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SLIDESHOW INDUCES NOSTALGIA ... AND A COUGHING FIT

A slideshow of 1950s images – part of City Libraries' Capital Collection – has gone online. It marks the release tomorrow of Sylvain Chomet's…
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WORLD HERITAGE SITE – YOUR VIEWS SOUGHT

City of Edinburgh Council seeks the public's views on its 'Draft Management Plan for the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site'.The…
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GOING UNDERGROUND

Broughton's iconic Conan Doyle public house at 71–3 York Place seeks City Planning permission to instal unspecified new plant downstairs and refresh…
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CHARITY PUTS HEALTH IN THE PICTURE

The Union Gallery will host a free talk on Thursday 19 August by Bill Hare, Honorary Curator of the Art In Healthcare Collection and a lecturer in…
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BROUGHTON ADULT EDUCATION: GLASS HALF-FULL

Broughton Street's Villeneuve Wines are reintroducing their informal, semi-tutored tasting-sessions, starting on Thursday 26 August.For £10 each,…
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YORK PLACE CHEAP BEDS STAY UNMADE

The plan by the Cameron Guest House Group (CGHG) to convert offices at 34-8 York Place into a cheap hotel have been withdrawn (see Breaking news, 1.5…
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THEFT, HUMOUR, AND THE PROBLEM WITH MODERN ART

Bellevue Road residents are mystified and annoyed by strange nocturnal goings-on.On Sunday morning (16 August) the Finlaysons woke to find their…
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CRAFTS SALE OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE

Broughton St Mary's Parish Church on Bellevue Crescent are seeking craftspeople for their fund-raising sale on Saturday 23 October,10:30am–1:00pm.…
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'BROUGHTON' GORMLEYS RESURFACE

The two, local, flood-flattened Gormleys in the Water of Leith (Breaking news, 22.7.10) have been helped to their feet in the last few days.Divers,…
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IS THIS YOUR LUCKY DAY?

In an uncertain world, there is something reassuring about librarians: that combination of faith in the power of published ideas, confidence in the…
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