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Shooting of seals limited
LAWS have come into force that make it an offence to kill any seal at any time, unless holding a specific licence or for animal welfare reasons to end suffering. However, owners…
Friends of the Earth stunt
Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) staged an oil-drinking stunt (watched by concerned Dr Green) outside the Royal Bank of Scotland last week to demonstrate their support for a Green Investment Bank.…
Bad Girls coming
No, we are not seeking to alarm our worthy local police force – it’s just that later this year, the Music and Drama Society are staging Bad Girls the Musical. It will…
Community Theatre latest
Following an explosion of public indignation over the situation at the Lamlash Community Theatre, where no member of the community was allowed to touch any of the technical facilities, a partial resolving…
Climate protection with knife and fork?
Assja Baumgärtner 20% of all CO2 emissions are caused by the production, storage, transport and preparation of food. In 2005 it was around 14%, so we are looking at a rapid and…
Leek and Onion Scones
Assja Baumgärtner 100 g onions 50 g leek 1 tbsp olive oil 200 g whole meal flour (or the Allinson flour mixture with rye, wheat and barley – my favourite) ½ tsp…
‘Scary dairy’ plans stopped
If you were among the people who signed the petitions flying round the Internet about the intensive, all-on-concrete dairy farm being wished on an outraged Lincolnshire village, you can pat yourself on…
Dish of the Month
Anne Adams Lamb with Lemon Marmalade Serves 4-6 Ingredients. 1.3kg/3lb lamb leg or shoulder joint Salt and freshly milled black pepper Zest of 1 lemon 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and sliced…
Silly puns page
Surprise Symphony? Where’s the surprise? Haydn. Who was the fattest knight at King Arthur's round table? Sir Cumference. (He got that way from eating too much pi.) What do you call a…
Marine news
John Kinsman 40-foot Royal Wedding Card Oban RNLI Fundraising Group has hit on a good way to make money. They have launched a 40-foot long Royal Wedding card as a present for…
Good web sites
www.sreepurcards.org takes you to a small village in India where they make greetings cards. They have to make the paper first, then dye it and cut it and design it, so each…
Book Shelf
If you’ve enjoyed a book recently, or even ages ago, and would like people to know about it, drop us a brief note. The following titles have tickled the fancy of Voice…