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COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

Tidying up is hard to do. Who hasn’t suffered a pang at binning some photo of a former love, at binning that once reliable but now no longer…
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THE LONG GOODBYE

Partly out of interest in other people’s excavations, and partly spurred by Vonny Moyes’s recent article on the bitter-sweet pleasures of Brutalism (…
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HOLYROOD CANDIDATES CONFIRMED

The deadline for candidates in the Scottish Parliamentary Election to submit their nomination forms was on Friday last week. Voters in…
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THE TRUTH IS UP THERE

We initially intended to post this piece on Friday, but given the date and the oddity of the subject matter, we soon thought better of it. In…
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VIBRANT LIFE IN VIVID COLOUR

The new Community Cinema in the middle of Broughton continues this coming Friday with two screenings. One is aimed at children and…
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LAST TRUMP FOR OLD BUS DEPOT?

BELLEVUE TRANSFORMED  This morning, exclusively, Spurtle can reveal that a major new sports and hotel complex could be coming to Broughton if…
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OBITUARY: NEIL CAMERON McLEOD

27 OCTOBER 1929–10 MARCH 2016 Neil Cameron McLeod was born in London, the only child of David McLeod, a boilermaker’s manager, and Helen McLeod…
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ISSUE 250 – OUT MOSTLY TOMORROW!

As you read this, advanced copies of the April Spurtle are already trickling out across the barony. Issue 250 kicks off with word of more woes…
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WHICH WOMEN? WHERE NEXT?

Edinburgh World Heritage is suggesting that a new public statue be raised to commemorate Scottish women put to death as supposed witches. They…
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NEW TWIST IN 'OLD ROYAL HIGH' DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

PLANNING CASE NOW 'A POLITICAL FOOTBALL' An important new development emerged last week in the process to decide the future of the old Royal…
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