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Daisy Carnegie, Edinburgh's Carnegie library cat on the payroll in the 1950s (featured in 'Lum Hats in Paradise')
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A new #UrbanPrehistory blog post on #Glasgow deep time - the discovery of a probable fragment of Neolithic polished stone axe at the Camphill excavations this summer was a rare & significant discovery in a city of few axes...@EddieCStewart @ArchScot
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Live in a communal Edinburgh stair, in a traditional tenement building? And so, do not operate an AirBnB or its equivalent; you're running a business that will flout original deeds regarding neighbours' rights to residential amenity, whatever whatsoever.
Scotland's disastrous foray into the regulation of visitor accomodation which has closed thousands of B&Bs and Self Catering businesses is now making international headlines.
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@S_A_Somerville
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Live in a communal Edinburgh stair, in a traditional tenement building? And so, do not operate an AirBnB or its equivalent; you're running a business that will flout original deeds regarding neighbours' rights to residential amenity, whatever whatsoever.
Scotland's disastrous foray into the regulation of visitor accomodation which has closed thousands of B&Bs and Self Catering businesses is now making international headlines.
@hmgoodlad1
@S_A_Somerville
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🇬🇧 In 18th-century London, dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson adored his cat Hodge. He personally bought oysters for him, rather than send his servants.
Today, a bronze statue of Hodge sits on a dictionary beside oyster shells outside Johnson’s former home in Gough Square.
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deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/03/3… A reminder that Kate Nevens, formerly of thinktank Chatham House, is an imperialist stooge. Stop falling for her shtick.
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'We urge you [Corporate Director of Place, Convener, Culture & Communities Committee, and Convener, Transport & Environment Committee] to...reject the...2028 timeline, and [expedite] a pragmatic...engineering solution for the St Mark’s Footbridge.
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POWDERHALL FOOTBRIDGE.—Community councils call for accelerated action in open letter to CEC Director of Place, T&EC and C&C Conveners: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news…
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #activetravel
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ALT Powderhall Footbridge. [Image: Ella Taylor-Smirth.]
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Edinburgh residents have criticised an "unacceptable” lack of urgency after it emerged that a footbridge over the Water of Leith may not reopen until 2028.
@heraldscotland
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We are terrible at anything infrastructure related. Surely this isn’t complicated to fix. They’ve been working on it for years. What on earth have they been doing? Imagine this was in China or UAE. It would have been fixed long ago.
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We've just released our latest winter talk series on our YouTube channel. You can also watch some of our previous lectures from 2023. #jameshutton #chrystalmacmillan #heriots #eastnewjersey #scottmonument #scottisharchitecture #jeanguildgrantsprogramme
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Formerly STV2, who knew @ThatsTVLothian?
Hopefully, Friends of Princes Street Gardens will successfully lobby for the re-opening of King's Stables Road public access to West Princes Street Gardens @HistEnvScot @edinburghcastle.
Quaich Project spent c£5 million on public consultation, an architectural competition, etc, before its demise.
Interestingly, the committee of a new amenity group, Friends of Princes Street Gardens, includes architects of former proposal @GrovesRaines
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EXC: A half-decade since the ill-fated Quaich Project died on the operating table, can a new public group gather enough momentum to revitalise one of Scotland’s finest parks?
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EXC: @Edinburgh_CC incorrectly claimed that emails about unpaid business rates at 110 Princes St could not be disclosed b/c of 'commercial interests'.
'How can there be substantial prejudice towards companies which no longer exist?'
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At last some good news for Mavisbank House, and Scotland's built heritage!
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Thrilled to have a chance to talk about the new @landmarktrust-led project to save #Mavisbank on @SkyNews just now. It really does come down to whether we collectively care about such places enough. #itsonus
'Midlothian Council @midgov launched a Compulsory Purchase Order on Mavisbank House, near Loanhead, after decades of campaigning to save it from ruin.'
Future of Mavisbank House secured theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2… via @EdinReporter
At last some good news for Mavisbank House, and Scotland's built heritage!
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Thrilled to have a chance to talk about the new @landmarktrust-led project to save #Mavisbank on @SkyNews just now. It really does come down to whether we collectively care about such places enough. #itsonus
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Release of non-native animals is a criminal offence under S14(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Pheasants and red-legged partridges are not native here. Let's have our say shall we?
#Defra call for evidence
We encourage anyone with an interest in shooting, either directly involved or supporting the sector through hospitality, to take part.
Submit comments & copy in your local MP here:
Email: [email protected]
Subject line: Call for Evidence
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EXC: Edinburgh councillors could ask Audit Scotland to investigate the Scottish Government’s decision to cancel a regulatory check helping councils to levy road congestion charges.
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Another day of Orca-watching for us here in Shetland with the six individuals seen yesterday off Burra and Trondra moving north to Tresta Voe in the west Mainland. Torrential rain all day made viewing 'interesting' but enjoy this brief snippet of footage during a five minute weather window this afternoon.
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Breaking: Coul Links golf course REFUSED by Scottish ministers after latest three-year battle ift.tt/FYs3uhp
