Issue 230 – beloved of cyclists and taxi drivers across Edinburgh – is published today, on schedule and below budget.
Each copy contains thousands of words, conveying in a convenient (legible) and affordable (free) fashion (English) everything you could wish to know about current affairs between Pilrig Street in the east and Howe Street in the west, Canonmills in the north and York Place in the south. Further extensions to our news coverage are being considered on an ad hoc basis.
June’s issue features: uninvited undermining, unwelcome extension, and a personal best. We have sore lungs and reeking lums, horticulture, election news, Jane Austen, Ruth Wishart, tiaras, and 13-in-a-bed fun. All the latest pop trivia from Luxembourg and Malta follows, alongside political cupcakes, a tail wagging a dog, prime ministerial streetnames and an exclusive 10% money-off offer only for Spurtle readers. If it woofs, miaows or moos in Broughton, we’re on it.
From today onwards, copies will roll-out across the barony's newsagents, pubs, eateries and drinkeries, galleries, libraries, bike and hair repair salons, naughty shops, nifty shops, the odd restaurant and non-specific retail or service responses fitting none of the categories above.
If all else fails, or you just prefer your Spurtle in a four-colour, waterproof e-version, you can download Issue 230 by clicking its image on our Homepage here.
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