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The Edinburgh Minute

1 year

With a #buildinpublic spirt, here’s the plan: This week: ✍️ Write one of each post type, 🏛️ Write about @EdinburghGdn ’s principle pillars, 📰 Publish, 🗞️ Share URL (live day), 👂 Absorb feedback, 🔁 Repeat.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

@PSOSEdinburgh Why is your CCTV footage filmed on a potato? I’ve seen clearer bowls of lentil soup.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

8 months

Nope.

MailOnline Video

@MailOnlineVideo

8 months

@ritchiem199 @EdinburghLive_ @EdinburghGdn Hi Michael, I work @MailOnline . Can we please use your video & screen grabs in our MailOnline video player, website, apps and social accounts? We’ll fully credit back to you. Please find our terms here: . Thank you – DM

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

Thank you to every single one of you who read the Minute! It might be small and staying small but the number of us reading it is bigger than I ever expected.

Michael MacLeod

@MichaelMacLeod1

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📈 @EdinburghMinute

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Bruntsfield, George St, Stockbridge, Leith, Haymarket. Your turn. #Edinburgh

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

Just realised Monday will mark one year since I started doing the daily email 🤯

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

It’s 2023 Wrapped time! Here’s… yours! Please share this post if you care about keeping news local. The Edinburgh Minute features the real rockstars: the journalists, event organisers, volunteers, enthusiasts and everyone in between who make this city special.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

Oh it is fun going to great pains linking to other outlets every day and then seeing them not link back when I actually break some news stories of my own. Crediting the source is the right thing to do!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Confirmed: M&S Food is moving in to the former Scotmid Co-op on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge.

Michael MacLeod

@MichaelMacLeod1

7 months

Anyone got intel on who’s moving in to the old Scotmid on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge? DMs open!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

A love letter to @EdinburghLive_ 💌

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

Another landmark passed today: The @EdinburghMinute has now sent more than 302,000 visits to other local news sources since launch in Feb 2023. That's a lot of reading! Other stats: 6,844 free subs, 1,040 paying subs. Open rate today: 62% so far. Last-30-days' views: 232k.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

Imitation is the AI-est form of flattery, right? Right?! Wrong. Readers can tell the difference between AI and genuine local knowledge and human connections.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

@FC_Edinburgh @LoveIsland Doesn't he know he's meant to be playing Hibs tomorrow? 🙈

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

11 months

Another landmark today: 200 paying subscribers 😵‍💫 I feel like making this my job, or part-time job, is becoming close to a reality. Thank you to everyone who subscribes for their local news 🙏

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Many of the city’s staff journalists are off on well-earned holidays already or soon. But I’ll keep putting out the daily Minute so long as people keep sending me things to include. Please share anything you want included next week here: #Edinburgh 💚

Contact The Edinburgh Minute

Hello! Thanks for your interest in sharing local news or events with the Minute. Please fill in the form below and I'll get it published (within reason) as soon as I can. Thanks, Michael

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by: @LauraAlderman_ , @donturvLDR , @_NeilJohnstone , @Jacobfarr31 , @vicky_allan , @wardiebaybeach , @FrankieDuncan94 , @spartansfc , @krisgourlay96 , @DavidTannerTV , @PortyBooks , @JosieLong , @edinreporter , @lucynorris1 + @WOLCT .

The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Monday 22 May 2023 Porty water worries, anger over axed 41 bus route, Dalry artists' 'heartbreak,’ tears of joy for Spartans + local dancer goes viral at Beyoncé.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

11 months

There is an alternative to this kind of clickbait local news. It's delivered to more than 3,000 Edinburgh people's inboxes for free every morning:

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Edinburgh Evening News

@edinburghpaper

11 months

What is the worst thing about tourists during the summer holidays in Edinburgh?

