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CRAFTED IN CONCRETE

The Concrete Wardrobe emporium was first established in 2000 in the Cowgate as a ‘pop-up’ outlet within a gift shop named The Concrete Butterfly.…
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ISSUE 281 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the February Spurtle are already being distributed across Broughton and beyond. From the snow-capped peaks of George IV…
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CRUNCH TIME FOR STEAD’S PLACE

Edinburgh Council’s Development Management Subcommittee meets this afternoon (from 1pm) in a special hearing to consider revised plans for the Foot…
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EDINBURGH AND THE BALD COCKATOO

Edinburgh’s earliest zoo – the Royal Edinburgh Zoological Gardens – was established in 1840 in Broughton Park, on ground now bounded by West…
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TENEMENT HACKS – STAIR LIGHTING

I've recently had the opportunity to check how up-to-date is Spurtle's last article on stair lighting.On a stair with 5 luminaires, one of them…
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BROUGHTON STREET'S WEE PEARL

It’s been six-and-a-half years since we last profiled Kathy’s Knits. Back in July 2012, locals Cathy and Leslie Robb were preparing to open the…
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GREAT NEWS FOR BOOK LOVERS!

Topping & Company Booksellers seeks permission to convert the former Royal Bank of Scotland at 2–3A Bleinheim Place into a bookshop (Ref. 18/…
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FIRST NEW TOWN IMPROVEMENTS NEED VISION FIRST

Hopes and concerns were expressed at last night’s New Town & Broughton Community Council about draft proposals for improving George Street and…
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS

 CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER Meet Laura Clifford and Ian Staples, the partners behind Curiouser & Curiouser at 93 Broughton Street. …
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ANYONE SEEN PICKLES?

Pickles is an all-white neutered male with green eyes. He’s three-and-a-half years old. He isn’t wearing a collar, but has been micro-…
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