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ISSUE 332 – OUT SOON!

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Like raindrops clattering off an Edinburgh summer parasol, advance copies of the August Spurtle are already spreading across the barony and will land somewhere near you soon.

Issue 332 marks this publication’s second strong start in a row by getting the month right on Page 1.

It continues with reports of flags (some of them absent), pop-ups (which didn’t), a peculiar pair (about to go under) and help for the hard-pressed from all walks of life.

Oh, and a beacon of hope … genuinely exciting news for those who care about local journalism across Scotland.

‘ALMOST UNSEEN’

Artisan Ensemble celebrate the works of composer Suzanne Parry through the release of a new album and 3 Scottish tour dates.

Date and time
Venue
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe-Coburg Street, Edinburgh

COO, LOOK WHO’S BACK!

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The doos are home on Elm Row.

Shona Kinloch’s eight brass figures were removed from the site in 2006 as preparations began on the tramline extension from Newhaven to Broughton.

In the years since, the popular trip hazards (properly titled A Leith Walk since their creation in 1996) have been fully refurbished or, in three cases, recast.

Their reinstatement, along with that of the London Road clock adjacent, marks progress in beginning to restore some normality to the area.

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT

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You can travel the world on a Hebridean beach.

Each outgoing tide leaves behind stories: flotsam, jetsam, bookshelves and messages in bottles.

Or you can stay at home and wander the lampposts of Edinburgh.

Some poles include only the tight-packed prose of traffic regulation orders. Others are adhesive palimpsests, competing tales like barnacles encrusting rocks.

Berlin ‘s illicit drug scene features often, as do fascist football casuals from across the Continent. ­

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