As you read this, advance copies of the November Spurtle are already appearing across Broughton like confiscated bangers on the floor of an Edinburgh custody suite. 

In the run-up to Halloween, we have been presenting some more or less unsettling images of life in Edinburgh.

Today we conclude with an unpleasant episode on Chambers Street.

Spurtle contributor A.

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital.

This image of a cù-sith (or 'fairy dog') was captured in the basement of a Broughton Street property in December 2007. 

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital. 

Jane Tweedie, Notes and Short Lines on Edinburgh (1946):

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital. 

Visit-Tips, November 2024 (source and location redacted):

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital.

Responding to the Erosion Emergency announced on 12 September (Issue 355), the

In the run-up to Halloween, we present some more or less unsettling images of life in the capital.

Robert Burns, The Banks o' Doon: 

'How can ye chant, ye little birds 

And I sae fu' o' care!'