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SNOW: NEW TOOL FOR TEETH-CHATTERING CLASSES

Snow is reported in upland areas across Scotland including the Nevis Range, Glen Coe, Glenshee, Cairngorm and the Lecht. Wintry showers are also…
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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE OR TOO MUCH TOO EARLY?

Proof that there is no issue so serious that a simple typo in its reporting cannot reduce otherwise responsible adults to puerile sniggering is…
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CEC PLANS WATER OF LEITH FLOOD DEFENCES

City of Edinburgh's Council (CEC) designs for some local flood defences have been entered into the Planning system by their agent Arup Scotland.Of…
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PEGGY DESMOND – SPURTLE ON THE TRAIL

Tommy Kemp, a former Broughton Court resident now in the Netherlands, has contacted Spurtle with an offer of help (Letters, 3.11.10).In Issue 185,…
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ROYAL MAIL STANDS ITS GROUND ON CLOSURES

Last month we reported John Hein's campaign to retain late-posting and franked mail services on Brunswick Road (Breaking news 26.10.10).Leith Walk…
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TRACKS OF COLOUR AT THE UNION GALLERY

Trevor Jones is a 40-year-old Canadian artist who graduated two years ago from Edinburgh University's MA in Fine Art Programme. 'He has,' says Union…
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RIGHT MESSAGE, WRONG PLACE?

In addition to Multrees Walk and the Balmoral Hotel, this stencilled slogan has recently appeared on Barony Street's Glasite Meeting House.The latter…
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SOMERVILLE HIGHLIGHTS LITTLE KNOWN COMMON DISEASE

For the first year of her life my daughter Niamh was a normal growing baby. However, not long after she was weaned she started to lose weight, had…
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BROUGHTON'S CHANGING CHURCHSCAPE

In Issue 188 we touched on some of the once familiar church landmarks which have now vanished from Broughton's streets. By following the links below…
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REMOTE ROUND THE CORNER

The second of two art-graffiti in Rodney Place (see Issue 188, p. 4) is situated immediately opposite the Union Yoga building by the bus stop.We had…
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