One of world’s top minds on radar wins AF Harvey Prize

Professor Hugh Griffiths, one of the world’s best minds in radar research – is to outline his research at a special lecture Continue reading

Iain McCallum: the human bridge between Campbeltown and Heroes Challenge UK

Iain and Sal McCallum

Take your pick – the Campbeltown man with the Welsh wife, Sal, he stayed away from the ‘wee toon’ to marry Continue reading

Peace Pilgrimage going through Crinan Canal now, en route for Faslane

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The Peace Camp anti-Trident campaigners, based across the road from the UK Nuclear Submarine Continue reading

Jock Dempster: hell and healing – two voyages to Murmansk

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Arctic Convoy veteran, Jock Dempster, died yesterday morning – 5th May 2013, after having seen the award Continue reading

Mount Stuart appoints new directors to Trust

The Mount Stuart Trust has just released the following media statement: Continue reading

Coastal Connection moves to Offshore Connection from Oban

Coastal COnnections Schiehallion

Two Oban brothers hosted an open day today to showcase the latest addition to their maritime services business. Continue reading

Scots climbers conquer ‘the last great unclimbed route of the Himalayas’

Sandy Allan, from Newtonmore, and Rick Allen, from Aberdeen have been awarded the prestigious Piolet d’Or Continue reading

Argyll and Bute Council settle expensively with former Communications Manager

Argyll and Bute Council has settled out of court with Jo Smith, its former Communications Manager who Continue reading

Adrian Lauder: ‘Always the one to get this party started’.

The hall-full of family and friends in Oban's Argyllshire Gathering Halls early this evening, 15th April 2013,  Continue reading

John Muir Day – 21st April 2013

21st April 2013 is the 175th anniversary of the birth of John Muir, the Scots-born conservationist Continue reading