In an open letter shared with The Edinburgh Minute, architect Malcolm Fraser, known for his work on the Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, DanceBase and Dovecot Studios, argues against plans to demolish Argyle House: www.edinburghminute.com/three-reason...

🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: 'Half-baked' Princes St plan shelved, hitman admits Hogmanay murder, uni staff to strike, Stockbridge Creative Colonies + Christmas markets open ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Replace 'peas' with 'news' and you have the enshittification of the news industry right there.

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: Haymarket bus crash, Southside robberies, CodeBase 'surprise' at demolition plan & could move 'elsewhere' + mysterious markings in Stockbridge ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

Hearing that CodeBase had no prior knowledge that the Proposal of Application Notice was being lodged. However, here's a statement from CodeBase, just in, saying "there is no immediate impact on CodeBase or our community. We remain secure in Argyle House for at least the next year." More to come!

Had a messages asking whether potential demolition could affect filming of Dept Q. Unlikely due to timing but mainly because only the exterior was used. The interior scenes for the police station including the basement 'office' were a fabricated set FirstStage Studios in Leith.

Happening this afternoon in Fountainbridge:

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Wednesday’s headlines: Argyle House demolition plan, 'serious concerns' over tram plan, Gorgie residents dispute £19m bill + the history of North Edinburgh resistance and community activism ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

I've worked on various tenant projects in Argyle House, as well as often visiting it in the days of the Property Services Agency. A building of its time, loved by fans of brutalism, despised by most, but regardless, endlessly fascinating for architecture historians.

🚨 EDINBURGH LIVE SNOW FORECAST KLAXON 🚨 However, this time it's via BBC Weather, so more trustworthy. And the forecast is for 8 days from now, which is rarely reliable. And they've not used the word 'BATTERED', so you do have to wonder if their heart's really in this one. Publish it anyway!

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Tuesday’s headlines: Lothian Buses sued, Cowgate road safety protest, trams 'false consultation' claim + Radical Road update ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo by: Diana Infante-Vargas

🚲 edi.bike | issue 118 | 10th Nov '25 Calling on Voi & CEC to unblock cycle parking, Police Scotland accepting video evidence online, Transport Committee Agenda; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-118-10th-nov-25/ #bikeSky

NEW! Plans revealed for historic George Brown & Sons warehouse at the Shore in Leith… 🍕 Introducing: Brown’s of Leith, a new food, drink and arts space 🪩 Civerinos among the traders moving in 🎨 ‘It’s like a mini Tate Modern’. Full details: www.edinburghminute.com/plans-reveal...

Wondering what’s going on with this historic building at the Shore in Leith? Well, stand by for news…..

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Monday’s headlines: £42m for Granton housing, new fears for Porty cinema, 20mph change for 66 streets + questions over £2bn tram plan consultation ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo by: Julia Koenig

Is there a WORDPRESS PLUMBER reading this? We have some digital pipes that need fixing. A logo that went down the wrong tube, some type sizes that have caused a blockage . . . that kind of thing. Not an emergency, more a tuning up with two or three Google fonts. Please post or DM. Many thanks.

🦋 Maybe nature is trying to heal.

If you’re in the Edinburgh area, this is TONIGHT

Final day of the discount for new subscribers: www.edinburghminute.com/ends-today-2... Acknowledging that *deals-for-new-subscribers-only* totally suck but it's one of the few pillars of survival that small publishers have. The Minute wouldn't exist without existing subscribers 🙏 So thank you!

VOLUNTEERS still needed: FYI @spurtle.bsky.social @ntbcc.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @scotsman.com @scotnational.bsky.social @stv.news @edinburghwh.bsky.social @turvill.bsky.social @smcarthurreports.bsky.social

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Friday’s headlines: 'Relief' in Niddrie as police stand-by, Rockstar protests, wedding venue closing, new spot for The Pastry Section + Flotilla of Lights along the canal ⏰ Ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

A good account of last night in the Longstone, Redhall & Kingsknowe areas. Anyone have anything to report where they live?

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday's headlines: 'Considerable reduction' in bonfire night disorder, uni staff to strike, Christmas festival expansion denied + house prices rise again ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

I thought I was being a bit cheeky when I suggested The Herald gave their proposed advertising budget to the @edinfoodproject.bsky.social. So all credit to them for this big donation! Foodbanks shouldn't exist. Meantime, the EFP helps people in so many ways. www.edinburghminute.com/local-journa...

