Skip to main content

Breaking news

ISSUE 285 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, team members in sundresses, sandals, and sombreros are already wading across the barony with the latest sizzling copies of the…
Read More
DOORS CLOSING SOON AT SMITHIE'S?

Planning permission in principle is sought for the demolition of Smithie’s Bar on Eyre Place, and its replacement by a 3-storey housing block with…
Read More
FAMILY TIES FAIL TO PERSUADE

In February this year, Cornerstone Property Development made an unusual application (unusual to our eyes) to use an existing residential property at…
Read More
A SHORT WALK IN THE OLD TOWN

Spurtle took the opportunity of a rare day-off to visit foreign parts this afternoon.A meander through the Old Town is recorded here in a short…
Read More
SIX TIMES SECOND TIME AROUND

Spurtle is as delighted as everyone else at the gradual return of Antony Gormley’s Six Times along the Water of Leith. Originally installed in…
Read More
TEENAGER HURT AFTER RACIAL ABUSE

Police in Edinburgh have issued a press release and CCTV image of a man they wish to trace as part of their ongoing enquiries concerning an assault…
Read More
GETTING IT UP TAKES TIME

Crowds gathered again on Leith Street today as the mammoth red crane brought in to help create the new St James roared and blustered and promised…
Read More
UNIVERSITY ABANDONS STEAD'S PLACE PROPOSAL

Edinburgh University has abandoned its involvement with Drum Property Group’s controversial proposal to develop student accommodation, a hotel, and…
Read More
THREE ROAD SCHEMES COMING TO BROUGHTON AT ONCE

EXPECT DISRUPTION City of Edinburgh Council has announced that a programme of ‘ground and site investigation work’ in advance of tramworks will…
Read More
WISTERIA HYSTERIA

This magnificent wisteria adorns the basement-level garden at 18A London Street. It lives happily with Andrea Geile’s arresting artworks, which…
Read More