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Broughton's thriving gallery scene continues to amaze, and at this time of year there is an almost bewildering variety of exhibitions and one-off events to tempt the visitor. Here we offer an incomplete summary of what's on offer, and urge readers to enjoy taking the plunge for themselves. (For a complete list, see Arts and Entertainment in the Directory.)
Mr P. Sharma seeks permission to convert 4 self-contained flats at Grade A-listed 12 York Place into 12 en suite hotel bedrooms (Ref. 10/03230/LBC). They would be serviced from the adjacent Ballantrae Hotel at 8 York Place.
Villeneuve Wines of Broughton Street held its (arguably) annual Wine Tasting on 19 November.
Around 170 people attended in Lyon & Turnbull's spacious premises on Broughton Place for five hours' gruelling concentration on the arts of sniffing, sipping, rolling, tasting, swallowing and spitting. Not necessarily in that order. Some 84 wines were sampled in the presence of a plethora (not the easiest word to say by the evening's close) of restaurateurs, winemakers, exporters and representatives.
At a time of swingeing cuts in public funding, the role of 'third-sector' organisations is likely to grow greater than ever. It is no surprise, therefore, to find that the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is responding with a concerted push to let people know about its mission: to support people to take voluntary action to help themselves and others and to bring about social change.
Marianne Wheelaghan is a typically cosmopolitan Broughton resident. Edinburgh through and through, she was born to a Leith father and German mother, grew up in Pilrig Street and attended Broughton Primary School, as would her children years later. She remembers one teacher in particular – Miss Klein – a strict but fair Canadian woman who encouraged her first efforts at fiction.
Drummond Community High School's 'Christmas Extravaganza' to raise funds will take place on Saturday 27 November from 10:00am till 2:00pm.
Unique handmade gifts will be on sale at the Craft Stall. Bargains may be found in the table sale, and taster sessions for complementary therapies will be on offer.
All this plus home baking, mulled wine, 'warm' food, raffle and tombola.
Leith-based Bainbridge Music Ltd have applied for permission to open a rehearsal and music tuition space at 19 Iona Street on the corner with Buchanan Street (Ref. 10/03155/FUL). Replacing offices, the new venture would basically comprise two studios and a recording room at basement and ground-floor levels.
Drummond CHS pupils are working hard to raise funds to enable their Kenyan partners to visit Edinburgh next year. Their latest event – 'Bags of Style' – will take place in the school on 18 November from 6:00–8:30pm.
One brown, floppy-eared, very well fed rabbit – bearing a striking resemblance to Geoffrey Howe without glasses – was found loose on Melgund Terrace this evening at 5:30pm and is now munching carrots in a place of safety: appears calm but capable of eating finders out of house and home.
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Municipal, provincial and even central authorities around the world are increasingly resorting to new methods to involve their electorates in consultation and decision making.
In part – as, arguably, in Edinburgh – these are politically motivated moves to stave off voter backlashes in difficult times; in part, they are genuine efforts to bolster democracies against voter indifference, cynicism or disengagement.