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Meeting Helen Crawfurd, Scottish Suffragette, through her own words…
Laura Matheson has joined Glasgow Women’s Library as an exhibition intern as part of her course MSc Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating and Criticism at the University of Edinburgh. As Fiona…
Arran’s Infrastructure – A History
Arran Infrastructure
Flora Mckinnon Gibson (Drummond) (1878-1949) A Leading Suffragette with a connection with Arran.
By Jim Henderson
New Home For World’s Oldest Clipper Ship
New Home For World’s Oldest Clipper Ship By John Kinsman of Coastwatch St Monans The world's oldest clipper ship, the City of Adelaide (the Carrick) will have a permanent home under a…
The Arran 700s
Somewhere in the clag on the Western Hills
Book Review
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada - Penguin Modern Classics. It is Holocaust Memorial Day as I begin writing this review, an appropriate day to discuss a novel set in Berlin between…
Marine News
from John Kinsman Memorial Service for sub crew The crew of a submarine that sank one hundred years ago is to be honoured in a memorial service. HMS K13 sank in the…
The Somme 100 years on
The public are invited to mark 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme. So many people in the UK have a close link to the Somme. The Government…
Scottish Canals set to reinvent The Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is set for a mini revolution as a £1million programme to revamp and develop new visitor experiences at the world’s only rotating boat lift gets underway. The project will…
Golf on Arran
The Voice has just published Golf on Arran, written by James Henderson who has been involved in the development of the game here on the island for over forty years. The book…
December at Brodick Castle and Country Park
Following a very successful Art Exhibition December is the month for Christmas activities. We have a Carol Concert on Friday 18th December tickets are £12 bookable through the Castle on 302202. On…
Iolair – the first Arran skiff
For the technically minded, the St Ayles Skiff is built from a kit using high quality marine plywood using the clinker ply method. It is 22ft (6.5m) long and has a beam…
