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An Elegy
"Jean, my elder sister has died after a difficult six months for her and her children. At her funeral last week in Devon, Amanda, her eldest, my niece and goddaughter read the…
Corrie Film Club – There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood (USA 2007 Directed by Paul Anderson 158 mins Cert 15) will be shown at the Corrie Film club on Sunday 8th July. A powerful drama featuring a riveting…
A Supernatural Evening in Whiting Bay – Monday 2nd July
Join author and cultural historian Lynn Holden for an informal evening of ghost stories and other-worldly tales. Lynn will read extracts from her current work-in-progress, A Cultural History of Ghost Stories. She…
Poem for July
The Swallows’ Nest Shutters, broken, firewood, a rake, a wrought- iron bed, the torch-lit rafters of the lumber-room, you showing me one bird tucked in a home- made bracket of spittle and…
Arran Folk Festival 2018 Review
Arran Folk Festival by Nickey Summer The sun shone down on a friendly bunch of musicians on Arran last weekend, as the annual Folk festival once again played out in Brodick. Open…
The Last Picture Show at Corrie Film Club
The film showing on Sunday 10th June at Corrie film club is The Last Picture Show (USA 1971 Directed by Peter Bogdanovitch 118 mins Cert 15). A coming of age movie set…
Arran Malt and Music Festival, at the Arran Distillery
News from the Arran Malt and Music Festival This year's Arran Malt and Music Festival is on from Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July We are really looking forward to welcoming…
A Poem for June
Poem by Charles Simic Every morning I forget how it is. I watch the smoke mount In great strides above the city. I belong to no one.Then, I remember my shoes, How…
A Play, A Pie and A Pint
Coming all the way from Òran Mór in Glasgow's west end - "David MacLennan founded A Play, A Pie and A Pint in 2004, and we have been serving up a slice…
24th Arran Folk Festival
Here is a message about the forth coming Arran Folk Festival, from organisers, Arran Events:
Island Porcelain
It was time for Vivienne to move on from Island Porcelain last year, and she posted it on the Arran Sales and Wants site for just 20 minutes, when Tracy spotted it,…
Concert – The Kelvin Ensemble
Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ Symphony No.4 Haydn’s ‘Clock’ Symphony No.101 Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll