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Corrie Film Club
The film for September 11th at 8.00pm is Selma, director Ava DuVernay’s chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama…
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?…
Corrie Film Club
The film for August 14th at 8.00pm in Corrie and Sannox Village Hall is The Salt of the Earth, directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. This is a striking film…
Goat Fell By Moonlight: A Poet Returns
It must be August. Suddenly Arran is even fuller than usual with people, residents and visitors alike, doing interesting things and the island’s creative vibe very much to the fore. For anyone…
McLellan Festival
It's that time of year again ! Amazing how quickly it comes round, always catching us a bit by surprise. This year's McLellan Festival is packed with events lasting over a month…
Come and Sing Your Heart Out
This year as part of the McLellan Arts Festival, some Arran singers will be joining the wonderful young opera students from the Royal Northern College Manchester in a joyous oratorio – Rossini's…
Book Review
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, Canongate, 2016. Amy Liptrot was born in Orkney to English parents who had gone north to find a farm they could afford and to live ‘the good…
Crossword
Across 7 Centre is GO! Else confusion arises from making charge (14) 9 Dress races in air with energy (6) 10 Damaged nine journalist repeated (8) 11 A supporter in man's sirenians…
Woodworking Fair in Corrie
Some images from the Corrie Woodworking Fair, taken by Marion Logan:
Bridge Challenge
South to make one no-trump. West leads the ♣Q.
Ricardo Curbelo
Isle of Arran Music Society has an extra concert this year, on Friday, 19th August, in the Community Theatre at Arran High School. Ricardo Curbelo, who gave two greatly appreciated performances last…