The first issue of the monthly Voice for Arran online magazine was published in February 2011. With the exception of April and May 2015, when our technical guru was indisposed, we have published a new edition every month since then. We will soon be reaching our first century and our techie will be retiring once …
By Simon Ross-Gill Although I never actually did set foot in the workshop or Gallery at St Columba’s and have no memories of it, it is with great pleasure that I am putting together an exhibition, as a part of A Celebration of Whiting Bay Past And Present on May 11th and 12th 2019. As …
Scott Leatham, political ecologist, researcher and campaigner, says that natural solutions must be part of any credible strategy to address climate breakdown. Published in CommonSpace 29.04.19. As messages on climate breakdown and biodiversity loss dominate the airwaves, the emergence of a new form of denialism stalks the policy landscape: the delayer. We don’t need to …
Having fought off the expansion of the fish farm in Lamlash Bay last year, the proposal for a new one off the north east of Arran was never going to be met with much community support. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) who are proposing the new mega farm, are trying to make contact with the …
Sally Campbell contemplates the irony of the PR machine in the aquaculture industry, with prizes and awards for ‘the best’ salmon, when disease, pollution, and morts, characterise the reality of this industry, highlighted no more clearly than in the last few days with reports of total loss of stock due to contaminated water at the …
April is a great month in the garden with magnolias, daffodils and rhododendrons.
A message from the Whiting Bay Memories group… Whiting Bay Memories group have been very busy planning and organising a weekend of celebrations. The event takes place in the village hall and around the village on Saturday & Sunday May 11th & 12th. Planning has included a small group of volunteers spending many hours making …
Why we need to talk about the links between colonialism and climate change in the context of Highland land reform. Mairi MacFadyen writing in Bella Caledonia 21.04.19 I visited Timespan in Helmsdale recently. The gallery is exhibiting a display called ‘No Colour Bar: Highland Remix: Clearances to Colonialism’ which aims to reconcile the local history …
By Chitra Ramaswamy, visiting Brodick on the eve of the Castle’s reopening last month. First published in the NTS Magazine, Spring 2019. Guarded by the rugged sentinel of Goat Fell, Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran is undergoing its latest transformation in a history that spans eight centuries. Behind the doors of the Hamiltons’ …
A report from Sally Campbell on the Greenpeace 30X30 campaign Read the full report: www.greenpeace.org Greenpeace is championing the urgent need to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030, to protect wildlife and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. A strong Global Ocean Treaty would provide a legal framework to create …