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ISSUE 251 OUT SOON!

As you read this, Issue 251 of the Spurtle is speeding from the presses like rattlestanes off a tourist’s sunhat. Distribution will mostly begin…
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CHARITY WALK SEEKS FRESH LEGS

Freedom from Torture is a charitable medical foundation for the care of victims of torture. Its local Edinburgh group is currently preparing for…
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BROUGHTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

The Edinburgh International Festival is the first summer festival to announce its full 2016 programme, writes Rhys Fullerton. Broughton-based…
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BURNS REPORTS ON SCHOOLS CRISIS

Council Leader Andrew Burns today issued an unconditional apology to pupils, families and carers for the disruption and anxiety caused by ‘negative…
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EVERYTHING MUST GO

The St James Centre will cease to trade next month, closing a 40-year chapter in our collective story of shopping, eating, parking, flirting and…
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PORTRAITS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY

REVIEW: DRAWING FOR A REVOLUTION AND A LAUGH Arusha Gallery have had a busy 2016 so far, but surprisingly this is their first exhibition of the…
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DISABLED PEOPLE’S QUESTION TIME

A ‘Disabled People’s Question Time’  will take place this Friday on Holyrood Road. A Scottish Parliamentary Election event, it is being…
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POP SNAPPED

We haven’t seen the official crowd figures yet, but it felt as though thousands gathered in the Meadows this lunchtime for the 2016 Pedal on…
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ESSENTIALLY, TOO LITTLE TOO LATE AND NOT FOR LONG ENOUGH

Grass was finally restored to the central circle of St Andrew Square Garden yesterday. We think this was 10 days after Underbelly’s planning-consent…
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MORE QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES

At last week’s Scottish Parliamentary election hustings, we ended up with more Spurtle readers’ questions than we had time to ask. We…
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