Irish president delivers Skye lecture
BY KIRSTY WATT Irish president Catherine Connolly celebrated Scotland’s growing interest in Gaelic as she delivered the prestigious ‘Òraid an t-Sabhail’ lecture at Skye’s Sabhal Mòr Ostaig last Saturday. The…
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Sleat Games raise oral history funds
The recent games day held at Camuscross in south Skye raised more than £700 for the Stòras Shlèite oral history project, which is run by library staff at Sabhal Mòr…
Sabhal Mòr success in education awards
Staff and pupils at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig are celebrating two nominations this week in the Herald’s Education Awards 2026 for their outstanding teaching and community impact. Christine Primrose MBE, head…
MOVIE MAGIC: Big screen debut for film made by Isle of Skye school pupils
Budding movie makers at a Skye primary school are looking forward to a big screen premiere this weekend. The primary six and seven pupils from Bun-sgoil Shlèite have themselves shot,…
‘The Stornoway Way’ finds humour in dark tale of life on Lewis
If life is a search for meaning and purpose, Roman Stornoway has strayed from the preordained pathways of his native Lewis. The road to contentment does not lead to kirk…
‘Robert the Bruce’ star set to appear at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig screening on Skye
The star of the new film ‘Robert the Bruce’ is set to return to Skye this week for a special screening of the feature at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig this Friday.…
Second Skye film residency a big hit
Six promising film and TV producers, directors and writers were given an in-depth look at the industry recently during a Young Films Foundation residency in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Taking placed…
Ceremony kick-starts plans for Trotternish Centre
Last Saturday a special ceremony was held in a bid to kick-start the plans for Ionad Thròndairnis (the Trotternish Centre) – unique multi-function arts and educational centre to welcome the…
Gaelic’s “worrying decline” at secondary school level threatens future of the language
By Keith MacKenzie Secondary school pupils are turning their back on Gaelic as a result of curriculum changes which could threaten the future of the language, the Scottish Government has…
Editorial: David Alston departure offers chance for “encouraging” replacement
We have sympathy with David Alston. He was parachuted into the chair of NHS Highland three years ago. As a standing non-executive director he must have had an inkling of…