• We’re small and imperfectly formed (people are often gobsmacked at the size of our office).

• We’re all part-time, and the office is now open from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am-5pm.

• We use green electricity, low-energy light bulbs,fairtrade coffee and lots of teas-on-a-string.

• No advertorial. You don’t get an article in The Spark just because you’ve bought a big ad.
We want our readers to trust what we write.

• We’re independent and locally-based (Blue Sax is a small company owned by the Ed).

• We’ve been going since 1993

• We try to be ethical.

• The Spark is free thanks to our unique Directory: all those neat entries in our listings are actually adverts (that means we don’t do free ads - sorry).

• We’re pro-green, pro-bike, pro-gress.

• We want you to be involved, so send us your ideas, suggestions, good books, money, cakes, fine wines.