Frustration about Picardy Place congestion and the charmless new ‘Fantasy Island’ at its centre ignited on social media over the weekend.
Over 50k X users viewed Spurtle’s brief attempt at positive thinking and later observation that sitters in the space are obliged to face outwards towards the traffic rather than inwards towards some unimaginative planting.
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From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.
The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.
A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.
Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.
From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.
The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.
A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.
Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.
After yesterday's article, we thought we should mention that a notable feature of the new Picardy Place is that sitters are encouraged to face outwards, in quiet contemplation of the traffic.
Perhaps this says all we need to know about the interests and priorities of Fantasy Island's designers.
From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.
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The state of Edinburgh’s public realm in general and Picardy Place in particular have come in for a lot of criticism lately.
As an experiment, we wondered whether a mix of sunshine, poetic perspective and positive thinking might change the way we feel about Broughton's newly created Fantasy Island.
See what you think.
From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.
The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.
A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.
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From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.
The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.
A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.
Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.
After five days and nights of near constant rain, this Spurtle correspondent stepped out in leaking wellies and went for a squelch.
The sun didn't break from behind a cloud.
Instead, the neighbourhood turned out to be variously …
Droukit in St Mark's Park