SPRING
THE
PULSE
l
15
Re
ading,
writhing
and
a
rhythm
attack
fly
rampant
as
Capital
hur
tles
to
great
heights
NEW
S
Hit
terminal
velocity
If
you
were
very
quick
off
the
mark,
you
may
have
pick
ed
up
one
of
10,000
free
new
paperback
versions
of
Ro
bert
Louis
Stevenson
8217s
master
horror
classic,
The
Strange
Case
of
Dr
Jekyll
and
Mr
Hyde,
which
were
handed
out
to
schools
and
libraries
across
the
city
from
Fr
iday
,
22
February
.
The
One
Book
8211
One
Edinburgh
campaign
con-
tinues
until
Saturday
,
1
March,
with
a
programme
of
events
for
schools,
com-
munity
groups
and
the
pub-
lic,
including
graphic
novel
workshops,
film
screenings,
discussions,
readings,
walk-
ing
tours
of
Stevenson
8217s
Edinburgh
and
a
specially-
commissioned
live
perfor-
mance
written
by
Donald
Smith,
director
of
the
Scot-
tish
Storytelling
Centre.
Comic
book
legends
Cam
Ke
nnedy
and
Alan
Grant
8217s
grap
hic
vers
ion
of
the
stor
y
went
on
sale
from
Thursday
,
21
February
,
available
in
standard,
Gaelic,
Scots
and
modern
text
versions,
and
the
book
is
also
be
avail-
able
online,
in
both
text
and
audio.
Gavin
Wa
llace,
head
of
literature
at
the
Scottish
Arts
Council,
said:
8220Stevenson
8217s
profound
study
of
human
duality
,
while
universal,
is
al
so
de
ep
ly
pe
rm
ea
te
d
wi
th
it
s
au
th
or
8217s
fa
sc
in
at
io
n
fo
r
th
e
st
ra
ng
e
co
nt
ra
ri
ne
ss
of
hi
s
na
ti
ve
Ed
in
bu
rg
h.
8221
For
full
details
see
www
.cityofliterature.com
The
provocatively-titled
indoor
skate
park
is
housed
in
a
warehouse-sized
space
on
the
top
floor
of
the
otherwise
distinctly
unsteetwise
shopping
mall,
Ocean
Te
rminal.
Dougie
Graham8217s
and
Ke
n
Smith8217s
constructions
of
8220volcanoes8221,
8220quarterpipes
8221,
8220wall-verts8221
and
8220bowls8221,
look
lik
e
something
To
ny
Hawk
could
conceivably
buy
from
IKEA
if
he
were
a
self-assembly
masochist.
The
additional
jaw-dropping
element,
if
one
were
needed,
comes
in
the
full-length,
floor
-to-ceiling
wall
of
windows
overlooking
Leith
docks.
There8217s
a
surprising
camaraderie
amid
the
self-regulating,
roller
coaster
fans.
Unstable
beginners
and
cool
ex
perts
alik
e,
cocooned
in
quiet
concentration,
manage
to
launch
themselves
in
no
discernable
order
,
remaining
ine
xplicably
free
from
collisi
on.
Sessions
cost
1635.50,
plus
1632
ex
tra
for
non-members.
See
www
.transgression
park.co
.uk
for
more
details.
8220Thirty
-odd
tween
agers
narro
wly
avoid
caree
ring
into
each
other8221
SKID
ROLLS:
Pe
ak
viewing
at
the
new
skatepar
k
in
Ocean
Te
rminal
Richar
d
Scott
TRANSGRESSION
PA
RK
Edinburgh
is
a
nominee
in
a
global
vote
to
find
the
22
greatest
cities
in
the
world
that
should
be
included
on
a
new
Wo
rld
Edition
of
Monopoly.
Fa
ns
can
visit
www
.monopo
ly
.com
to
cast
their
votes
to
help
create
the
first-
ever
worldwide
edition
of
the
iconic
game.
On
Fr
iday
,
29
February
,
Cabaret
Vo
ltaire
in
Blair
Street
and
its
residen
t
club
Sugarbeat
celebrate
their
joint
third
birthday
in
classic
funky
style
with
a
spectac
ular
line
up
which
includes
Erol
Alk
an
(rumour
ed
to
be
at
the
helm
of
the
next
Fr
anz
Ferdinand
album),
pictured
inset,
plus
Sinden,
Herve,
Richard
H
Kirk,
Tim
and
Jez
from
Utah
Saints,
B-
Sides
and
Smok
ey
and
The
Bandit.
In
just
three
years
the
venue
has
grown
to
attract
international
names
such
as
Felix
da
Housecat,
Annie
Mac,
Krafty
Ku
ts,
DJ
Mehdi,
James
Lavelle
and
Zane
Lowe.
Hyde
and
se
ek
ONE
BOOK
CAMP
AIGN
IT8217S
AV
ISION
of
heaven
or
hell,
depending
on
your
age
and
noise-tolerance
levels.
Being
faced
with
30-odd
tweenagers
on
skateboards,
roller
blades
and
BMXs
narrowly
avoiding
careering
into
each
other
on
a
vast
ex
panse
of
multi-
dimensional,
multiply-layered,
wooden
wonderland
will
either
have
you
struck
dumb
in
admiration
of
this
concentrated
ballet
of
rollercoaster
action,
or
merely
reaching
for
the
earplugs
via
the
nearest
first-aid
kit
in
anticipation
of
the
inevitable,
if
athletic,
tumbles.
Scotland
has
plenty
of
outdoor
skateparks
(the
lar
gest
in
the
UK
is
in
Dumbarton),
but
since
January
,
the
city8217s
rampant
ramp
enthusiasts
have
been
indulging
their
adrenaline-fuelled
habits
at
Transgression
Pa
rk.
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