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BANGING A DRUM FOR COMPROMISE

BOTH SIDES MUST SHIFT IN LIVE-MUSIC VENUE DEBATE Sound clouds are gathering in the distance, threatening to cast smothering shadows over…
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BANKSY IN BROUGHTON?

Word reached us on Monday of a ‘Banksy’ on Leith Walk. The person who told us of its appearance is a keen admirer of the Bristol-based graffiti…
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DOORS OPEN FOR GATES VISIT

HIGH-FLYER HEADS FOR BIG APPLE Just before he departed for New York to meet Bill Gates, Spurtle caught up with S4 pupil Mohshin Syed from…
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CALM IS COOL

There’s an understated quality to Leigh Chorlton’s latest paintings in the Whitespace outstation on Howe Street. His canvases are small, his…
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ISSUE 249 IS OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, Issue 249 of the Spurtle is bounding off the presses like so many March hares with Spring in their tails. This month we kick…
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AUDIBILITY GETS A HEARING

CITY MOVES TO EASE LIVE-MUSIC RESTRICTIONS Proposed changes to licensing policy that would ease the sound restrictions on live music venues in…
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NEW BID TO FILL CUBOID

LEITH STREET – FIRST CHANGE OF MANY? Planning permission has been granted to change the use of empty premises at 45–7 Leith Street from Class 4…
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FINE FELLOWS NOT SO GREAT

EDINBURGH'S YOUNG MENFOLK LEAVE LOT TO BE DESIRED Last week, we considered fashion, fripperies,  and young ladies' changing education in…
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COGS AND DOGS AND COMMUNITY CINEMA

The new Community Cinema in the middle of Broughton continues this coming Friday with two screeenings aimed at children and families in the…
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CYCLIST INJURED ON RODNEY STREET

POLICE SEEK WITNESSES AFTER DRIVER FAILS TO STOP After a road traffic collision on Thursday 18 February between a cyclist and a white Transit…
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