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Embroidery with children
Needle Weaving on Daisy Stitch Another interesting weaving activity is for children to create their own warp threads on a piece of fabric. The fabric needs to be backed with a piece…
Fish larger than 40cm ‘very scarce’, report finds
Academics at the University of Strathclyde have found stocks of fish in the Firth of Clyde at their highest level since 1927 – but most are too small to be landed. Professor…
Cradle to take the Carrick back home
John Kinsman The historic clipper ship, Carrick, has been lying on a slip in Irvine for many years, and it was until recently feared that she would have to be ‘deconstructed’ –…
2nd – 11th September.
This year, despite formidable funding difficulties, the McLellan Arts Festival is as exciting and varied as ever. The immensely talented students from the Royal Northern College of Music will be here again,…
Fabulous percussionist comes to Arran
On Tuesday 30th August, Heather Corbett, one of the world’s best known percussionists, will give a concert in the Community Theatre, Arran High School, beginning at 7.30.pm Percussion is of course far…
A big Whiting Bay welcome for the SCO
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s wind section played to a packed Whiting Bay Hall earlier this month, and treated the audience to an afternoon of such delight that people are still talking about…
Clyde Marine Week
This has already started, but from Monday 1st August to the coming Friday, there’s a wealth of marine-related activity available. Please see the links below for more information. Monday 1st August Arran…
A new hand on deck for COAST
Andrew Binnie has been chosen from a big field of candidates to be the new Marine Project Officer for COAST, the Community of Arran Seabed Trust. (The position is funded by the…
Assja’s Recipe
Summer Frittata What's nicer than to use fresh garden produce in your daily recipes? Soon courgettes and peas will be ready to pick and eat. Here’s a quick and easy recipe –…
24 new houses now occupied in Corrie
On June 24th, John Sillars, Chair of Isle of Arran Homes, performed the opening ceremony for a development that sees about 100 people now settled in new houses in Red Quarry Road,…
Book review
John Le Carré’s Our Kind of Traitor, now out in paperback, is packed with tension. It’s also powered by a sustained anger with the high-level bureaucracy that extends its cold fingers to…
Norway’s fish stocks soar since banning discards
While we wrangle with the fishermen and the European Commission about the fish quotas that cause millions of dead and dying fish to be dumped back in the sea, Norway banned discards…