As you read this, Issue 212 of the Spurtle is thundering off the presses and being folded and stacked in huge piles at a high-security, top-secret printing plant somewhere in EH7.
Within hours, a sophisticated distribution system will swing into action. Bullet mail-trains, unmarked HGVs, taut-muscled bicycle couriers, former Olympians seeking paper-round experience, and buckets of imagination will all be employed to deliver November's edition across Broughton and slightly beyond.
Issue 212 contains news on: a bombsite, arts hub and gnome from home, an injured motorcyclist seeking redress, goldfinches, greens, traffic lights, consumer patterns, moules frites, neologisms, pavements and peri peri sauce to die for. And that's just the thin end of the iceberg.
Pick up a copy from your nearest local newsagent, grocery, pub, café, bike shop, library or hair salon from tomorrow onwards. Or download the colour version by clicking on the front-page image on our home page. If you'd like a copy hand-delivered to your own or loved-one's door, read the article on page 2 about becoming a subscriber.
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