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Someone at work suggested I could use Chat-GPT and AI to write the newsletter 🙈 A lot is uncertain in life but there’s one thing I’ll guarantee: robots will never be able to do as good a job as humans when it comes to reporting proper news. I saw the experiments and they sucked.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

Bross Bagels closes down St James Quarter shop. Story via @EdinReporter :

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

10 months

Bross Bagels goes into liquidation - £1.2 million owed. Public notice here:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 12 July 2023 How festivals build hype, new local culture podcasts launch, summer parties are here + networking, funding & jobs listings: #edinburgh #festivals

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Good morning Edinburgh. It's a stormy start to the day. Here's your 7am round-up: ’Shameful decision’ as Edinburgh City FC axes women’s football team, weather warnings, hotel closure + cycling 1000km home for Christmas

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

8 months

It's Wednesday, so it's time for... 🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute! Including: A new short film goes inside the empty @FilmhouseEdin , as its crowdfunder passes £150k:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by @robinmckelvie , @theSpurtle , @_StevenABrown , @AngusHyde , @argonaut_books , @DominicMHinde , @AlastairDalton , @donturvLDR , @BrawnJourno , @krisgourlay96 , @brianjaffa , @cocteautriplets + @diarmidmogg

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features: @FilmhouseEdin , @CllrWhyte , @EdinReporter , @donturvLDR , @_NeilJohnstone , @cocteautriplets , @sarasheridan , @JamTarts , @jamb0skickback , @ClimateFringe , @theSpurtle , @scottishbeacon + @colonyofartists

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh newsletter features @kapaterson , @donturvLDR , @LivingRent_Edi , @lee_dalgetty , @TheTabEdinburgh , @severincarrell , @leithlate , @leithfestival , @StagEHd_Edi , @SteveBrusatte , @AnneBrusatte , @EdinBookshop , @TribePorty , @annaelizabryan

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

11 months

The Barbie marketing team is on fire

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

@brianjaffa @GRAStudio @edinburghpaper @MartynMcL @TheScotsman @EdCriticalMass @blairmcdougall @laura_pollock_ @ScotNational @DunardCentre @hiddenscotland_ @Jumpshipbeer Oh and that’s a YEAR of Edinburgh Minute daily posts in the books. Thanks to everyone who’s contributed and made this go from zero to… something?! Been quite an effort but it’s sent more than 320,000 visits to local publishers. 👍

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Featuring: @ianswansonen , @NTBCC , @EdinReporter , @GinnySanderson , @MrGGaw , @EdUniStudents , @POPScotland , @TFitzpatrick25 , @FergusMorgan , @JamieDunnEsq , @theskinnymag , @OberlinOndine , @theSpurtle , @morvc , @WHALE_Arts , @EdSciFest + @EdinLandscape . ⮑

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

@jlwykidd @tobiloftus @ABCmediawatch @TheRealPBarry Oh jeeze, I worried this day would come. Thanks for kindly flagging it up Josh. I just feel bad for readers more than anything. They deserve better. Hopefully most people see that AI can’t fake local knowledge and human connections.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

🎆 Good morning Edinburgh. Happy New Year everyone. Monday’s Edinburgh Minute headlines:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Tyre Extinguishers strike again, palace protest, landlord arrested, Corstorphine park consultation, a zoo on the Mound + ‘an old c*** having a go’ returns to the Fringe ⮑ More in the free Edinburgh Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features: @theSpurtle , @ianswansonen , @BrianDonnellyHT , @_NeilJohnstone , @_Vidushi_ , @annaelizabryan , @brianjaffa , @donturvLDR , @arguedasortiz , @PortyPride , @lyceumtheatre , @FergusMorgan + @adam_robertson9 🔗

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 31 May 2023

New student flats plan for Broughton, Springsteen sparks gridlock, council guilty of racial discrimination + foodie favourites go up for sale

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

☔️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are the headlines: Storm disruption continues, school cuts protest, struggling football team’s HMRC deal, hasta luego Viva Mexico + how the council found £3.2m to avoid Edinburgh Leisure closures

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Readers have tapped on 15,000 links via The Edinburgh Minute daily newsletter. Scoring its goal of ‘news you can use.’ Get #Edinburgh ’s essential daily list of links at 7am. It’s not overwhelming, just takes a minute to read:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

🌥 Good morning Edinburgh. Here are Friday’s headlines: The truth about ‘proposed’ Edinburgh Leisure closures, Corstorphine Refillery to shut, Citadel funding fears, cycle with Sir Chris Hoy for Doddie Aid + your weekend guide...

