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BRIGHT FUTURE FOR DUNDAS STREET'S DOOR TO NOWHERE

This New Town door to nowhere has long intrigued passers-by. It seemed to have no purpose. No-one ever came, no-one ever left. Only the graffiti…
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BURNS OR BUST

A new work by Edinburgh figurative artist Deirdre Nicholls will go on show in Ayr next month.The bust will form part of an exhibition organised by…
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PLEEEEASE ...

Are you at a loose end tomorrow?More specifically … will you be at the loose end, holding a leash and expecting to see a bored, socially starved,…
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NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED

The last good deed I did was in 2007, until two weeks ago.I woke up and was in a good mood. The mother-in-law was due to leave in a few hours’ time,…
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WENDELIEN VAN OLDENBORGH'S 'BEAUTY AND THE RIGHT TO THE UGLY'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON Beauty and the Right to the Ugly (BRU for short) is a major new work, conceived specifically for Collective’s…
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PAN SPOTTED ON CALTON HILL

As predicted on Friday, Duddingston House Properties Ltd and Urbanist Hotels Ltd have now submitted a proposal of application notice (PAN) to the…
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MURDER, MISSIONARIES AND BROUGHTON'S PLACE IN JAMAICA

An interesting item for sale at Lyon & Turnbull later this month stands at the junction of three stories published by Spurtle in recent years.…
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COUNCIL RECONSIDERS CIVIC SPACE

City of Edinburgh Council looks set to develop a more coherent strategy for the use of public space. A report will go before the Corporate…
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DRUMMOND PUPIL CLICKS WITH JUDGES

Drummond Community High School S6 student and deputy headboy Greig Howitt, 17, has been highly commended in the youth category of the Scottish…
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THE CARNIVAL IS OVER

We’ve said it again and again and again and again. Whilst Essential Edinburgh’s gimcrack stunts have a certain short-term carnival glamour…
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