Friends of the Earth and other scientific bodies have been campaigning frantically to save our bees from wipe-out through the use of neonicotinides – and for the time being at least, they have w...

Having lived almost half of my Arran life in the South End I thought I had some idea of what farms look like. But that was before visiting Australia. In that extraordinarily vast country farms cover t...

Across  1 Spear I had found in river (7)  5 Girl to take to court (3)  8 Curse former lover and her mangy vile pet! (9)  9 Watched European capital not in confl...

We have been having a fantastic time paragliding this summer on Arran. We were visited on the 28th July by three students we had trained whilst in Nepal; from Australia, New Zealand and Scotland. They...

In a recent edition of “The Voice for Arran”, it was noted that while “The Voice” was attempting to maintain a relatively neutral stance on the forthcoming referendum, it was a...

Sally Campbell writes to correct the impression that plastics become nurdles when they break down. This term refers only to the industrial lentil sized pieces that are made into plastics for consumers...

Birlinn pick this title for their newly-published anthology of writing from the First World War, edited by Trevor Royle. It’s a book that reaches out to grab you with casual truth from whatever ...

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