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A Visit to Florence
Did you know that it is possible to leave Arran on the 8.20am ferry and be in Paris in time for dinner, after a relaxing journey by train all the way? Or…
Bridge Challenge
South to make 4♠. West leads the ♠J.
Crossword
Across 1 Poisoning me as a pair exploded (9) 9 Least thin cardinal hold copper back (6) 10 Capo is ill, takes it in vehicle and keeps charge (9) 11 Kudos maintains…
McLellan Arts Festival – What next?
Robert McLellan
Poem of the Month
Selected by David Underdown who also writes the commentary. The Hedgehog The hedgehog that you pointed out with your fierce glowing eyes, ‘Look how all rolled-up he waits.’ That I never saw,…
National poetry day
October 6th is National Poetry Day. Arran’s contribution to it will be held in Brodick Bar at 7:30 that evening. The theme for 2016 is ‘Messages’ but poems on any theme are…
Arran Open Studios collaboration between poets and makers
Nasturtium by Josephine Broekhuizen
Corrie Film Club
The film to be shown on October 9th at 8.00pm in the Corrie and Sannox Village Hall will be that great classic, The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston in the USA…
Brass tacks
A lively brass quintet is the next presentation by Isle of Arran Music Society, on 15th October in the Community Theatre at Arran High School. Brass Tacks consists of five highly experienced…
Book Reviews
The Death of Sigmund Freud: Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism by Mark Edmundson. Bloomsbury. When Hitler invaded Vienna in the winter of 1938, Sigmund Freud, old and desperately ill, was…
Artist of the Month
Our featured artist this month is Charles Herbert of Kildonan, who paints atmospheric seascapes and west coast scenes in oils. Charles, can you tell us something about your development as a painter?…
Crossword
Across 1 A bare one is dressed for entity (8) 5 Baskets are right in inlets (6) 9 Brees I heard second-class lines (8) 10 Libero's furnace? (6) 11 Respects damaged bogles…