In? Out? Shaken all about? Exhausted?
Why not drag yourself from the house, pick up the latest issue of the Spurtle, and then drag yourself home again to read it?
Issue 253 is 100 per cent free of EU Referendum coverage, apart from that section at the foot of page 3 which is all about the EU Referendum.
Elsewhere you’ll find glimmers of good news about St Andrew Square, mixed views on George Street, and short shrift from Edinburgh World Heritage on the soon-to-be-revealed plans for Royal Bank of Scotland’s site on Dundas Street and surrounds.
No ifs, many butts
Page 2 features cigarettes, buses and HGVs, New Town garages, housing development, loss of privacy, and a new way to spend money on Sundays.
We continue with the food of love and efforts to stop it, stubby upturned tails, more lovely lorries in the offing, and the latest hip place for OAPs to hang out, smoke, graffiti and avoid grandchildren.
Page 4 concludes with the collapse of civilisation (or at least one part of it on Canon Street), the arrival of new leaders, a non-existent epidemic, and – everyone’s favourite – a controversial hole in the road.
Basically, if it so much as squeaks in Broughton, we’ve interviewed it.
Pick up a copy in any of the usual haunts – shops, pubs, clubs, libraries, cafés, hair salons and surgeries – between Pilrig and Howe Streets, York Place and Canonmills. And if you’d like to help or contribute news of your own, do not hesitate to get in touch at spurtle@hotmail.co.uk