Category: Leisure
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Cat walk returns to Skye with Ragtag and Textile annual fashion show
The aim of Ragtag is to enhance and sustain the environment by recycling textiles – diverting this waste from landfill sites and creating new products using traditional hand-crafted techniques.
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What is ‘under’ Loch Fyne?
Members of the Inveraray and District History Society descended to new levels “Under Loch Fyne” at their November talk which focussed on natural history and the wonders under the waves of the local loch. During an interesting and informative talk presented by dive team members Clive, Maggie, Lin and Ray, those present learned of the…
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Rare Arran painting by ‘fifth’ Colourist goes on sale
A rarely-seen painting of Arran by artist John Maclauchlan Milne is going up for auction in Edinburgh. Auction house Lyon & Turnbull has several paintings by the artist – known as the fifth Scottish Colourist – for sale in its forthcoming Scottish Paintings and Sculpture sale on December 7. Maclauchlan Milne first visited Arran in…
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Photograph of the Week, November 24 2023
Charlie Birrell from Fife sent us this week’s photograph, taken at Westport Beach while holidaying in Kintyre with his family in October.
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Your photographs – November 24 2023
This week’s photograph was taken by Ian Provan of Castleton, where he ponders if the rainbow is marking the spot where the pot of gold is buried on the Mòine Mhòr. If you have a photograph you would like to share with our readers, please send it to editor@argyllshireadvertiser.co.uk or post it on to our…
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Society meeting all abuzz about dragonflies of Scotland
The next Arran Natural History Society meeting will be the first online gathering of the autumn/winter season of talks and will cover the subject of dragonflies of Scotland.
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End of police tradition on Arran
Sergeant Kevin Blackley’s move out of the police house in Lamlash last month ended the 165 year tradition of the island sergeant living next to the station. Here he takes a look at the history of the police stations on Arran.
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A night of music and fun in Whiting Bay
The audience at Whiting Bay Club of Music and Drama performances at the village hall last Saturday were given an evening to remember.