War and technology fight it out at Ullapool Book Festival
Does progress always come at a price? If so, it is an established law that many of the writers at this year’s Ullapool Book Festival felt compelled to explore. For…
Author: Michael Russell
Big turnout for Rag Tag walk
Over 100 people took part in the Rag Tag n Textile Skye Bridge walk last weekend, held as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. With this year’s festival…
Housing minister announces council cash allocations
Highland Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar are to get £113 million over the next two years to help meet the Scottish Government’s affordable housing targets. Announced this week by…
Dornie firm seek to make a killing
Graham House, the registered business address of Dornie-based Bombadil Publishing, is on the market for offers over £860,000. The property – bought from Highland Council in February 2015 by the…
Reporter “shocked” by Barra pitch revelation
A Scottish Government reporter who heard an asset transfer appeal on Barra last week was “pretty shocked” to learn that the island has been waiting for almost 40 years for…
Ullapool Book Festival tickets on sale
Tickets for this year’s Ullapool Book Festival went on sale last week. Among the guests coming to Ullapool are novelists Angus Peter Campbell (main image), Robert Alan Jamieson, Sally Magnusson…
Nigerian poet to give Sleat performance
One of Nigeria’s most electrifying poets both on page and stage comes to An Crùbh in Sleat on Sunday 17th March at 4pm. Efe Paul Azino (pictured) is a…
First signs of revival from sleeping giant
Once home to thousands of workers, the dormant Kishorn yard in Wester Ross is waking up. Late last year it secured its first contract. The two men behind Kishorn…
San Francisco Fiddlers in Sleat
Over 30 fiddlers from San Francisco are to appear at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Monday and Tuesday of next week as part of Seall’s spring programme. They are over to…
Oil rig arrival sparks gear move for fishermen
Creel fishermen from Skye and the west Highlands have spent the last couple of weeks moving their gear from the path of a 60,000-tonne oil rig that is due to…