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Corrie Film Club
The March film is Wuthering Heights (2011, UK, directed by Andrea Arnold, 129 mins, Cert 15) James Howson plays Heathcliffe. Set in North Yorkshire, the marvellous photography makes the most of the…
Arran in the Island Review
The Island Review recently published a poem by Chris Powici about Holy Isle in Arran’s Lamlash Bay. You can read it online here. Chris Powici’s poetry focuses on human and natural environments…
Book Review
The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt. Vintage paperback. I was listening to The Book Programme on Radio 4 recently when I heard Terry Waite say that the most treasured book on his…
Corrie Film Club
Corrie Film Club has two events this month: Saturday 4th February - A Day in the Dark - Corrie’s Very Own (Free) Film Festival Binge all day on classic films, or just…
Poem of the Month
Selected by David Underdown who also writes the commentary. The Way Home by Liz Berry Take me among the poplars where beeches surrender to a path of gold; before the silver birch,…
The Brodick Quartet
The name alone should attract the interest of Arran’s music lovers. This recently formed quartet, who will be performing in Brodick Hall on Saturday, 18th February, consists of four of Scotland’s sensational…
Violin’s voice restored for Burns Night
© National Trust for Scotland
Crossword
Our compiler, Episteme was unable to give us a crossword for January, but here are the answers for the December puzzle. Across:8 Glyceria, 9 Abhors, 10 Kiwi, 11 Nanosecond, 12 Thank You,…
Poem of the Month
Selected by David Underdown who also writes the commentary. Splitting an order by Ted Kooser I like to watch an old man cutting a sandwich in half, may be an ordinary cold…
Book Review
The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carre, Viking. 'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the…
New Life for the Screen Machine
Regional Screen Scotland, which operates the Screen Machine, has raised the necessary funds to carry out a major refit of the cinema vehicle, which will add a minimum of six more years…
Hope for a better day, a better day
“The handprints of thirteen of my women friends encircle a jeweled world whose labyrinthine forms are mythical female figures woven by Kayabi Indians of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The title is from the…