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MOVING ON UP

As reported in Issue 244, the Union Gallery will close its doors on Monday for the last time. After six-and-a-half years, the search is now on…
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'FAIRY-TALE' SCHEME ENTIRELY WRONG

Spurtle asked the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland what they thought of the latest plans for the old Royal High School. They describe it…
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LEITHERS ARE TIDYING IT FOR THEMSELVES

Zsuzsa and Jerry Farrell were at the Croall Place police box this morning, drumming up support for a new initiative by local people. Leithers…
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WILKINSON'S 'DEEP REGRET' AT ROYAL HIGH PLANS

Initial reactions to new plans for the old Royal High School have been mixed (Breaking news, 2.9.15).Adam Wilkinson, Director of the Edinburgh World…
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NEW NEW PLANS FOR OLD ROYAL HIGH

New luxury-hotel plans have been unveiled for the old Royal High School building on Regent Road, and a planning application has been submitted. …
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PEDESTRIANS BORED SILLY AT CROSSINGS

Spurtle reader 'Paul at Fountainbridge' is concerned by the low priority given to pedestrians at road crossings around the city centre.He says they…
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PIONEER VET RECALLED ON PILRIG STREET

A descendant is seeking planning permission to erect a blue plaque at 1 Pilrig Street in memory of the medical pioneer Professor John Barlow (1815–56…
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HOW THEY FARED AT THE HUSTINGS

It was an informative, entertaining and often lively evening at the Leith Walk by-election hustings in St Mary’s Parish Church on Thursday, writes…
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BOATS, BIRDS AND BIRD-WOMEN

This beautifully solid and disintegrating vessel (right) is by Paul Kennedy, an Edinburgh College of Art graduate now exhibiting at Bon Papillon…
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ISSUE 244 WILL BE OUT SOON!

As you read this, September’s Spurtle (Issue 244) is clattering off the press like a trainload of young Spanish language students disembarking at…
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