Author: Michael Russell

  This September, I’ll be teaching again on the Creative Connections online course for Tobar an Dualchais. It’s always fun to meet the participants – a mix of artists, musicians,…

Isabelle Law from Kylerhea on Skye captured photographic records of migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea last month as part of her work with the charity SOS Humanity. For…

The Gaelic word gruag means ‘hair’, although falt is heard more commonly on Skye, and the word gruagach usually describes a young woman or maiden.  There are many examples in…

My auntie Mairi Flòraidh MacInnes who has lived all her life in Eriskay was saying to me recently as we chatted on the phone, “Chan eil mi cinnteach cò às…

A new community association has been set up to help and support the residents of An Acarsaid Care Home in Broadford on Skye. Having recently been awarded charitable status, Friends…

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig has raised over £1,300 for community groups and charities through their annual Fèill na Gàidhlig.  Fèill na Gàidhlig is a Gala Day that takes place every year…

The founder of the Torabhaig Distillery on Skye is a huge fan of dinosaurs.  This helps to explain why there is an exhibition of fossilised bones on display to coincide…

A young performer from Skye won the ‘Young Scottish Musical Theatre Performer of the Year’ award at a ceremony held at the SECC in Glasgow last month. Eilidh MacPherson (pictured)…

In the middle of Mental Health Awareness Week, Dr Calum MacLeod of the Mental Health Foundation stresses the importance of preventative spending and changes to the benefit system… This year’s…

Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association held a charity walk from Kilmarie to Sligachan last Saturday in memory of Donnie Martin and to raise money for the new Skye Camanachd stand…