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FOXY 40 WINKS

Power-napping in yesterday's sunshine. Photo courtesy of Spurtleshire resident Tim Smith. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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WORK BEGINS ON OLD ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL

A formal 125-year lease agreement has begun between Edinburgh Council and the Royal High School Preservation Trust. Work will now begin on turning…
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STAND-OFF ON RODNEY STREET

CHARLIE ELLIS CONSIDERS EDINBURGH’S BATTIEST BUS ROUTE As I sat in Hata (5 Rodney Street), sipping a satisfying cortado, I witnessed a stand-off.…
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DREAMING SPIRES

Between earth and skies. No. 6 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #Roy Campbell…
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GREENSIDE PLACE – SERIOUS ASSAULT

Police Scotland have issued a press release which we reproduce below unedited and in full. -------- Police in Edinburgh have released images of a…
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ART AND NATURE … AND FREE TREES

CHARLIE ELLIS WANDERS BESIDE THE WATER OF LEITH The relationship between art and nature is evident on the Water of Leith. This is expressed most…
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ISSUE 326 — OUT SOON!

As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle (Issue 327) are already spreading across the barony to cries of amazement from startled readers…
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THE LOST NAMES OF SPURTLESHIRE

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN For the last 10 years, Spurtle has been photographing the street-name signs of Spurtleshire. The aim has been to record…
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BIN-HUBS WOULD DAMAGE THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE

INDEPENDENT REPORT IDENTIFIES 'SIGNIFICANT' ADVERSE EFFECTS Last year, the New Town & Broughton Community Council along with relevant residents…
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OLD TOWN HAIKUS

Spotted on a wall off Chambers Street today: fleeting thoughts anchored in a transient moment. The rapidly fading poems read:   THIS IS A…
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