Category: Columnists
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New Belford progress: December 2023 update
There is an enormous network of people experiencing and providing care in our community and it is essential that we consider all aspects of health, care and wellbeing as we plan for the future.
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Glasgow Letter – December 7 2023
After the Glasgow Skye Association’s annual gathering, followed by Skipinnish in the Barrowlands, got December under way in style for cèilidh lovers in Glasgow last weekend, attention now turns to the highly anticipated Hoolie in the Hydro. As if last year’s inaugural event wasn’t enough of a success, this year’s already looks set to be…
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From our Files: December 7, 2023
A look back at the Lochaber Times archives from 10, 25, 75 and 100 years ago.
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At Random with Martin Laing – Thursday December 7 2023
Utter disdain I chose the wee headline tag above for a number of reasons. First: it is my instinctive and immediate reaction to the words of Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson, who said asylum seekers should be sent to Scottish islands if the government’s illegal Rwanda plan fell through. With complete ignorance of his subject,…
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Croftless Crofter: Nic Goddard
The rewards of the time spent outside are also worth pausing to acknowledge when they come.
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Leader, December 1 2023
Some of us may be guilty of absent-mindedly assuming the town’s Christmas lights will go on each year, without fully appreciating the level of effort that goes into making that happen
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Thought for the Week, December 1 2023
Advent is a season of hopeful, expectant anticipation – waiting.
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Seeing Stars: Discover Orion and the Geminids meteor shower
Over Kintyre, the spectacular constellation of Orion is climbing higher in the night sky over the next two months in the south east and its a constellation which has an easy to recognise pattern
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Councillor’s Column – December 1 2023
Councillor Dougie McFadzen, Kintyre and the Islands Thank you once again Argyllshire Advertiser for giving me the opportunity to reach out to your readers in my latest Councillor’s Column. I’d firstly like to warmly congratulate Councillor Jennifer Kelly from Campbeltown for her amazing election result and I’m looking forward to working with her to make…