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Choir News
from Douglas Hamilton The Lochranza Choir again performed in Whiting Bay Church in November, with our guests Martainn Skene on cello and Kerrie Calder on flute, both of whom also made valuable…
On Whatever
Alison Prince I read the other day about a man whose horse fell off a mountain. He was riding it at the time, so things might have been a bit sticky, but…
Return visit of astonishing accordion player
When Djordje Gajic – pronounced Georgie Guy-ic – played in Brodick Hall last year, heavy snow meant that the audience was small. A lot of people regretted that they had missed it,…
A Day in the Dark.
Do we mean, any Arran day in February? No, this is Corrie Film Club trying something new. We are inviting everyone who loves film and has the stamina to come and join…
Margot Sandeman exhibition in Glasgow
An exhibition of Margot Sandeman’s paintings is to be held at The Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Glasgow. It is open from Tuesday, January 18th to Wednesday, March 16th, and also features the…
Bookshelf
We ask readers to send us a note of any book or books they like a lot. No need for a detailed review – a couple of lines to say what’s good…
Book review
Team Twenty Ten by George Korankye is a fantasy thriller with a radiographer as its hero, ably assisted by his intrepid pharmacist wife. In a scenario where a new form of flu…
Poem of the month
chosen by David Underdown The Rabbits of Skomer by Maggie O’Dwyer I could lie in your voice, float in it, drift out to sea, hang off your soft vowel sounds, make a…
The Machine Embroidery Group
On Wednesday mornings a few people gather in the Rangers Centre at the Castle with their sewing machines, fabrics and threads to do Machine Embroidery. It all began after an Arran Visual…
Great websites
Same idea – if you have a favourite website, maybe you’d like to share it with other people. So far, we have the following: www.topdocumentaryfilms.com is a great website. It provides a…
The Duellists at Corrie Film Club
On Sunday March 13th at 8.00 in Corrie Hall, the Film Club will be showing The Duellists. Made in 1977, it was Ridley Scott’s first film, and swept to instant success at…
Fantastic Klezmer music in Brodick
The six players comprising She’koyokh, which the Guardian called, ‘the inspirational Klezmer band’ will be hitting Brodick in all their exotic glory on Saturday 19th March. They perform a dizzy mixture of…