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OPINIONS DIFFER ON GREENSIDE VIEWS

CSG Projects Ltd wants to build a Richard Murphy-designed 5-bdrm home on land it owns between the office at 12 Blenheim Pl and Greenside Parish…
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MORNING HAS BROKEN

This morning, to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, Spurtle despatched its Avian Affairs correspondent to the tranquil slopes of Upper…
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A MUSICAL NUISANCE

Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh street performers have recently been discussing how to better manage street performances in the city centre. The…
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CALTON ROAD

Welcome to Edinburgh. @edinhelp #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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ISSUE 339 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the May Spurtle (Issue 339) are already filtering across the barony like birch pollen from the nose of a…
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CATHEDRAL LANE

Aciter et Fideliter. No. 34 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. [Bottom image by Dnalor_1, Wikimedia Commons…
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PROPOSED STUDENT ACCOMMODATION IS NO MECCA FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTS

Leith Central Community Council opposes plans to convert the  bingo hall at 26 Manderston Street into purpose-built student accommodation (24/…
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SMITHIES ON EYRE PLACE

Gone now, but I can still smell the place's signature scent of beer, bleach and stale cigarette smoke. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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200th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

As part of celebrations to mark its 200th anniversary, Broughton St Mary's Parish Church will host a free-to-attend concert at 7.30pm on Friday 26…
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CLOSURE, CONJECTURE AND A POSSIBLE CURSE

What’s going on at No 62 Raeburn Place? Only a few weeks after opening in the lavishly refurbished former premises of Corson’s the ironmongers, the…
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