Good web sites

www.sreepurcards.org takes you to a small village in India where they make greetings cards. They have to make the paper first, then dye it and cut it and design it, so each card is completely individual. Selling just one card feeds a child for 5 days. The money goes straight to the village, no big organisation to support, and the charges are ridiculously small for such a nice product. Have a look – they’re so cheerful, you’ll be touched.

38degrees.org.uk is a fresh and lively campaigning site that has scored some notable successes with its vigorous petitions.

Roots of Arran have a splendid new website. Cheerful news of a literally down-to-earth group who get their hands dirty while pruning and planting and making dry-stane dykes. They own a communal patch just down the path from the viewpoint at the top of Brodick hill, and are a thoroughly likeable, practical bunch.

For a one-man blast at all things ridiculous, you can’t beat www.senscot.net. Laurence, who writes it single-handedly every week and compiles lots of interesting news, is splendidly ascerbic and lets fly with both barrels at whatever he finds absurd. And there is a lot! His site goes out to about 4,500 a week, so he is doing rather well. As curmudgeons go, he is an absolute treasure, and always worth reading.

Our pet websites tend to seem a bit worthy. If you have a favourite one that’s more light-hearted and funny, do please say! Just drop a note to info@voiceforarran.com. We’ll be delighted to add it to next month’s list.