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

As much as I'd love to just link to @brianjaffa 's good work every week (and always will because he's 'on it like a bonnet' 🙌), I'm looking for **even more local culture news/events** to include in this week's Edinburgh Culture Minute. Please get in touch:

Contact The Edinburgh Minute

Hello! Thanks for your interest in sharing local news or events with the Minute. Please fill in the form below and I'll get it published (within reason) as soon as I can. Thanks, Michael

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

🌞 Good morning Edinburgh. Here are today’s headlines: Abbeyhill rape, Seven pubs at risk, Council’s £400k B&B bill, Covid inquiry arrives in capital + airport sold ⮑ Read more in today’s free Edinburgh Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

I'm really fond of Community Noticeboard. Always cheers me to read about some of the brilliant things happening in Edinburgh. News doesn't have to be all bad. Here are today's entries, including a new Pride Club for LGBTQ+ teens (and allies) in Wester Hailes:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's newsletter features: @JamieDunnEsq , @OberlinOndine , @SaveFilmhouse , @Browna27 , @annaelizabryan , @theSpurtle , @Bog_Trotters , @lostedinburgh , @hiddendoorarts , @nmcintosh , @foodanddrinksco + @EdinReporter . ⮑

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 14 April 2023

Save The Filmhouse protest this weekend, controversial castle-view 5G mast plan, Holyrood park Bog Trot race + chippy survives late night fire

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by: @donturvLDR , @CalumRoss23 , @ianswansonen , @FringeofColour , @Summerhallery , @reizkultur , @LeithFeederRide , @CodeClanScot + @pintofscience . 🔗

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 17 May 2023

5G mast scrapped, Man Utd coming to town, ward boundary changes + swingers’ club appeals ban

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Thursday 23 March 2023 Ship tip 'horror', Edinburgh to Paris sleeper train plan, local football team could be sold + Dame Judy Dench returns to the Fringe.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

Also, I've bagged the Minute trademark so 🖕

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Subscribers of The Edinburgh Minute raised £330 for @EdinFoodProject . The charity has seven foodbanks around the capital, where volunteers are giving out around 2000 food parcels this month. More in today’s Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

8 months

🍂 Good morning Edinburgh. There were violent scenes around town last night. Get up to speed with today’s free Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 12 April 2023 Viaduct fires spark worries, new Rankin thriller revealed, first look at new Meadows flats, Trinity High rebuild meeting + a new home for old tram wheels

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Thursday 30 March 2023 Local students’ vegan vote, theatre and Planet staff pay tribute to O’Grady, eight weeks of A720 works + Irvine Welsh in a gore fest at the Cameo

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Featuring: @Tallah , @brianjaffa , @donturvLDR , @ianmcconnellHT , @_StevenABrown , @thelistmagazine , @dougalstanton , @CodeBaseTech , @FutureScot_News , @tech_scaler + @LauraAlderman_

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 5 April 2023

Venues wade in to Fringe funding fury, cinema goes up for sale, phonebox debate, new self-driving bus + uni vegan vote result

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 16 June 2023 Leith Walk bike lane breaks council’s own rules, locals 'delighted' as flats are rejected, busy weekend includes Summerhall pride party + canal festival

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

Good morning #Edinburgh . Here are today’s headlines. Be in-the-know with a free (and ad-free) one-minute local news summary here: Unlike some other sites, it includes LINKS to every story so you can learn more if you want. Attributing sources makes sense.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are today’s headlines: Budget bartering begins, thousands petition against £8.2m school cuts, tributes to Easter Road cafe owner + the stair stories of Anchorfield ⮑ Read more in today’s free Edinburgh Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

