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TENEMENT HACKS – BLOCKED DRAINS

DAVID STERRATT GETS DEEP DOWN AND DIRTY Breakfast spoiler alert: Article contains graphic images of an overflowing drain.Recently, we had…
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THE GHOSTLY TRACE OF LONG LOST BOOTS

 ‘What is this life if, full of care,  We have no time to stand and stare?’ What would the poet W.H. Davies have to say about so…
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ISSUE 277 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the September Spurtle are already percolating through the barony like fresh coffee through a linen tablecloth.Issue 277…
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BAXTER'S PLACE SHORT-TERM LETS REFUSED

City of Edinburgh Council's Development Management Subcommittee yesterday unanimously refused planning permission for a controversial short-term…
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NEW IDEAS FOR ARBORETUM PLACE

City of Edinburgh Council is to consult on ways to develop public space on Arboretum Place outside the West Gate of the Royal Botanic Garden. …
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SAVE LEITH WALK CAMPAIGNS AT CITY CHAMBERS

Save Leith Walk campaigners got an early taste of the Planning system’s complexities and frustrations this afternoon when they tried to present a…
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LEITH … BOOM OR BUST?

Bar rooms, kitchen tables and social media have been buzzing over recent months with conversations about the future of Leith in general and Leith…
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PAPERWORK 5 REVIEWED

Paperwork 5 is the fifth, annual, joint exhibition by three artists with quite different but complementary styles. It’s an independently minded…
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St MARK'S BRIDGE TO CLOSE TILL 2019

 TLC FOR THE PRESTRESSED After a hard day’s splashing about in the rain, do you sometimes feel you could do with your post-tensioned…
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EDINBURGH WELCOMES CAREFUL DIVERS

This morning was a morning for the Edinburgh purist. The sort of person who can see beyond the drips on their nose and focus on the bigger…
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