Category: Leisure
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‘Ello,’ello, ‘ello!
This photograph says it all and is of Kilmartin primary school choir from the Glasgow Royal National National Mod in 1948. Now there are only one or two Gaelic solo singers taking part in the Mod from Mid Argyll.
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From our files – October 20 2023
TEN YEARS AGO Friday October 18 2013 Sunflower success grows on Riverside Rascal Amy A child from Riverside Rascals Day Nursery in Lochgilphead has won the Argyll Community Housing Association’s grow your own sunflower competition. Abby Simpson won with an impressive sunflower that measured 1.86 metres and received a £50 book voucher from Sandra Mackenzie,…
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Gaelic learner singers make their mark
Two Mid Argyll Gaelic learner singers showed in Monday that they are among the top in the country at the Royal National Mod in Paisley. The week-long event began at the weekend, with the first of junior singing competitions on Monday. After a long day of waiting, a large crowd was in attendance at the…
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Touring St Columba exhibition heads to Islay
On loan from Donegal County Museum, Ireland, Cuairt Chaluim Chille/Touring St Columba is moving from Campbeltown to Islay, from October 27 to spring 2024. The year long visit weas launched on June 9, 2023, the Feast Day of St Columba in the Kintyre town. Cuairt Chaluim Chille/Touring St Columba is created by Culture, Heritage and…
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Launching The Scottish Islanders
It has taken author Ewan Kennedy from Kimelford 12 years to write his book and is his first voyage into being a published author.
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Glasgow Letter – week 42 2023
After weeks of anticipation in this column, the Royal National Mòd is finally under way in Paisley – and what an event it has been so far. I write extensively about events in Paisley during the first half of the week elsewhere in this paper so, given this is the Glasgow Letter, I’ll start instead…
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Celtic Connections 2024 set for expansive programme of unmissable music
World-renowned Glasgow festival Celtic Connections will once again light up stages, venues and dark winter nights from Thursday January 18 to Sunday February 4, for what will be one of its biggest-ever capacity festivals. Celtic Connections has continued to expand into a multitude of genres over its 30-year history and this year will see the…
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Pumpkin picking goodness
A Kintyre photographer has put her skills to good use to host a pumpkin-themed photoshoot in aid of the Mairi Semple Cancer Fund
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Young singers strike the right Gaelic storytelling notes
It was a successful day for West Highland singers at this year’s Royal National Mòd on Monday, with talented youngsters enthralling spectators in Paisley.
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The Prince of Egypt makes special visit to Oban’s Phoenix
Cinema-goers are in for a special treat this week with Oban Phoenix Cinema hosting two screenings of The Prince of Egypt: The Musical. Based on the classic DreamWorks Animation film and featuring Stephen Schwartz’s “miraculous music” (Time Out) – including his Academy Award-winning song When You Believe – and Sean Cheesman’s “astonishing choreography” (The Guardian),…