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STARTING SCHOOL IN BROUGHTON – PARENTS INVITED TO DECIDE

It may be hard to believe, but if your child will be 4 years old by 29 February next year, then he or she could begin primary school in August 2012.…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 17.10.11

 Cambuslang-based Greggs of Scotland seeks permission to fit out an existing unit as a retail bakery at 27 Broughton Street (the former R.S.…
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TINTS, PRINTS AND HINTS

A series of lectures on Art History will run for the next 3 months at Edinburgh Printmakers on Union Street. Artist and academic Norman Shaw will…
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AUTUMN COLOURS LIFT THE HEART

The Onslaught of Autumn exhibition at Union Gallery is misleadingly named. No gorey stags drip from the rafters, no skeletal forms litter the floor.…
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SPICED APPLE CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL STREUSEL TOPPING

'The nights are fair drawing in,' as my grandmother would say, and it’s definitely time to break out the winter spices for some hearty bakes. Our…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 10.10.11

A Mr and Mrs Fursman seek permission for a new 2-storey development at the back of 54 Albany Street (Ref. 11/03145/FUL).The stone-built property –…
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BATTLELINES DRAWN OVER CHANGES TO COUNCIL SERVICES

Rumours emanating from City Chambers suggest that the Liberal-Democrat–SNP Coalition may decide how to progress its Alternative Business Models…
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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

This urban anti-hero has recently appeared on a boarded-up door of the former Hopetoun Inn on McDonald Road.Bearing mysterious codes on his clothes,…
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MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER TO TALK IN BROUGHTON

The world-renowned English photographer John Blakemore will launch a retrospective book about his work with a lecture and signing session at McDonald…
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SPURTLE – SINS OF COMMISSION AND OMISSION

In Issue 199 we draw readers' attention to the helpful Edinburgh World Heritage workshops on DIY energy-saving measures around the home. If you are…
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