Category: Columnists
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Glasgow Letter – week 48 2023
I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the Glasgow Skye Association Annual Gathering on the first weekend in December! Ever since I’ve been in Glasgow, and long before, the Glasgow Skye has felt like the beginning of the festive period. There is always a heated…
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At Random with Martin Laing – Thursday November 30 2023
Building for the future I am not religious in any way, yet I find the subject fascinating on a number of levels and respect the right of others to follow the religion of their choice. I suspect, though, that some people will allow their beliefs to invest their views with illogical reasoning over some issues.…
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Beachd Ailein – 23 An t-Samhain 2023
Gann ceithir seachdainean gu latha na Nollaige, agus chan iongnadh liostaichean phrèasantan a bhith gan deasachadh thall ’s a-bhos! Abair atharrachadh bho àm m’ òige fhìn, ged a bhiomaid theagamh a’ miannachadh rudeigin cha robh cinnt sam bith againn dè nochdadh latha na Nollaige. B’ e fìrinn na cùise gun robh airgead gann agus dh’fheumadh…
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Leader, November 24 2023
The effort required to establish, run and make a success of a club like the Dunaverty Players members have cannot be easily appreciated by those of us not involved with such groups
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Thought for the Week, November 24 2023
It is not the ‘commandments’ of religion that have been the cause of atrocities and violence in recent weeks, but their transgression in pursuit of power, land, provocation, revenge, hatred and, to put it bluntly: all that is evil.
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Glasgow Letter – week 47 2023
Last Friday night, the evening of the 123rd Tiree Annual Gathering dance in the Glasgow University Union, I was just across the river at Pacific Quay, playing with Tide Lines for BBC Scotland’s Children In Need. Tiree readers might laugh that, instead of watching Gunna Sound with “Archie Bear”, I was onstage with Pudsey Bear!…
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At Random with Martin Laing – week 47 2023
Full-on festivity Confession time: I’m usually to be found in the Bah! Humbug camp when it comes to the build-up to Christmas, especially because it seems to start earlier each year. So I found myself surprisingly enthused by last week’s bumper edition of The Oban Times and the comprehensive reporting of everything that’s coming up…
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Allan Campbell – 23.11.23
Last Saturday was Remembrance Day when we honoured the memory of those lost in wars since 1914 and it is right and proper that they be remembered, and their sacrifice acknowledged with honour.
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A look back at the Lochaber Times archives from 10, 25, 75 and 100 years ago.r
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Councillor’s Column – November 23, 2023
Sarah Fanet, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, talks about the day Highland councillors chose to protect fairness and democracy.