Robert McFall has long been at the centre of Scottish musical ideas, and the Arran Music Society was thrilled by the suggestion that Arran could be included in a major tour on the theme of Islands, bo...
On Tuesday 1st July, the gardens at Strabane will be open to visitors from 11am – 4pm. Entry is £5 per adult, children under 12 free. Refreshments and raffle. All welcome. For anyone unfam...
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 ...
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...
John Roberts sends us an amusing story. I was interested to read the article about Flora Drummond, and wonder if others have heard the tale about her taking part in a demonstration in Glasgow. A polic...
Following a highly successful performance in Shiskine on the last day of May, this splendid young orchestra gave their second concert in Brodick Church on Monday, June 2nd. As one lady said afterwards...
Students in the Edinburgh University string orchestra are spending a few days on Arran and have generously offered two free concerts. One, in Shiskine Hall, will have taken place by the time this issu...
Through great good fortune, Arran is included in a prestigious tour by the renowned group, Mr MacFall’s Chamber. They will be playing in Brodick Hall on Thursday, 19th June, at 7.30, and their w...
As all film buffs know, there are two Renoirs – the famous painter and his equally famous film-maker son. They were connected by a girl who enchanted them both and supplied hope and inspiration ...
In these past weeks of seeing Arran cut in half by road works on the String, questions must be asked about how these things can be done better. Nobody doubts that the men working on an upgrade of the ...