And here are Friday’s subscriber numbers. After publishing 41 posts of curated local news links every weekday: #buildinpublic

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

Yesterday was a record day for with 18,000 views of the newsletter. You can see reading patterns in this chart. Rising each week. All time views now passed 1.5 million. It's sent 342,000 visits to other local news sources since launch. #buildinpublic

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Merry Christmas to the person who unsubscribed because there ‘wasn’t enough in the events listings’ this weekend 😞 Beleive me, I tried! It’s Christmas weekend! Plus, it’s literally meant to be a Minute read, not the actual @thelistmagazine 😅

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

📣 CALLING ALL EDINBURGH EVENT ORGANISERS! Planning something for Hogmanay? Want to get the word out? I'm compiling as many New Year weekend events as I can for @EdinburghMinute . Please add yours here, no matter how big or small: #edinburgh #hogmanay

Contact The Edinburgh Minute

Hello! Thanks for your interest in sharing local news or events with the Minute. Please fill in the form below and I'll get it published (within reason) as soon as I can. Thanks, Michael

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's newsletter features: @EdinDogCatHome , @Jacobfarr31 , @RachelMackie2 , @ConstructionEnq , @nyctartanweek , @ClubCumming , @mama_bross , @MartynMcL , @welovelabelle , @widedays , @Spartans_CFA , @annaelizabryan , @Browna27 , @CymeraF + @adam_robertson9 . ⮑

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Busy weekend of sign-ups. Friday’s newsletter went to 756 subscribers. Tomorrow’s will go to more than 1,000 people. A thousand! Grateful for the support. The stories & events people send me to include make me love Edinburgh even more. More readers = better contributions 🙏

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

Time for a #buildinpublic update. One year and 300 daily posts in. A year since (public) launch. Lots of feedback gained and lessons learned. A year of 5am starts. Sometimes 4.30am when I know I've got a lot to write, fact-check or read (PDF council reports). Consistency = key.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

PS. The real stat I’m most proud of: Together we’ve sent 250,000+ clicks/taps to local news sources via this newsletter.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

Who spotted the cheeky sign in this week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute weekly newsletter? Must admit I hadn’t noticed it until a reader pointed it out and by that time I’d sent the email 🍑 Thanks for the lols @natgalleriessco 🙊

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Be like KK.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

🍂 Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: Calder Road incident, tram legal dispute, Filmhouse public meeting, Hearts score £20m, + students cycle 400 miles from London’s Cock Lane to Edinburgh’s Dick Place 👀 Read more in today’s free Edinburgh Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

These new CONNECTED double-decker buses look amazing. Do they have a bendy bit in the middle?

Lothian Buses

@on_lothianbuses

7 months

Planning a visit to Edinburgh soon? Don't worry about your travel plans - we’ve made it as easy as possible to help you make your way around. Take a look at our visitor guide to help you navigate your way around the city centre! ➡️

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

@dohoodle Credit to you for using the exposure to highlight such a vital cause, Laura 👏

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

@Michaela_v89 @on_lothianbuses 👍 Credit where it's also due to @donturvLDR for following the story since the start!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by: @McCoolWrites , @Xlauren_mcdx , @GebbieHope , @_ollielewis , @TheTabEdinburgh , @annaelizabryan , @mediawummin , @DowntownKeiraB , @adam_robertson9 , @EdinburghWH , @EllieMorag + @soapbox_edi

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

❄️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are today’s headlines: Arctic air arrives, Edinburgh Leisure update, concern over Porty junction delay + have your say on tourist tax ⮑ Read more in today’s free Edinburgh Minute: #Edinburgh #Scotland

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

🌤 Good morning Edinburgh. It’s a busy weekend ahead in town. Here are the headlines: Jock’s Lodge student flats approved, St Andrew Sq hate crime suspect on camera, diving champs at Commie Pool, Botanics choir + busy weekend of events

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Thursday 14 September 2023 Hope for Filmhouse, police abandon Fettes, Sherlock returns to Picardy Place + call for 10mph limit on George Street

