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...
selected by David Underdown, who also supplies the footnote The Meeting by Jane Hirshfield The rat was fat and healthy and equally surprised, almost insulted. Leaving only because I was larger but ren...
Public meeting on Friday 11th July, Whiting Bay Lesser Hall 8.00 pm Many people feel there has been little difference between the leading political parties since the Blair years. UKIP has provided a m...
David Donnison, Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies at Glasgow University, only gave his support to the Yes campaign after long thought, but now sends us this excellent poem on the subject. Yes or No?...
On Friday 6th June a large audience filled the Community Theatre at Arran High School for a debate on Scotland’s future. Chaired with admirable firmness by Colin Turbett, the event was a courteo...
Arran is an amazing place. And one of the many amazing aspects is how truly talented young people often emerge in all areas of life. This summer two young people, known to many of us for their marvell...
Arran Visual Arts will be running its Summer Exhibition from the opening night on Friday 25th July, in Lochranza and Catacol Village Hall. It will be open from the next day, Saturday 26th, to the foll...
Some news of various debates about the independence issue. ...
Pictures © Arran Photography Arran High School surpassed itself with last week’s run of Grease. The show was packed with energy and verve and sheer, ebullient sexiness, and wowed the audience from ...