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SIGN GRATES ON GREAT KING STREET

There's nowt so queer as folk, and no way of telling exactly what will annoy some of them whilst leaving others unperturbed. Spurtle learns that…
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INTRIGUING IMPERFECTION AT THE INGLEBY

Resistance and Persistence is a group exhibition at the Ingleby Gallery, which takes its title from Sean Scully's essay on the mid-20th-century…
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SUPPORTERS SWING BEHIND MUSIC SCHOOL

Support for the Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) plans to create a new home for St Mary’s Music School at 5–7 Regent Road has gathered…
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MEANING AND THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Armed with a new camera over Christmas, Rhys Fullerton went wandering the streets of Broughton in search of the medium and the message. From the…
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STEEDS, SPEED AND MISADVENTURES

OUT OF CONTROL From the Caledonian Mercury, 16 May 1785: Wednesday afternoon, one of the flour carts belonging to the Mills at Canonmills,…
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BROUGHTON STREET BUNNY PECULIAR

Rabbits have thrived in Scotland ever since their introduction here by the Romans.Likewise bawties, mappies, moups, moppies and dear little leprones.…
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EYE WIDE OPEN

RHYS FULLERTON TAKES A LOOK The Open Eye Gallery starts 2016 with its 35th birthday, and 50 artists – both emerging and more established, but…
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OUT OF THE BLUE ON CALTON HILL

A cold walk over Calton Hill this afternoon. And suddenly we were not alone. Between the hill and the sky, an amber vibration. And…
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL SEEKS FRESH FACES

Leith Central Community Council has spaces for up to nine new members, and seeks nominations by 1 February. Community Councils typically get…
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COMMUNITY CINEMA LAUNCHES 2016 PROGRAMME AND DISCUSSION

Make a note in your diary! The New Town Community Cinema will launch its 2016 programme at an event on Friday evening, and you're invited. …
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