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Crossword
Across 1 A Lada restraining me goes into avenue (7) 5 Allays princess's skins which are timeless (7) 9 Rising Northern climb (7) 10 Painting school in which I see ens perhaps…
Poem of the Month
Sonnet LVI William Shakespeare Sweet love, renew thy force, be it not said Thy edge should blunter be than appetite, Which but today by feeding is allay’d, Tomorrow sharpened in his former…
Book Reviews
Quicksand; What it means to be a Human Being, by Henning Mankell, Harvill Secker Henning Mankell is perhaps best known for his Wallander crime novels, set in the author’s home country, Sweden,…
Crossword
Across 1 Don's made a mess with CIA (8) 5 Clasp ensures poplars are trapped (6) 9 Doles one out and freed (8) 10 Cop arrests damaged free delays (6) 11 Movie…
Book Review
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, Penguin Modern Classics, £8.99 Capote is best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's, popular through its film version starring Audrey Hepburn. In Cold Blood is a very…
Poem Of The Month
Selected by David Underdown, who also writes the commentary. The day the marks made sense by Imtiaz Dharker When my finger pushed at the marks jumbled on a page and stumbled on…
Corrie Film Club
The film to be shown on May 8th at 8.00pm is Leviathan, directed by Andrey Zvyaginstev (Russia 2014 - Cert 15). This is a sober and compelling tragic drama set in contemporary…
Poetry at the McLellan Festival
One of the prime aims of the festival that celebrates the name of Arran’s Robert McLellan is to nurture new talent in the arts and nowhere is this more evident than in…
Da Vinci Trio
On Saturday, March 19th, a good-sized audience was spell-bound by the artistry of the Da Vinci Trio. Scott Mitchell, piano, Anthony Moffat, violin and Robert Irvine, cello, electrified the audience from the…
Arran Artist of the Month
Ed O’Donnelly I was born in Hamilton and studied Fine Art at Bath Academy of Art and Cyprus School of Art. Professionally, from the mid 80s to late 90s, I was involved…
Bridge Challenge
South to make three spades against any lead.
Crossword
Across 1 Lo, I tune purification (7) 5 Salute 1000 crazy otter (7) 9 Lovelace's coding? (3) 10 Submarine fork? (7) 11 Express no tree (5) 12 Colour in bat anomaly (3)…