COAST News

Are we pleased that Lamlash Bay Community Marine Reserve has been featured in Greenpeace International’s campaign video showcasing three marine reserves that work on our planet! Why ocean sanctuaries are so important When we create marine sanctuaries, we help restore the oceans for wildlife to thrive.Make history by helping to create the biggest protected area …

An Intuitive Start to the Year

Our first craft club of the new year was very well attended and we welcomed lots of new members. The session was devoted to intuitive art journaling and led by Fiona Doubleday. This school of journaling draws on both art and meditation and members were set two ‘intuitive’ exercises to complete in two hours. It …

Brodick Quartet

They’re back! A year after their hugely successful concert in Brodick last year, the four young players of this charming and talented group are paying another visit to the island. Their concert is in Brodick Village Hall at 7.30 pm on Saturday, 17th February. As before the Quartet consists of Ben Norris and Katrina Lee …

February at Corrie Film Club

Saturday 10th February – Special Day In The Dark Programme (not 3rd February as previously notified) Approximate times: 10.00 am – Scottish Shorts and coffee 10.45     –   I know where I’m going 12.00     –   12.45 Lunch  (Soup and bread and cheese) 12.45     –    Denial 2.30       –    Breakfast at Tiffany’s …

Eco Savvy News

This is an event that we are especially excited about – Arran Recycling. There has been lots of discussion and questions, relayed in many individual conversations in the Arran Eco Savvy Community, on Arran Community Forum, and other networks about the various aspects of recycling on Arran and wider. We thought it would be a …

The Garden in January

It’s hard to find many flowering plants in the garden in January. Luckily we have Daphne Bholua Jacqueline Postill with it’s magnificent flowers and stunning scent.

Food Review – the Drift Inn

Our first expedition for the Voice was to visit the Drift Inn, which was fortunately bought last year and open for business again at the end of October. Previous managers Euan and Amy Henderson are back at the helm, and running the place as if they have never been away. As a rare pub-frequenter, this …

Leslie Marr – A Painter on Arran

As some readers may know, the painter Leslie Marr lived and worked on Arran from 1983 until 1991 in the house called Carlo on Corrie Shore. Recently, Leslie’s work has been on show at the Piano Nobile Gallery in London alongside that of his mentor and teacher, David Bomberg, who died in 1957. Leslie Marr …

Women in Black

On the last Saturday of each month a group of women come together in Brodick to stand for peace. We do this as part of a broader movement around the world called Women in Black. Women in Black started in 1988 in Jerusalem by a group of Israeli women who wanted to show their opposition …

A Plastic Voyage Film Evening and Discussion: A Plastic Free Island?

A Plastic Voyage The story of the voyage of the Sea Dragon as she circumnavigated the UK, into Lamlash Bay and beyond, in August 2017. COAST film evening, Friday 9th February at the Old Pavilion, Lamlash, 7.00 pm Sue Weaver and Deborah Maw, members of the all-female crew researching the presence of ocean plastics, will …