FOXY 40 WINKS
Power-napping in yesterday's sunshine. Photo courtesy of Spurtleshire resident Tim Smith.
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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 the historic structures and new additions into a home for St Mary’s Music School and a public performance venue.
RHSPT chair Willie Gray Muir said, ‘As we prepare to move ahead into the redevelopment phase, we look forward to collaborating closely with the local community as we keep them up-to-date on progress.’ Work is expected to finish in 2026.
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. Who would come out on top?
At the junction, two single-decker buses came face to face. One was coming up the hill and the other down, both wanting to make the tight turn onto Broughton Road.
DREAMING SPIRES
No. 6 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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Picturesque installation?
Dear Spurtle,
On the very boundary of Greater Spurtleshire, readers may have come across this picturesque urban Installation at the junction of Elm Row and Montgomery Street. Indeed, it is hard to miss and possibly a significant hazard if encountered in darkness.
Placidly undisturbed for many months, it gives no clue as to the artist or to its source of Inspiration (or, for that matter, sponsorship). The aesthetic is a tad uncertain, though, so perhaps its anonymity is understandable; passers-by have yet to exhibit signs of affection or even appreciation.
Nonetheless, this elaborate and substantial deconstruction acquires greater evidence of permanence with every day that passes. Might some person unknown have secretly secured a Preservation Order for it?
David Adams
(Montgomery Street)
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GREENSIDE PLACE – SERIOUS ASSAULT
Police Scotland have issued a press release which we reproduce below unedited and in full.
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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 obviously through Anthony Gormley’s figures but also in the ‘accidental’ art forged by the surge of late December, which saw torrents of water cascade through the river's gorges and under its bridges.