Author: Kathie Griffiths
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All together now ……
Take Me Home Country Road by John Denver and Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas were just some of the topical requests on a sing along playlist for Saturday’s party at Craignish Hall celebrating the road re-opening
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State of the Highlands: Reality versus imagination
Seil author James Fenton says his new publication is the only book giving an overview of landscape change in the Highlands since the Battle of Culloden
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More Christmas messages to add
Minister of Colonsay and Oronsay with Netherlorn Church of Scotland, the Reverend Trudi Newton: Having moved to Argyll recently, I find myself surrounded by boxes waiting to be unpacked! I am slowly bringing order out of chaos as I find things that I have lost, and search in vain for the one thing I really…
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Runrig legend set for Skipinnish 25th Anniversary concerts
Former Runrig guitarist Malcolm Jones has been announced as the first guest artist at Skipinnish’s gigs at the Bught Park in Inverness on July 6 and Edinburgh Castle on July 12. More guest acts will be announced in due course.
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Colonsay book festival line-up
Now in its eleventh year, this annual Hebridean literary celebration has carved a unique niche in Scotland’s ever-expanding book festival calendar since its launch in 2012.
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Christmas comes early for Gaelic short film competition
In total, 162 films have been entered across the 2023 FilmG short film competitions, resulting in the highest number of submissions since the competition began in 2008.
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School food award for Jayne
Jayne Jones has played a prominent role in a pilot programme at Oban Airport delivering school meals to remote schools by drone, the work went towards achievements that earned her lifetime excellence recognition at this month’s school meals awards in Edinburgh.
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Double bill with Lesley Riddoch
Why are Danes are the world’s happiest people? Find out for yourself at Oban Phoenix Cinema on February 1 at a screening of Lesley Riddoch’s new film Denmark the State of Happiness, made with BBC and Channel 4 filmmaker Charlie Stuart.
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Nativity at Glen Orchy
Photos from Glen Orchy Parish Church nativity warm the heart this winter.
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Unanimous support for Dervaig outdoor memorial
Most communities on Mull have their own war memorial outside to show their respects but Dervaig has not – but it might in the future.