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NORTH BERWICK CAUGHT ON DUNDAS STREET

As you step through the doors of The Sutton Gallery this month, you can almost hear the waves crashing against the rocks and feel the soft sand…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 4: LONDON STREET

DAVID HILL EXPERIENCES THE NORTHERN FANLIGHTS Have you ever been to the New Town's distant northern shore, where the rooftop permafrost combines…
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BROWNFIELD BEAVERBANK PLACE BUILDING – BETTER BUT STILL BROWN-ISH

After considerable to-ing and fro-ing, revised plans have been approved to build new housing at 29 Beaverbank Place (Ref. 13/03575/FUL). A total…
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MY FAVOURITE PAINTING

RHYS FULLERTON ON CLAUDE MONET'S HAYSTACKS: SNOW EFFECTI admit that this painting is not Monet’s greatest, writes Rhys Fullerton. I agree that it’s…
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LONDON STREET BIDS BYE-BYE TO THE BEAKS

The keenly  awaited results of the Council’s much anticipated ballot on the widely loathed gull-proof waste sacks on London Street have been…
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NO DIRECTION

There I am taking a quiet stroll on Calton Hill one lukewarm spring day, when I am interrupted by some confused-looking tourists. ‘Excuse me,'…
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COLOURS IN THE SPECTRUM

Today is World Autism Awareness Day, as part of which important buildings and structures around the globe are being lit up blue. There are…
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EDNBURGH'S WANDERING KIRK

In April's Spurtle, John Ross Maclean describes the Ruskin pencil drawing of 1838 (now in Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery), which was long held…
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'RE-PROFILED' DRUMMOND PLAYGROUND PROMISES GROWTH

Urban planning experts say there's a strong case for flattening the space outside Drummond Community High School. But they face an uphill task…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 3: BARONY STREET

DAVID HILL VOYAGES UPRIVER In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Marlow suggests that we live as we dream – alone. Others' innermost thoughts and…
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