COP 26 AND THE HIGHLANDS: Land rights at the heart of the fight for climate justice
Dr Calum MacLeod, of Community Land Scotland, on COP 26, green lairds and on local groups seeking ownership and control of the land on which they live…. Last week I…
Author: Keith MacKenzie
ISLES COUNCIL PROBE: SNP group members’ behaviour has been a disgrace
In my nearly five years at the Comhairle, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at many things, frustrated by many others, but never as consistently disappointed as I have been by the…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HEBRIDES: The rising sea and an eerily prophetic tradition
Liam Alastair Crouse, a PhD student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI, considers the impact of sea-level rise in South Uist, where he currently lives, through the lens of recordings available…
COP 26: Agriculture is an easy scapegoat, but us crofters will have to do our bit
By DONALD MACKINNON, chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation With world leaders gathering in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, it is impossible to ignore the climate emergency and the grave…
Levelling up cash for shinty’s Bught Park in Inverness
Bught Park in Inverness, host of many top shinty occasions, is in line for refurbishment, thanks to cash from the UK Government’s levelling up fund. Nearly £20 million, announced in…
TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Time and our moving wells of culture
James Oliver (Seumas Chatriona Dhomhnuill Aonghais Bhig) is from Glendale in Skye. He is currently based in Birrarangga/Melbourne, where he works at RMIT University, but here through the Tobar an…
Chancellor’s Budget boost for Hebridean ‘Green’ Grand Prix
The UK Government is to invest £1million in a proposed off-road race in the Outer Hebrides in 2022. The announcement today in today’s Budget follows discussions with the UK Government,…
MAKE MINE A DOUBLE: Kinlochshiel cap a season to remember with second cup triumph
Kinlochshiel capped their greatest ever season with victory over Kingussie to seal the cottages.com MacTavish Cup after a thrilling final in Inverness Saturday’s meeting of the two sides with senior…
Kinlochshiel and Kingussie go head-to-head for last major shinty trophy of 2021
The last major silverware of the shinty season is up for grabs this Saturday – and fittingly the cottages.com MacTavish Cup final will feature two teams who already have grand…
Skye fish farm appeal is thrown out – £4 million plan with nine jobs is rejected to protect “feelings of wildness and tranquillity “
Developers have lost their appeal to site a fish farm off the Trotternish coast in Skye. Today (Thursday 7th October) the Scottish Government’s planning and environmental appeals division has dismissed…