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What ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials
Seeking to bend the coronavirus curve, governors and mayors have told millions of Americans to stay home. If you’re pondering what to read, it’s easy to find lists featuring books about disease…
Poem for November
Prayer Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a…
Yon Muckle Stob
“If a man were to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.” Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun It is a warm summer evening at…
The Paton Family – Artists on Arran
This wonderful article by Rowan Paton recounts the Paton family's history on Arran, and was first published at the Arran Arts Heritage Trail website. It is reprinted here with kind permission from…
In praise of the fountain pen
A reflection on the art of writing by Alice Maxwell I am frenetically writing up an article for The Voice. Delete, Copy, paste … delete, copy, paste… I must type faster ..…
Poem for October
Three Dollars Cash Three dollars cash For a pair of catalog shoes Was what the midwife charged My mama For bringing me. “We wasn’t so country then,” says Mom, “You being the…
Local author publishes third book in the Corrie’s Capers series
The Voice caught up with children's author Alison Page who is looking forward to her next book being published in September. “Corrie’s Curling Capers” is the third book written in the Corrie’s…
The 52 Stitched Stories exhibition opens in September
The 52 Stitched Stories exhibition is opening at the Barony Art Centre in West Kilbride on 3rd September Fiona Doubleday, Arran resident and creator of the 52 Stitched Stories project, tells us…
Reconnecting with Arran’s Artistic Heritage
A Personal Introduction, by Ann Hume
An interview with the director James Kent
And interview with James Kent by Alice Maxwell
Poems for August
Three poems by Emily Dickinson 346 “Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is…
Confessions of an online music teacher
I am giving a Skype lesson to my six year old piano pupil Elly. My computer screen displays a keyboard, and an empty piano stool – but there is no sign of…