If something lang-leggit goes bump in the night tonight, don’t worry.
Chances are it’s either an absolutely enormous, parasitic crane-fly skittering about blindly in the dark, or the latest copy of the Spurtle arriving through a letterbox near you.
Issue 268 is bursting at the seams with news about people and places in your vicinity. We start with things which are: pleasingly shorter; able to be much improved; or moving forward with a hop, skip, and a jump.
Page 2’s about views, itchy scalps on two wheels, and a sodden sailor. We squeeze in some plantocracy and planning news, and round it all off with a reduction in the number of pints pulled since a drouthy local shoved off.
On Page 3 we have trees, or rather their high-tech replacement and some mixed feelings about them. We have ornithological S-bends, victorious women, and a feisty campaigner remembered with great affection and admiration. Poles, funds, and clear lines of sight feature in ‘Briefly’, as do Aliens, the French, and the Left-Handed.
Page 4 concludes matters with a call for more trains, Warriston progress, Redbraes rejoicing, and concern about a western skyline. And thugs, arrested and charged.
All in all, big and small
All in all, it’s a handily concise guide to most of the big, small, and irrelevant issues affecting the barony. You can pick up a copy in any of the usual pubs, shops, libraries, and local businesses within half a mile of Broughton Street OR download your colour pdf from our Homepage after midnight tonight.
Oh, and look out online for tomorrow’s uncharacteristically upbeat Letter from a notorious miserabilist.
One last thing: If you’re a subscriber and your paper copy isn’t delivered or posted to you this month, it’s because your subscription has elapsed. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!
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