The Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) have always been in the public sector, but now the Scottish Government’s decision to re-tender for a new eight year contract opens the way to privati...
Boy and Man by Niall Williams This far-reaching story by the Irish writer, Niall Williams, is about the close, though torn-apart relationship between a boy and his grandfather. They love nothing bette...
Lamlash now has a swish new hairdressing salon, beside the Co-op in what used to be the Cabbage Patch greengrocery shop. Christine, its owner, has moved her business called Comb and Curl from beside t...
Selected by David Underdown who also provides the commentary. Street in Samois after the painting by Odilon Redon (1888) Once, in this deserted street – a short street of golden stone that draws you...
Arran plays host to some special visitors in April when six performance poets from the North East of England come to the island. ‘Vane Women’ (the name memorialises what they sadly refer t...
South to make three hearts. West leads the five of diamonds. ...
A series of earthquakes caused by fracking in Holland came to a head in 2012 when a 3.6 magnitude quake caused widespread damage to buildings. The Dutch government admitted that it had not expected su...
America’s Center for Investigative Reporting noted recently that Oklahoma had 562 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in 2014. This astonishing fact can have only one explanation. Earthquake...
The Marine (Scotland) Act (2010) requires Scottish Ministers to take the necessary action to protect and, where appropriate, enhance the health of Scotland’s seas; to develop a national marine p...
The residents’ viewpoint. It is with great concern that Machrie residents learned of the Forestry Commissions proposals for timber haulage, a stacking area and slipway to be built in the village...