In one of the most indefensible of decisions imaginable, Argyll and Bute Council is to remove the school bus service Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Elf Too takes West Highland Yachting Week premier prize
Clyde-based sailors, Robin and Christine Murray, lifted the premier prize at the 2010 West Highland Yachting Week, Continue reading
Reid report reveals NationalTrust for Scotland had no complete property inventory
In Trust for Scotland (ITFS) is the lobby group born in fire, to oppose the property closure proposals and Continue reading
A week in the life of… the Ellis Cameron column
When I came back to Oban at the beginning of June I did wonder how eventful life was going to be for me, Continue reading
Russell Bruce on Books: A Small Town Affair
A Small Town Affair is a very funny and authentic novel about life in a small Scottish town. The mythical Corrachan in an unspecified location is very real for all that.
It’s not quite a political novel, although the next to central character is an MP.
Away all week at Westminster he returns to take a share of his responsibility for the children at weekends between surgeries, the demands of the local party and Continue reading
Minister takes on the Kirn Enigma
Forget Bletchley Park. That’s history. The Kirn enigma is now Continue reading
Where is Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham on holiday?
We don’t know whether he’s arriving by train from Edinburgh as others will be tomorrow but Continue reading
Google IS evil – stop the Verizon deal
Google is selling out the last frontier of essential worldwide freedom – Internet neutrality. Continue reading
The wild west: route notes for the Sunday Edinburgh-Oban direct train
This is an independent perspective on what is a fabulously beautiful part of Scotland Continue reading
Marketing push on direct Edinburgh-Oban Sunday train pilot
We’ve been talking to Scotrail about progress with the imaginative new service – Continue reading