A Report from Eco Savvy Sunlight is free, and many Arran households are implementing solar PV to capture this free resource, cut electricity costs and minimise fossil fuel dependence to benefit our environment. Eco Savvy is excited to report that out of the 25 households we are helping along in Solar PV projects, 4 installs …
Making a Halo Round the Ordinary March will be an important milestone for local poet David Underdown who launches his second poetry collection in Corrie Hall on Sunday 17th. David has been living – and writing – on the island for over twenty years. He says he always had a plan to make more time …
Psychoterratica is the trauma caused by distance from nature By Ephrat Livni, published on the news website Quartz.com on February 24, 2019 You’ve got problems. Perhaps more than you know. Apart from all the usual woes—work, relationships, money, time—the civilized life may also be causing you psychological trauma. Disconnection from nature can be bad for …
Holistic Therapy Centre Open Days Islands are often regarded as ‘special places’ both by residents and visitors, with a different atmosphere and way of life. It’s not unusual for visiting tourists to see Arran as an environment for recreation, rejuvenation and health. In older times, Arran was known to the Gaels as An t-Eilan Ubhalach, …
Do you have the skills and enthusiasm to help COAST at their new Marine Activities and Learning Centre on the shores of Arran’s community-led No Take Zone and Marine Protected Area? COAST is looking to recruit two Volunteer Marine Programme Assistants for the summer. The closing date for applications is 5 pm on 17th March …
A report from Arran’s CND group, by Cheryl Burgess Arran CND has held its first meeting of the year at which there was enthusiastic planning of the year’s events. The centrepiece of the year will be the visit to Arran of the Scotland: a Peace of History exhibition celebrating sixty years of CND activism in …
A Report from Alice Maxwell Arran’s 2019 drama festival had an impressive mix of plays from Lamlash, Shiskine and Whiting Bay drama clubs, including two comedies written by Arran’s very own Rory Morrison, and Andy McNamara. The Arran Drama Association was delighted to welcome Ronnie Mackie as adjudicator who trained at the RSAMD and a …
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Review by J Inglis Margot Sandeman and Joan Eardley were good friends as students at Glasgow School of Art and later as they worked together in Arran in the small house to the rear of the converted church in Corrie known as the “Tabernacle”. Their painting styles were very different. While Joan took advantage of …