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ISSUE 346 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

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As you read this, advance copies of the November Spurtle are already appearing in Broughton like Black Friday zombies lurching across town in search of a bargain.

 

Issue 346 begins with a sour-faced Bonnington mystery which has been bothering us for ages but we think we’ve finally cracked. Readers must judge. There’s news too of a long overdue fightback, some serious social problems in Bellevue, and the unmistakable sound of a bureaucratic big bird ducking an issue. 

 

US ELECTION

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Feeling tense?

Keep your hair on.

Corner of Forth Street and Union Street.

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IN AT THE SHARPE END

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Local author Rosslyn MacPhail’s biography of her great great grandfather Captain John Orr (1789–1879) was published in October and will be launched later this month in Edinburgh Castle. 

 

Based on a previously unseen campaign diary and letters, From Fighting Napoleon to the Scottish Military Academy recounts Orr’s active army career in the Peninsular campaign from 1811 to 1814 (Salamanca, Burgos and the Pyrenees) and then at Quatre Bras and Waterloo (1815), where he was wounded in the knee and later pensioned off. 

 

EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE EXPLAINS

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Edinburgh World Heritage is keen to correct widespread misconceptions surrounding its efforts to consult on and shape reform of its governance arrangements.

 

Wendy MacCadie, EWH’s Head of Engagement and Operations, has provided the following clarification of what’s been going on. 

 

We hope readers find it as useful as we did.

 

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