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LATEST PLANS FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH

MUSIC SCHOOL COULD BE ‘BEACON FOR CULTURE IN THE CITY’ Latest plans for a new St Mary’s Music School in the old Royal High School complex on…
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BROUGHTONIANS WHO NEVER SAY DIE

According to the online Oxford English Dictionary, the word zombie has been around in the English language since at least 1819.Originating in…
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TOP MARKS FOR EFFORT

Don't you just hate those irritating little jobs? You know the ones. When the thing to be fixed is at an awkward angle. And you don't have…
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DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ON BROUGHTON STREET LANE

An eagle-eyed Forth Street resident last week spotted busy people with theodolites in the car park on the north side of Broughton Street Lane.He…
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WILL 'LOSS OF TRANQUILITY' STICK IN LOCALS' GORGE?

Dean Valley Regeneration Ltd (DVR) held its second public meeting on Saturday morning to share outline proposals for the ‘linear public park’ between…
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NEW INSIGHTS ON OUTSIZED FOOT

Last month, in Issue 245, John Ross Maclean's first article about the ‘Big Foot’ cluster of sculptures at the top of Broughton Street prompted a…
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ISSUE 246 OUT SOON!

After much toil and trouble, the new Spurtle will begin to manifest across the barony this weekend.Its dark recesses are lined with familiar stories…
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BUILDING THE NEW St JAMES QUARTER

It may not look like it, but work is already underway on the new St James Quarter. Behind-the-scenes activity was explained at a meeting in…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES

5 YEARS AGOAccording to Spurtle 187, City of Edinburgh Council wanted a 'hi-tech dialogue about cuts'.Said CEC Leader Jenny Dawe: ‘The…
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DIM VIEW OF NEW CLARITY

In its infinite wisdom, Edinburgh's Committee of Public Safety has, this week, decreed that the future will be bright, very bright indeed, but it…
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