Plockton Hotel wins regional pub of the year.
The Plockton Hotel has been named as the Regional Pub of the Year (North West Scotland) at this year’s National Pub and Bar Awards, which were presented recently at the…
Author: Michael Russell
First Highland Book Prize awarded
The first ever Highland Book Prize was awarded last week at the Ullapool Book Festival. Kapka Kassabova, who lives near Beauly, won the £1000 prize with her non-fiction book ‘Border:…
“And Death Shall Have No Dominion”
There was no 9.30pm Saturday session at this year’s Ullapool Book Festival. Like every other hour of this annual gathering, it would no doubt have been filled with insight,…
Broadford campsite to open next month
A new campsite will open in Broadford on Skye next month. The ‘Camping Skye’ site has been developed by the Broadford and Strath Community Company at a…
Council fluff their lines in Broadford
Residents in Broadford, Skye, were mystified this week when Highland Council created a new one-way system in the village – then removed it just a few hours later. Road markings…
Final chapter for Skye Book Festival?
This year’s Skye Book Festival has been cancelled because Creative Scotland refused to allocate the £10,500 of required funding. The organising committee of Cleas, the charity that ran the book…
Kyle businesswoman scoops ‘Shining Star’ award
Kyle businesswoman Anisha Macdermid was celebrating this week after scooping two gongs at this year’s Highland Business Women Awards. Held in the Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness on 16th March, the…
Obituary – Ken Gunn, co-owner of award-winning Sonas Hotels
Ken Gunn, co-owner of the multi award-winning Sonas Hotels group on Skye and the global seafarer who introduced luxury sailing to the world of Scottish hospitality, has died at the…
Gairloch fights Scottish Water on the beaches
The community of Gairloch community took to the beaches last week to demonstrate against Scottish Water’s plans to downgrade the current water treatment works to a system that will…
Sewage plan sparks outrage in Gairloch
MICHAEL RUSSELL The Scottish Environment Protection Agency have sparked outrage in Gairloch in Wester Ross by approving Scottish Water’s plans to discharge untreated sewage into local bathing waters. …