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DAN NOT SO DESPERATE

We don't know who Dan is, but apparently he's alive and well and living on a desert island in the Water of Leith.This photograph was sent to Spurtle…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 18.4.11

If our memory of the film Titanic serves correctly, some people chose to play violins while the great liner slipped beneath the waves. The Emperor…
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OTTER RUBBISH

The latest edition of the Liberal-Democrats' 'election special' freesheet Edinburgh North & Leith News contains the following thought-provoking…
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THE ANGEL IS IN THE DETAIL – 'DIVERSITY' AT THE UNION GALLERY

In a rather disarming preamble to this exhibition, Barbara Franc writes of her sculptures being linked together in what she hopes is 'a celebration…
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NORTHERN-AND-LEITH INVISIBLE MEN 'DISCOVERED'

In a recent post, we examined Scottish Labour's election flyer for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency, and noted that of 19 recognisable…
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MISSING IN ACTION – LABOUR'S INVISIBLE MEN

Another day and another election flyer slides slantendicularly through the letterbox begging for attention. This morning's was from Malcolm Chisholm…
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BELIEVE IN LEITH STREET!

Nicely placed, subtly proportioned and provocatively surreal, this pig-masked figure on a pig is the latest street-artwork spotted by Spurtle in…
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GALLERIES PREVIEW

Union Gallery's latest exhibition – Diversity – will open later this week and run from 14 April to 2 May. It will exclusively feature …
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PLANNING UPDATE – 11.4.11

Starbucks plan to open a new outlet at 45 Leith Street. (The premises are just uphill of the footbridge, on the left hand side as you approach Calton…
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NEW YORK SNOG BLOG 4 – THE CLIMAX

All good things come to an end, but at least Broughton-based Whisky Kiss have gone out on a high: bassist Iain McPhail brings down the curtain on a…
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