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Saltire Society end season on a high note
The Saltire Society for Arran finished its season of events in Corrie hall recently. The Saltire Society is a non-politically affiliated organisation which celebrates Scottish cultural life in its widest remit. From…
Atéa Wind Quintet
On Saturday 27th February the Arran Music Society featured the Atéa Wind Quintet, a brilliant group of young players who delighted the audience. The classic combination of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and…
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)…
Bridge Challenge
South to make four spades. West leads the ♠K.
Crossword
Across 1 A thousand see den broken estate (7) 5 Fords mountains (7) 9 Dawn star up (7) 10 Supervise Electronics Engineer chasing balls (7) 11 At war? So nearly hold fire…
Book Review
The Silver Darlings by Neil M. Gunn. Faber and Faber, paperback, £9.99 Neil Gunn was born in Dunbeath, a small fishing and crofting community in Caithness, North East Scotland, in 1891. The…
Poem Of The Month
Selected by David Underdown, who also writes the commentary. Before Summer Rain by Rainer Maria Rilke Suddenly from all the green around you, something – you don’t know what – has disappeared;…
Arran Gaelic Club
Arran is to have a visit from one of the crew who worked on the popular television series 'Outlander'. Àdhamh Ó Broin, who is Gaelic consultant to the series, is to give…
Arran Artist of the Month
Our Arran Artist of the Month feature for March is rather different from previous months, for instead of focussing on one individual, we are highlighting a group, Arran Visual Arts. The article…