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SMALL SPACE WITH BIG IDEAS

Are you a single person (or bijou couple) looking for your own affordable, comfortable, modern accommodation with minimum impact on the environment?…
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WHISKY KISS AFTERPARTY AND BENDERS TO REMEMBER

A small, blurred image alleged to be compelling evidence for the existence of Keifer Sutherland's knees has appeared on our Facebook page this…
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NEW TOWN IN WASTE MANAGEMENT TRIALS

A range of waste management solutions is being piloted across the Edinburgh World Heritage Site between May and October.The measures under review in…
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BROUGHTON RALLIES BEHIND GOOD CAUSE

Lynne Williamson is busy raising funds for Waverley Care – the Mansfield Place-based charity which cares for and supports people in Scotland living…
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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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