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Loving the Library
Scotland’s authors are a pretty quiet lot, on the whole. You won’t find them leaping up and down to advertise anything on TV, since they are for the most part quite unglamorous,…
Poem of the month
selected by David Underdown Mending The Helicopter by Robert Crawford I’m too busy mending the helicopter To wash up yesterday’s dishes. I’m too busy mending the helicopter To pick up the kids…
Sewing with young children
Judith Baines Sewing as an activity is often neglected these days but children from four or five upwards can get great pleasure from using a needle and a wide variety of threads.…
Sannox people arrive at Lac Joseph
More from Jim Henderson on the Clearances journey of Arran people to Canada At the end of their long trek to the allocated land at Lac Joseph, the Sannox folks found a…
More money for NHS Ayrshire & Arran, but ….
NHS Ayrshire & Arran will receive a government funding increase of £15.5 million (2.8 per cent) for the coming financial year. This is on top of last year’s general allocation of £574.7…
“Swampy” goes boggy
Corinna Goeckeritz - National Trust for Scotland Ditches dammed for NTS bog restoration project A team of local contractors has been braving wintery conditions restoring an area of blanket bog below Goatfell.…
Photos from Mo Khan
Duelling Blackbirds This time of year is when wildlife activity starts to increase as animals and birds start to vie for territory. Species such as Blackbirds, Wrens, Robins, and Finches that more…
Walking on the Wild Side
Lucy Wallace Magical Machrie Moor I love getting to know the layers of a landscape. For me, walking on Arran is an ongoing study in the composition and history of a place.…
The Corrie bus
Anyone wanting to get the bus from Corrie to Brodick to do some shopping has to wait three hours for the next bus back. Fed up with this situation, an enterprising group…
Banking without the rip-off
Last month we reported that the US is starting to notice the success of North Dakota’s state-owned bank, which has enabled it to escape the credit crisis unscathed. In 2009, the 92-year-old,…
In for the count
Scotland’s biggest population survey, the 2011 Census, takes place on Sunday 27th March. Every household will receive a questionnaire asking 13 questions about the household and up to 35 questions about each…
Switch off for a warm feeling
WWF – the World Wildlife Fund – is holding its annual Earth Hour on Saturday 26th March. The idea is to switch off your lights (and your TV and any other modern-world…