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

@Holledge @theSpurtle @EdinReporter @robm2 @FinlayMcF @EdinInquirer 100% independent, ad-free, press release-free, lazy journalism-free clickbait-free and subscriber supported 👍 Proud to link to all the good work being done by people writing about Edinburgh, and publishing my own free daily community noticeboard within it. 281 editions now!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

Good morning Edinburgh. I’ll donate £10 from every new annual subscription (and every annual subscription given as a gift) this week to the Edinburgh NE Foodbank and the Edinburgh Food Project. Here’s today’s Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features: @LeithLinks_CC , @RettieandCo , @gordonsmart , @Longstone_CC , @Katie_WJourno , @_NeilJohnstone , @EdinburghJazz , @NeilCooper1 , @theskinnymag , @InspaceG + @_Tinderbox :

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 14 July 2023

Snax expands, £6 million house for sale, airport anger explained + George Square Gardens Spiegeltent gigs begin

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

🌥️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are the headlines: NHS shuttle bus axed, future tram line debate, car ban plan for the Mound and Bridges + an audience with Alan Cumming

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features: @donturvLDR , @AllasanSeorasB , @theSpurtle , @doug_johnstone , @EdinCityofLit , @LivingRent_Edi , @seanmcgill8 , @Summerhallery , @EdinburghUCS , @fcctedinburgh , @leithlate , @theNBGmarket + @Art27Scotland :

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 16 June 2023

Leith Walk bike lane breaks council’s own rules, locals 'delighted' as flats are rejected, busy weekend includes Summerhall pride party + canal festival

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

7 months

If they think 9am is early, wait until they get homesick and subscribe to the 7am Edinburgh Minute. Luckily it’s free, too.

Edinburgh Zoo

@EdinburghZoo

7 months

After 12 incredible years, Yang Guang and Tian Tian will be leaving the zoo early this morning 🐼 Our charity's teams are here to say goodbye to the pair and wave them off as they head to the airport. We'll be sure to let everyone know how their journey goes ✈️💛

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The Edinburgh Minute

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11 months

Today the ‘links clicked’ number passed 100,000. That’s readers of the newsletter visiting other local news sources 100k times since launch in March. My goals were always to make finding news easier + send more traffic around. It’s working.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

4 months

🌦️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are today’s headlines: New loos for local parks, cultural funding plan, Cameron Toll road closed until May, controversial OnlyFans billboard in Murrayfield + the ‘whodungit’ mystery ⮑ More in today’s free Edinburgh Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

This weekend’s free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by: @_JamesDelaney , @miller_dj , @ucuedinburgh , @EdinburghUni , @sz_campbell , @FilmhouseEdin , @donturvLDR , @MushroomsRhyze , @ehfm_live , @theskinnymag , @cocteautriplets + @AllEdinTheatre 👉

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

10 months

@cocteautriplets @SecretEdin I know someone who went ballistic about a bagel that didn’t have tax paid.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 5 April 2023 Venues wade in to Fringe funding fury, phonebox debate, new self-driving bus + uni vegan vote result

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

@LivingStreetsEd @Edinburgh_CC C’mon Stephen @StephenJardine , it doesn’t take much research to get this right mate. Just delete and repost it with the facts. It’s a bid to reduce traffic, not ‘a ban on cars in the city centre’. Do the right thing bud!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

8 months

🍂 Good morning Edinburgh. Get up to speed with today’s free Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

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The #Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 9 June 2023 Airbnb crackdown ‘unlawful’, Leith Festival begins, night market opens, controversy over new bike lane, dinosaurs in Bruntsfield + the city’s best brunch spots:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

🌸 Sadly we’ve lost a cherry blossom tree in the Meadows to Storm Isha. 📬 How have you been affected by the storm? Feel free to share your photos for Tuesday’s newsletter. It’s still pretty wild out there so stay safe!

