SCOTTISH GREEN MSP Andy Wightman slams forecasts for north sea oil extraction until 2050, his comments in contradiction to SNP which welcomed the new report, reports Ben Wray for Common Space at the end of last month. Wightman has criticised a new report forecasting increased oil & gas extraction from the north sea up until 2050, after …
MARBLE SLATE WOOD – NEW SCULPTURE BY TIM POMEROY Arran-based stone carver and artist, Tim Pomeroy, opens a one man exhibition at The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh on Friday 16th November. It runs until Saturday 22nd December. This is his third show with The Fine Art Society. Based on northern European archaeology, natural history …
On Sunday 11th November, Arran churches will be among 1000s of others across the country to ring their bells to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war. Across the UK, many thousands of bellringers at more than 3,000 towers are preparing to join the international initiative to celebrate the day …
By Jim Henderson The Darien disaster 1698 – 1700. King of Scotland & England William 11/111 1689-1702. A Protestant with Dutch connections. Leading up to the year 1700 a total of 7,000 Scots emigrated to the America’s, Between 10 and 20,000 moved to Europe and between 60 and 100,000 went to Ireland. This was 60 …
The first ever Corrie Food Festival was held in the Village hall last Saturday, 27th October, and by the large numbers filling the hall (people were apparently queuing to get in before the event opened at 12), it got off to a thriving start. By 2.30pm the hall was so crowded it was hard to …
By Sally Campbell On Landward, a special programme on Saving our Salmon (see Landward on BBC iplayer 2018.2019: 25 Saving our Salmon) the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) declined to come clean and discuss the appalling sight of salmon damaged with raw flesh eaten by parasitic sea lice in their Roag salmon farm in the Outer …
Ben Wray reports on the Green Party conference last month, which was held on 20-21st October at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. First published online at Common Space. THE Scottish Greens conference began with a call for a socialist transformation to create an economy “that puts people and planet ahead of profit”. Maggie Chapman, …
By John Kinsman, COASTWATCH ST MONANS, east Fife. Did sonar cause unexplained deaths? Scientists are investigating why 75 deep water whales washed up on Scottish and Irish coasts during August and September this year. Most are Cuvier’s beaked whales, which are among the deepest diving whales on the planet. Experts said 45 badly decomposed beaked …
By Heather Grace McKenzie So what exactly is ‘the good life’? The 1970s sitcom called ‘The Good Life’ made an impact on me. I was very young when it aired, but I realised when watching it that in many ways, as a family, we were already living the good life. I had a fairly unusual …