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ST ANDREW SQUARE – DON'T MENTION THE SWARD

Ungrateful whingers who do nothing but moan on about the state of St Andrew Square will soon have to eat their words. When the popular green…
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'OUTWITH' – BEDWYR WILLIAMS

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON Outwith by Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams is the second in the Observers' Walks series. Performed by Hilary Lyon,…
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EMPTY ROLL CAUSES UPSET

An empty van belonging to Broughton Street’s New Town Deli rolled backwards down Brandon Terrace and collided with railings outside Napier Bathrooms…
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BROUGHTON BEAUTY IS SKEIN-DEEP

‘No frost yet, but I noticed a sign that perhaps Winter weather could be around the corner,’ writes John MacDonald. ‘While in my garden this…
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PLAYHOUSE TAKES STEPS TO IMPROVE ACCESS

The Ambassadors Theatre Group seeks planning permission to build a new covered walkway at the Category-A listed Playhouse on Greenside Place (Ref. 14…
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SURFACE BLEMISH PASSED UNNOTICED

Spurtle doesn’t normally like tags – those pen-names repeatedly extravastated from aerosols onto elements of the streetscape like so many dog-pees…
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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

PETER STANDEN AT THE SUTTON GALLERY – REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON Edinburgh – one hundred years from now. Global warming has hit, the…
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PRAM, LIFT AND DOWNWARD MOBILITY

There are both positives and negatives to being a proud pram owner. A positive is that if people are getting in your way then you can crash into…
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DESIGNED FOR DRIVING PLEASURE ...

And mis-used just for the hell of it. This sorry-looking BMW has appeared in St Mark’s Park over the last day or so. It had been driven…
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THE SMITH COMMISSION – ONE LOCAL'S RESPONSE

Following September’s Referendum on Scottish independence, the Prime Minister tasked Lord Smith of Kelvin with convening ‘cross-party talks and…
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