With the success of the recent Geofest that took place in Arran in October, and continuing progress being made with the island’s Geopark project, local resident Jim Henderson tells the story of one of the founding fathers of Geology, and the unconformity in Lochranza that is at the heart of the discipline. Hutton’s uncomformity at …
The new squirrel hide that was set up in Brodick castle gardens over the summer has thrilled visitors, providing both a great place for some of the island’s squirrels to feed and play, and a brilliant viewing place to watch the creatures feisty antics. While Arran’s red squirrel population can thrive in relative undisturbed safety, …
The Friends of the Firth of Clyde are currently fighting a proposal by Peel Port to develop an oil rig decommissioning plant at Hunterston. They are waiting on an imminent decision by Scottish Enterprise as to whether SE will grant Peel Port £10 million of extra funding to enable the plan to go ahead. Here Friends of …
Patricia Gibson, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran marked Baby Loss Awareness Week in the House of Commons by recalling her own experience of stillbirth during a debate at Westminster. Baby Loss Awareness Week, now in its 16th year, sees 60 charities come together to raise awareness about the key issues affecting those who have …
The film showing at Corrie film club on Sunday November 11th is Oh! What a Lovely War ( Richard Attenborough UK 1969 138 minutes Cert PG). Based on a celebrated anti-war stage piece produced by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, the film chronicles the various madnesses of the First World War. Along with vignettes involving the members …
The next Music Arran concert is on Saturday 17th November in Brodick Hall at 7.30pm, with music from AB24 Aberdeen Baroque. AB24 Aberdeen Baroque are a violin, piano, and cello trio, and will be playing music by Bach and Vivaldi. AB24 is a new ensemble offering a myriad of different instrumental combinations. Its three players between them …
One, Two by Kate Clanchy The camera has caught me in a church doorway, stooping to fasten what must be my old cork-soled sandals, their thick suede straps, that dry, worn grip at heel and instep. I’m smiling downwards, pinkly self-conscious, and above me the arch is an extraordinary blue. New — the whole place …
Mike Small, reporting for Bella Caledonia, shares a video from The Listening Post on the Al Jazeera media network, which explores the global phenomenon of the media failure to report and understand the global warming crisis. He says “much of the traditional media just can’t cope with the reality of climate breakdown. It doesn’t know …