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INSPIRED COLLISION

What makes great portrait photography?Last summer’s Stardust – the David Bailey retrospective on the Mound – left this reviewer cold. So too…
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MIXED FORTUNES FOR LOCAL PLAYERS

The nation’s attention may have been focused on Wimbledon recently, but more important things have been going on closer to home.Drummond Tennis Club’…
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LOCAL PERFORMANCE FOR WORLDWIDE CAUSE

What’s the first thing that springs to mind when a friend comes to visit Edinburgh for the first time? Possibly not: Let’s perform some…
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GRASPING THE NETTLE OF ARTIFICIAL GRASS

RADICAL SOLUTION FOR CITY-CENTRE EYESORE The seven samples of artificial grass shown below are on sale at Carpet Warehouse on East London Street…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (5)

Two weeks ago, we invited readers to scour the length and breadth of Edinburgh in search of sphinxes (Breaking news, 28.6.16). We wondered if…
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WHERE DO YOU STAND ON A-BOARDS?

Last week's item on the state of paving slabs at Shrubhill Place prompted a brief sideline in the comments thread afterwards.It concerned Broughton…
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OAP ROBBED AT PICARDY PLACE ATM

POLICE CALL FOR WITNESSESThe following press release was issued by Police Scotland this afternoon. We reproduce it undedited and in full. Police…
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B&Q TO CLOSE – NEW FLATS PLANNED BESIDE WATER OF LEITH

The B&Q at 13 Warriston Road will shut on 3 September as part of parent company Kingfisher plc’s national rationalisation (closure of 60 branches…
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MERCHANTS SEEK YOUNG PEOPLE WITH BRIGHT IDEAS

Are you aged 13–18, full of bright ideas, and with a bit of time on your hands this summer?  If so, why not have a crack at the Merchant Company…
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GET TO GRIPS WITH STAIR LIGHTING

Back in May, tenement dwellers in Broughton and beyond received a letter from City of Edinburgh Council regarding its decision to pass to property-…
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