As you read this, advance copies of the May Spurtle are already spreading across the barony like tree pollen chasing atopics out in the fresh air for the first time since February.
Issue 350 begins with transport and environment and Copenhagen and climate change and the most enormous bed-bug you have ever had the misfortune to meet.
Relax on Page 2 to the furtive rustle of bin-tourists, the tinkle of trams and sunken manhole covers, splutters of bunker rage, and gasps at the lack of space in 3 local pubs.
We bring gloom and frustration on Page 3, more words on a changeful clime, and mixed views about listed homes with a peel. Plus trip hazards, tariffs and a burgeoning screen career.
Odd parking and peculiar plans get their come-uppances on Page 4, while graffiti’s sit-doonable-on and St Andrew Square panelling’s worth giving a wide berth.
All this and indescribable wee nuggets like the bits that defy toothbrushes no matter how hard you try.
The new, same-as-before, soaraway Spurtle is available in bars, cafés, libraries, shops, services, fragrant telephone boxes and railing-mounted plastic dispensers of questionable beauty across Broughton and beyond from tomorrow.
Alternatively, you can download a Spring-coloured pdf from our website here after midnight tonight.
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