The @edinburghminute.bsky.social once again making fabulous choices, & instead of running an ad for content from the Herald & accepting payment for it (against the ethos of the Minute, which is ad-free), diverting that money straight to a place where it can do great things: edinburghfoodproject.org

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Bonfire Night warning, Porty beach 'sewage scandal', protests as Rockstar North denies 'union-busting' + memorial plan for Dame Muriel Spark ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Tuesday’s headlines: Bus hits phone mast, airport laser probe, Lost Shore launches Surf Bus, new cafe coming to the Shore + Leith Walk finally getting a Christmas tree ⏰ Edinburgh's ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

“Tram-trains can run on-street and traditional rail lines, different from previous ‘South Sub’ proposals. “Tram-train services would run west from Portobello along the South Sub & connect to the current tram at Murrayfield; then continue to Princes Street & Leith or Edinburgh Park & the airport.”

“Substack was a great idea in theory, but unfotunately didn't live up to expectations” - exactly!

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Uni jobs axed, patients' medical records breached, fury over Astley Ainslie plans, Lyceum losses + thousands attend Samhuinn & Diwali ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo by @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Unmatched carved vegetable game in the Shandon colonies

Reminder: The Edinburgh Minute has left Substack. It continues over on edinburghminute.com and this weekend’s edition is here: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: Fireworks crackdown, Christmas Market expansion blocked, new school plan + Samhuinn fire festival on Friday & Diwali festival fireworks on Sunday ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Good to see the Edinburgh Minute move to @ghost.org hasn't dented readers' outbound visits to local publishers. Off to a good start for day 1, with thousands visiting BBC Scotland News, @edinreporter.bsky.social, STV News @edinburghlive.co.uk, Evening News and many more. It all adds up daily.

The Edinburgh Minute newsletter has quit Substack and is now hosted on @ghost.org 🥳 If you can’t find your usual daily Minute this morning, please follow Ross’s advice below 💌 A new start! ✨

Thanks for the head’s up about the move away from Substack. My email landed in my junk box, in case anyone else is looking for theirs. Added to safe sender list to avoid a repeat!

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: Bonfire Night plea to parents, GP practice fears, Dreghorn housing deal + hunt for missing woolly mammoth tusk ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news without the lazy press release pasting you see elsewhere: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...

Blackford Hill in Edinburgh at dawn this morning

It's a big day! The Edinburgh Minute has moved from Substack to Ghost. Hopefully you won't notice. Here's why: www.edinburghminute.com/a-new-home-f...

Anyone seen any mega wooden pyramids ahead of Bonfire Night yet? Keen to see (and publish) photos from around the city if anyone spots any in the coming days. Have news in tomorrow's newsletter about the council's plans for these (and guess what: it's not to set them on fire).

🪩 In this week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute newsletter: New concert hall breakthrough, The Charlatans return, Bombskare’s Skalloween, slimy good vibes with Pictish Trail + James Acaster at Monkey Barrel & Connor Burns at The Stand & more… 👀 edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-... #edinburgh

This is a very positive step forward for the future of The Brunton theatre. The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: Uni staff to strike again, new Granton Harbour flats face rejection, 'damning' report on maternity unit + Florence & The Machine at Ingliston ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local news: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/the-edinbu... Photo: @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

Beautiful clarity today in Edinburgh to catch the last of the autumn colours #Edinburgh #Autumn

UPDATE just in: Voi says it plans to increase its Edinburgh e-bike fleet size to 800 by the end of the year, "to match the huge demand for e-bikes in the city".

Apologies for the repost but I guess a few won’t have seen the original anyway. Edinburgh in the mist last Monday for #sharemondays2025 #fsprintmonday #photography #landscapephotography #photographers

🌤️ Tuesday's headlines: Fireworks crackdown map revealed, short-term lets 'black market', tram consultation ‘poorly organised’, inside revamped Caley Bar + Calton Hill locals plan to TIY: turf it yourself ⏰ edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-... Photo by @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social

"We believe AI endangers public trust. When people don’t know what to trust, they end up trusting nothing at all, and that can deter democratic participation." - European Broadcasting Union Media Director and Deputy Director General Jean Philip De Tender. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

It's been a few years since I've seen the remnants of the 1788 Portobello harbour exposed. As you'd expect, there's an interesting thread on this export infrastructure of pottery and bricks by @threadinburgh.scot: threadinburgh.scot/2022/09/30/t...