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Book Review
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth “Just suppose...that the air hero Charles Lindbergh, the man who made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, who earned huge sympathy when his baby…
A Cultural Evening in the Auchrannie carpark
As part of Arran’s attempt to overtake Edinburgh as the cultural capital of Scotland, early last month the Auchrannie carpark was graced by not just one but two mobile cultural venues. The…
Poem of the Month
Whoso list to hunt Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind, But as for me, helas, I may no more. The vain travail hath wearied me so sore, I…
Christine Bovill
Those who heard Christine Bovill’s Edith Piaf show in Brodick a couple of years back will not wish to miss her appearance at the Community Theatre at Arran High School on Saturday,…
Corrie Film Club
The film for July at Corrie and Sannox Village Hall will be Suffragettes (2015, UK, directed by Sarah Gavron, 105 mins, Cert PG), showing on Sunday 16th July at 8pm. A moving…
Corrie Film Club
The film on 11th June is The Long Good Friday (1980, UK, directed by John Mackenzie, 114 mins, Cert 18). In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) has…
Poem of the Month
Between Us by Cicely Gill You lend me a book, you give me part of yourself. It’s not just the print and the paper but your ‘I liked this — I loved…
Arran Folk Festival 2017
This year's Folk Festival will run from 9th to 11th June. In addition to the now familiar sessions and concerts, this year there will be a fiddle workshop with Gráinne Brady on…
Joan Eardley in Corrie
Corrie and Sannox Village hall became a very different place on May 10th at the performance of Anna Carlisle’s ground-breaking new play, brilliantly directed by Marilyn Imrie, celebrating the gifted life stopped…
The Jazz Café Band Raises the Roof in Kildonan Village Hall
Mountain Festival Painting Exhibition
As part of the 2017 Arran Mountain Festival, local artists have been asked to showcase their Arran mountains related work in a special exhibition at Arran Active taking place from 8 April…
Corrie Film Club
On the 14th May at 8pm in Corrie Village Hall the film will be The Danish Girl (2015, UK, directed by Tom Hooper, 119 mins, Cert15) A fictitious love story loosely inspired…