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 22 February 2023 Another music store closes, tributes to Hibs owner, culture cuts U-turn and a local alternative to empty supermarket shelves

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

5 months

This week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute & local creative jobs:

🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 31 Jan - 6 Feb 2024

Manipulate Festival begins, Leith artists’ solidarity with Gaza, North Edinburgh Film Festival + a busy month of events at local bookshops

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

11 months

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Weekend edition 4-6 August Locals and celebs rally for comedian after just one person shows up to her show + police at drag show, festivals escape map, all-day Arthur’s Seat run and the weekend’s best fest and non-fest events

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

10 months

Much appreciated, Tracy 🙏

tracy griffen 💙

@tracygriffen

10 months

I believe in quality journalism, which is why I buy subscriptions to @FerretScot @EdinburghGdn and @BylineTimes ...

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free #Edinburgh Minute newsletter features work by: @caitlyndewar , @Gary_Flockhart , @lee_dalgetty , @tomjs , @PortyBooks , @AlexanderByrn15 , @JamesHookway , @Xlauren_mcdx , @EdinReporter , @NeilCooper1 + @sophiahembeck . 👀

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

10 months

Time for another #buildinpublic landmark moment in this little experiment I started 159 daily editions ago:

Press Gazette

@pressgazette

10 months

Journalist @MichaelMacLeod1 has quit his job at Meta to concentrate on writing his Substack newsletter for Edinburgh, @EdinburghGdn , the spirit of which is inspired by his time on the Guardian Local pilot in 2010-2011

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 23 June 2023 Million pound payday for tram inquiry boss, Festival Village debate, free outdoor cinema this weekend + footballer to lead Pride march

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 26 May 2023 Harry Styles arrives, Newhaven trams opening date, Edinburgh Marathon festival, crucial derby match + mysterious road markings on Leith Walk #edinburgh #harrystyles

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

9 months

🍂 Good morning Edinburgh. It’s a shorter newsletter today but still some useful and interesting stuff in there! Here’s your Thursday Minute:

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

Good morning Edinburgh. Back at it after a couple of days off. If I’ve missed anything in today’s newsletter, my DMs are open to your local news and events 💌 Today's headlines: Hogmanay prep, Elephant House cafe to reopen, Starbucks attacked again + football derby tonight...

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

@MuseumScotFire @donturvLDR @JockSave @McCoolWrites @Godden78 @JAFMacDonald @kvitkanadiia @Katie_WJourno @WilsonC75HT @JudDuffy Sure thing! Spotted your news via @thecockburn . But please feel free to keep in touch if you’d like to let the newsletter audience know about anything :)

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

December was @EdinburghMinute ’s busiest month, with more than 260,000 views. The emails had 1,067,515 views in 2023. It’s independent, free, ad-free and subscriber supported.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Tuesday 30 May 2023 Leith bakery campaign, Springsteen fans queue for 30 hours, Succession star backs local theatre revamp, tourist tax update + West Port book launch

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Tuesday 30 May 2023

Leith bakery campaign, Springsteen fans queue for 30 hours, Succession star backs local theatre revamp, tourist tax update + West Port book launch

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

✍️ Today's free newsletter features: @theSpurtle , @Edinburgh_CC , @tracygriffen , @MrHairyHaggis , @krisgourlay96 , @RuMacdonald , @forthone , @edcentrallib , @edinburghpaper (happy 150th bday!), @cocteautriplets @thomdibd , @AllEdinTheatre + @gilmertoninchcc . 👀

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 26 May 2023

Harry Styles arrives, Newhaven trams opening date, Edinburgh Marathon festival, crucial derby match + mysterious road markings on Leith Walk

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

6 months

🌥 Good morning Edinburgh. Here are the headlines: Two charged over Granton shooting, 781 people bid for one council house, worried students ‘hiding Jewish identity’ + 'silent majority' supports Corstorphine LTN.

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The Edinburgh Minute

@EdinburghMinute

1 year

Something I've noticed: writing the newsletter takes an hour at least. Evenings of prep take up to 3hrs. But posting/promoting it also takes longer than expected. Once live at 7am, I share bespoke posts to: Substack, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Mastodon. #buildinpublic

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