As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already to be found across the barony, lingering like swallows on telephone wires waiting for an Uber that’s supposedly round the corner and travelling south but never comes.
Issue 354 leads with officials in no hurry to talk their way out of an an awkward corner. There’s news of a New Town blackspot where cars travel too fast, a bureaucratic log-jam where decisions sometimes travel in circles but don’t progress, and Elm Row … where there’s motion of sorts but only into thin air.
On Page 2 we bring news of a cottage and well drained garden mired in controversy, new owners for a plot few locals ever remember is there, and a red light signalling Go! in a way most people will guardedly welcome.
There’s also a green view in black and white of some red, white and blue. A belated exclusive on Arthur’s Seat arson follows. Then speculation about nocturnal high jinks, Tai Chi and a dog-free zone driving neighbours apart.
When is enough not enough? When it’s a golden oeuf considered by Edinburgh’s Licensing Board. We discuss on Page 3. Along with Greeks and booze and a newly unfenced garden mired in controversy.
Bad pedestrians, missed benches, silent yoga and sticky floors – your questions answered.
On Page 4, we conclude, as is customary in 4-page publications. But not before more toothsome nuggets on Planning, drones, trip hazards and opulent duplexes, deafening silence and a new second-hand clothes shop for high-end customers at the bottom of Broughton Street.
In short, all human and other Broughton life is here in concise sentences and tiny letters, printed on the most autumn-resistant paper money can buy at a price we are able to afford.
Pick up your free copy from shops, pubs, libraries, and railing dispensers across Broughton and beyond. Or download your free pdf (in autumn-proof full colour) from our website HERE after midnight tonight
Remember! Spurtle depends on our readers’ news, views, images and professional indiscretions – all of which are treated in the utmost confidence.
