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BURNS ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO PPP1 SCHOOLS

Following the recommendations of an Edinburgh Schools report, Council Leader Andrew Burns today announced that CEC will set up an independently…
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ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

Visitors to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Saturday were very much enjoying looking at sheds. Yes, sheds! The Ideal Hut Show is an open-…
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BEWARE THE JABBERWOCK

It’s hard to imagine – looking at scenes like these, captured yesterday – that waters so close to home can sometimes turn fatal, even in summer.…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 15

WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT WALKING Why do I walk? One reason is to try to understand what I really think. It’s an attempt to…
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PROBLEM HGVs RETURN TO BATLEYS

At 10am yesterday, a queue of lorries started to form in McDonald Place as they waited to gain entrance into Batleys cash and carry. The Batleys…
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JURASSIC PARKED

Spurtle was pleasantly surprised by this addition to the Bellevue Crescent streetscape earlier today. It offered a refreshing change to the…
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BROUGHTON PUPILS RUN FOR IT

Sixty-five local children will be running later this month to raise money for play equipment and picnic seating in the playground at Broughton…
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NEW LIFE IN OLD BOTANIC COTTAGE

Transformation of the Botanic Cottage will be complete later this month when members of the public are finally able to walk inside and look…
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DUNDAS STREET DIN DISPUTE

An increasingly noisy row has broken out on Dundas Street concerning early-morning disturbance or the lack of it. Archipelago Artisan Bakery at…
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HIGH TIME TO TRIM TOO-BIG LEITH?

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP FACES CRITICISM Spurtle has nothing against Leith. We love it. We visit it daily and report aspects of it which…
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