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BEARDS, DETOX, SPARKLY SHOES – YOU SHOULD GET OUT MORE

'Guess what everyone?' shrieked Twitter this morning, her dulcet tones shattering the eardrums of everyone within a five-mile radius. 'It’s February…
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EQUALITY MATTERS ON GAYFIELD SQUARE

Inc. Tank – the Gayfield Square-based performance and exhibition space – will host an interactive theatre piece by young actors early this month.…
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I AM THE EGGMAN

Artisan Roast's questionable scientific explanation yesterday for the origin of coffee has provoked mixed reactions among Spurtle readers.Most…
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'WEIRD UNCLE' SEEKS MAKEOVER – PLANNING UPDATE (31.1.2012)

C.C. Blooms – the popular club at 23–4 Greenside Place next to the Playhouse – has applied for listed building consent to replace details of its…
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ISSUE 203 – OUT SOON!

That trundling, rumbling, clickety-clack sound you can hear in the background is the Spurtle production team nervously rattling their teeth as Issue…
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EXTRA FROTHY COFFEE RAISES EYEBROWS

Hats off to the Broughton Street A-board artist who arrrived at this novel explanation for where coffee comes from.However, some locals will surely…
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THE GOOD EFFECTS OF POETIC LICENCE

Four artists feature at the Union Gallery this month, in an exhibition titled Poetic Licence.Taking pride of place is the Cromarty Series by James…
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BROUGHTON IN PRINT

'Ooh, lovely – no traffic!' was the reaction of a window shopper we recently overheard admiring this work. 'Yes, but look at the subsidence,' replied…
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IN THE PINK

It’s not funny and it’s not clever, but this spectacular splat is nevertheless strangely compelling.The huge splurge of pink spray-insulation…
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GREENSIDE'S DARK SIDE REMEMBERED

In the last month, Spurtle has stumbled across a really excellent website detailing the Edinburgh roots of interconnected Italian families in…
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