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ISSUE 360 – OUT SOON!

Submitted by Editor on

As you read this, advance copies of the April Spurtle are already spreading across Broughton like strangely musclebound birdwatchers wandering innocently across the beaches of Kharg Island counting puffins.

 

Issue 360 begins on Page 1 with news of opposition, past and ongoing, to ever more visitor rooms in the area when what Edinburgh citizens really want is homes. There’s news, too, of Council penny-pinching in Powderhall and a People & Places puzzle which over 2 months perplexed and pissed off our readers in unequal proportions. We announce the winner.

Time to reflect

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Dear Spurtle,

I wonder, having only just noticed it myself, whether or not you've been inundated with comments about the March Spurtle (Issue 359) being dated 2025.

It's somewhat appropriate, being just above the illustration of the long extinct Dodo ….

Elizabeth Brown

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Dear Ms Brown,
Thank you for drawing this to our attention. 
To enable accurate searching of back issues in future, the online version has been corrected to 2026.
There have been a number of gleeful readers' comments about this in recent weeks, most of them to the effect that the Editor doesn't know his annus from his elbow.
Guilty as charged.
The Editor
 

CALTON HILL LITTER-PICK

Members and non-members of Calton Hill Conservation Trust welcome.

Equipment, refreshments and litter provided. But BRING YOUR OWN GLOVES and be prepared for sweltering heat and snow and torrential rain.

Organisers would appreciate an RSVP at: info@caltonhilltrust.org

Date and time
Venue
Outside the City Observatory Collective Gallery (car park side).

HOLYROOD HUSTINGS

The Broughton Spurtle hosts another election hustings, this time with candidates standing in the Edinburgh North Eastern & Leith constituency.

Admission free, but please bring cash for a bucket donation towards our costs.

Event closes at 9.30pm.

You can ask a question on the night, or send one or more in early at spurtle@hotmail.co.uk

Date and time
Venue
Broughton St Mary's Parish Church, Bellevue Crescent
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