The contractor for the new ferry terminal, George Leslie, has removed the old boats from the Strathwhillan Burn. Luckily the Voice was sent a photograph of the destruction of the largest one. We can o...
The 2017 Arran Mountain Festival programme is now online! To support our community-run, not-for-profit festival, go to www.arranmountainfestival.co.uk...
South is in 6NT. What is the killing lead? How is the contract made against any other lead?...
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan, Penguin, 2014. This is a brilliant exploration of how we humans have learned to transform the raw materials of vegetables or meat into de...
Leonard Cohen died on the 7th of November. To honour the death of this wise poet and songwriter, we end this edition of The Voice, the last of 2016, with the lyrics of his song ‘The Future’. Altho...
West coast communities feel manipulated by corporations and ignored by government. Following recent applications to develop salmon fish farms in Scotland’s newly created Marine Protected Areas (MPAs...
Woodland birds have increased in Scotland by 68 per cent overall since 1994, according to a new report from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The Official Statistic for Terrestrial Breeding Birds, publ...
Selected by David Underdown who also writes the commentary. Prayer by Alice Oswald Here I work in the hollow of God’s hand with Time bent round into my reach. I touch the circle of the earth, I thro...
This month’s crossword contains 10 unclued answers which are all seasonal and are marked with “*”. Across 8 Marsh grass makes relic with gay abandon (8) 9 Despi...
On 14th November, the Douglas Hotel unveiled their plans for developing new hotel rooms in the woodland immediately west of the Hotel. Designed by Danish architectural firm NORRØN, the new rooms will...