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LOCAL GALLERY SEEKS ASC TRAINEES

The Gallery on the Corner (34 Northumberland Street) seeks five new trainees to work eight hours a week on a temporary one-year contract.Successful…
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HIC SUNT DRAGONES

In some ways a map is one of the least useful tools for finding one's way about a city.Notwithstanding whatever qualities of internal consistency it…
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EDINBURGH TREASURES

The 17 designers exhibiting works at Whitespace this month were each randomly allotted a photograph by another member of the group. The picture had…
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GRINDING OF TEETH BUT NO GRIDLOCK

Contrary to some self-appointed experts' predictions, Edinburgh did not grind to a halt this morning. There was no gridlock.Spurtle observed the York…
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LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENTS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Locals will have a chance to make their voices heard, and exert a little pressure, at two public events next week to discuss improvements for Leith…
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HOTTIES 'WORSE THAN FOOTBALLERS' SAYS WHISKY KISS SUPREMO – T IN THE PARK 2012

'The streets of London are paved with gold!' cried Dick Whittington, a delusional but socially mobile 14th-century pauper-turned-mayor.Bilfinger…
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COURGETTE AND GOAT'S CHEESE BREAD

Courgettes are well and truly in season at the moment, and can be spotted springing up everywhere.I've experienced bland, uninspiring courgettes on…
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YORK PLACE CLOSURE STARTS SATURDAY

Below is an explanation of the map we reproduced and queried in Breaking news (10.7.12). It was originally written by Alf Orriell of the Edinburgh…
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WHISKY KISS HAVE A BLAST AT HOLYROOD BIRTHDAY BASH

As regular readers will know, Whisky Kiss are a Broughton-based ceilidh outfit who've developed a show that sees the band and DJ mix some of the…
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MORE MUDDLE AS CITY MAPS YORK PLACE DIVERSIONS

City of Edinburgh Council has published a map detailing the proposed traffic diversions which may come into force during lengthy tramworks on York…
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