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NOW, WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL FLOWER BED

Bellevue Place has been  looking out of this world since yesterday evening. Star Wars droid C-3PO looms from the shrubbery in the…
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BOX OF DELIGHTS–PLANNING UPDATE

Freezing parents and carers waiting for their little people to emerge from Broughton Primary School may soon have an alternative spot in which to…
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COLD PLEASURES ON DUNDAS STREET

The Sutton Gallery’s Winter Show is becoming one of my favourite traditions at this time of year. One reason is that it’s one of the few places…
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DRUMMOND MATHMOS IN SCOTTISH TOP TEN

Following their victory in the Lothians in June, last week a team of S3 and S4 pupils from Drummond Community High School took part in the…
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ISSUE 247 OUT SOON!

December’s Spurtle is an almost entirely Christmas-free zone. It contains only a dozen words of vague cheeriness, being chiefly consumed with news:…
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DARK, COLD, WET, AND UNPLEASANT BUT NOT UNSPEAKABLE

Upon being invited to go out and play in the garden this morning, this semi-detached member of the Spurtle team replied simply ‘Bleugh’.When asked…
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FIRST AIRING FOR 'PARKLAND' DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Landmark buildings at 113 Dundas Street and 34 Fettes Row look set to disappear under outline plans for a major new development here on land owned by…
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ARTWORK OF THE MONTH

LISA OPPENHEIM'S BILLBOARD FOR EDINBURGH November's Artwork of the Month is a dramatic photograph of a Colorado forest fire, taken by Lisa…
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MESSAGES AND BOTTLES

'Does anyone know where these come from? Does anyone know what they mean?' So asks Rhys Fullerton, who began noticing roses in bottles…
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READINGS BETWEEN THE LINES

Surely Spurtle is not alone in recalling the horror?That moment when a fragile tome was selected from the shelves of an antiquarian bookseller and…
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