One man’s solidarity with the independent Bonspielers

Graeme Murdoch on Duddingston Loch in support of the disappointed Bonspielers

Graeme Murdoch is delighted at the independent spirit of the curlers who organised their own informal events Continue reading

Public meeting on Council plans to sell Castle Toward

There is a public meeting at Innellan Village Hall on 13th January Continue reading

Reid says Government should simply overturn Chinook verdict

Alan Reid, Argyll’s MP, has been having a busy week but has come up with Continue reading

Mark Morpurgo on how to ‘do’ Celtic Connections and New Voices

Clarsach or Celtic Harp in Museum of Scotland Copyright David Monniaux GNUOriginally conceived as filling a hole in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall’s schedule in the dark wet days of January, this key winter music festival has grown in size and stature to become a world-wide draw for Glasgow.

In 2009 it scored £1million+ ticket sales and an £8 million much needed boost to the Scottish economy. Then it won the Best Cultural Event of the Year at the Scottish Event Awards 2009. Continue reading

£2 million European funding to protect machair from coastal erosion

Scotland’s – and Argyll’s – glorious areas of machair, Continue reading

Inveraray & District Pipe Band at Celtic Connections

About to enter its first season at Grade 1 in pipe band Continue reading