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2024 McLellan Poetry Competitions open for entries
The McLellan Poetry Prize is awarded by the Arran Theatre and Arts Trust as part of the annual McLellan Arts Festival. Now in its eighteenth year, past judges have included Kathleen Jamie,…
Poem for April
The barbarians are due here today. What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? Why isn’t anything going on in the senate? Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?Because the…
Poem for January
Christmas A God's born. Others die. Reality Has neither come nor gone: a change of Error. Now we have another Eternity, And always the one passed away was better. Blind, Science is…
Arran Arts Open Day
Saturday 13th January from 11am to 3pm Ormidale Pavilion, Brodick Arran has a rich artistic life across the whole spectrum of the arts.
Lesley Main obituary: Scottish painter and gallery owner
Born: February 7, 1946 Died: November 27, 2023 A painter of optimism and colour, Lesley Main’s pictures reflected her own character. Vibrant, open-hearted in mood, spontaneous, kind, her work overflows with warm…
Corrie Film Club in January
The film showing on Sunday 14th January at Corrie Film club is The World’s Fastest Indian (Dir. Roger Donaldson. 2005. Cert. 12A). 7.30pm at Corrie and Sannox village hall. For twenty-five years…
Photos from November
Photos courtesy of John and Jim
Poem for December
Poem No. X: Butterfly A shred of torn wallpaper calls a dying butterfly to mind. It is a secret mouth in touch with the other world. One day, I see a dying…
The Wee Bookshop now online
Last month saw the launch of The Wee Bookshop online. Tony Burrin, owner of the Wee Bookshop, in Corrie, writes: The Story So Far... "I bought some books to put on the…
Christmas concerts
Inter Alios Choir Christmas Concerts 6th and 7th December
Photos from October
Thanks to Robert, John and Jim
Poem for November
Earthworm It is not sad not to be human nor is living entirely within the earth demeaning or empty: it is the nature of the mind to defend its eminence, as it…