recent post, we examined Scottish Labour's election flyer for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency, and noted that of 19 recognisable faces in it, 12 were female and 5 Malcolm Chisholm's (Breaking news 13.4.11).
Where, we wondered, were all the other men?
Another day and another election flyer slides slantendicularly through the letterbox begging for attention. This morning's was from Malcolm Chisholm, Scottish Labour's candidate in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency.
Nicely placed, subtly proportioned and provocatively surreal, this pig-masked figure on a pig is the latest street-artwork spotted by Spurtle in Broughton (see below for larger image).
It appears on Leith Street, just downhill from the paved embankment adjacent to John Lewis.
We think it's by the elusive REMOTE, but what it means and what inspired it remain an enjoyable mystery.
If the artist would like to acknowledge and explain the piece, we'll gladly make space available ...
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Union Gallery's latest exhibition – Diversity – will open later this week and run from 14 April to 2 May. It will exclusively feature sculptures by Barbara Franc, several of whose beautifully crafted, wire-netting animals have astonished and entertained visitors to Broughton Street in the last year or so.
Starbucks plan to open a new outlet at 45 Leith Street. (The premises are just uphill of the footbridge, on the left hand side as you approach Calton Road.)
The proposal emerged as details went online yesterday of the chain's application to install new signage (Ref. 11/01008/ADV).
All good things come to an end, but at least Broughton-based Whisky Kiss have gone out on a high: bassist Iain McPhail brings down the curtain on a spectacular week in the Big Apple.
New York is the kind of place where sometimes you need a coffee, just to go for a coffee.
A concerned Bellevue reader – we'll call her 'E.' – has written to us in disappointed irritation at what she believes to be our biased, pro-SNP election coverage. She feels we should be impartial, and now promises to advise friends not to read the Spurtle.
Unfortunately, she did not include contact details in her letter, so we are unable to write to her in person or to seek permission to publish her misgivings in her own words.
Police have appealed for witnesses after a 23-year-old woman fell from a third-floor window on Broughton Road last night.
The incident occurred at around 2:40am on 11 April. The woman's condition was this afternoon described as critical but stable.
If you have information, contact Lothian and Borders Police: Tel. 311 3131; or – in confidence and complete anonymity – Crimestoppers, Tel. 0800 555 111.
Broughton Road will be closed to through traffic for between 8 and 12 weeks starting this morning.
Replacement of Scottish Gas mains between Logie Green Road and Beaverhall Road will start at 9:30am today, and may last until 17 June.
Temporary traffic lights have been installed at Bellevue, but as soon as school resumes after the Easter break it seems inevitable that there will be delays.
The Nos 13 and 36 bus services will divert via East Claremont Street in both directions, and will not stop by Tesco.
Thursday saw Whisky Kiss perform at two packed events in lower Manhattan for Scotland on Stone Street, a very cool part of New York down in the Financial district near Wall Street. Anyone who is a fan of metaphors and irony would have enjoyed the afternoon gig in particular. We were performing outdoors by Wall Street, in the very shadow of the great banking houses of America, when there was a power cut right after we'd finished our set. Greed may be good, we mused, but does anyone have a spare nickel and dime for the meter?