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BURNS REPORTS ON SCHOOLS CRISIS

Council Leader Andrew Burns today issued an unconditional apology to pupils, families and carers for the disruption and anxiety caused by ‘negative…
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EVERYTHING MUST GO

The St James Centre will cease to trade next month, closing a 40-year chapter in our collective story of shopping, eating, parking, flirting and…
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PORTRAITS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY

REVIEW: DRAWING FOR A REVOLUTION AND A LAUGH Arusha Gallery have had a busy 2016 so far, but surprisingly this is their first exhibition of the…
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DISABLED PEOPLE’S QUESTION TIME

A ‘Disabled People’s Question Time’  will take place this Friday on Holyrood Road. A Scottish Parliamentary Election event, it is being…
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POP SNAPPED

We haven’t seen the official crowd figures yet, but it felt as though thousands gathered in the Meadows this lunchtime for the 2016 Pedal on…
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ESSENTIALLY, TOO LITTLE TOO LATE AND NOT FOR LONG ENOUGH

Grass was finally restored to the central circle of St Andrew Square Garden yesterday. We think this was 10 days after Underbelly’s planning-consent…
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MORE QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES

At last week’s Scottish Parliamentary election hustings, we ended up with more Spurtle readers’ questions than we had time to ask. We…
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A STUDY IN GREY AND YELLOW

What’s odd about this photograph? No, not the absence of despicable stick-men or laughing locals lolling with picnic hampers on the grass. …
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BRIGHT-EYED WONDER

Two artists with very different approaches converge in Gayfield Creative Spaces this week. Marcus Oakley’s show Crunchy Pump is an…
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CAN YOU OFFER WARMTH AND SAFETY?

The Rock Trust is looking for inspirational people with a spare bedroom in Edinburgh. The Albany Street-based charity, which tackles…
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