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Issue 163

Cover Story

A Gallimaufry: A motley assortment
of all things Leith

Graham Ross

It’s late in 2024, the world is going to hell in a handcart

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It’s estimated one in seven people in the world has been involved in major conflict this year

We are in A&E on a Sunday afternoon…

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There’s a man in a wheelchair and a Rangers shirt who seems to have more plaster casts than he has limbs

The editor of this Priceless Organ has a page to fill…

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Sea Change is a strand in the wider, endlessly diverse community of Leith

The Leith Glutton

A voyage round the Red Sandstone

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Leithers rebelled, revolted and railed against it and planning permission was refused

Powderhall’s Potential Path

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It passes under Crawford Bridge, also known as the ‘bridge of doom’, synonymous with football violence in the 1980s and 1990s

Going for a song…

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As the omnishambles of 2024 staggers to a close, few would sing its praises. But there is still ‘a song in my heart’, claims Colin Montgomery

A Luhrmann or a Chiles?

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If you regret losing touch, get in touch – not everything is easier nowadays, but this is

On the Loose

I retired this summer. Of course, it’s been hard to step away. But I’ve always believed that life is about purpose. So, what now?

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Long-term result: affordable decent social housing was condemned to the fringes

Tim Bell

Once upon a winters night

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The story he loved so well rolled down the centuries and across the roaring oceans

Tracy Griffen

Imagine an intense heat…

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Imagine a boiler heating up without an ‘off’ switch and you get the idea

Evie & the Guerrilla Gardeners

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Stephen Millar on recently founded community organisations that are making an impact on the lives of many Leithers

When sex and politics were not topics for polite conversation

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Kennedy Wilson on three giants of American politics and Welles

Alex Salmond
paid my wages!

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He was wearing his own suit, his own glasses and didn’t scrounge free tickets for a Proclaimers concert!

A Village Meeting

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Significant financial commitments by Edinburgh Council are evident in Leith and most recently in Granton

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