Category: Leisure
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Sean and Laura complete tough Arran charity challenge
By Hugh Boag TV presenters Sean Batty and Laura Boyd were still smiling when they completed a gruelling circumnavigation of Arran last week to raise money for the STV Children’s Appeal. They certainly crammed plenty into their two day challenge, which they had been kept in the dark about until they arrived on the island.…
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Classical duo to perform on Arran
Music Arran are delighted to welcome the Stroud Zhang Duo to the island on Saturday October 21.
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Glasgow Letter – week 41 2023
The last few Glasgow Letters have been all about the Paisley Mòd. Next week, though, my thoughts on that will be elsewhere in the paper so, for this column, I have chosen to write about something else entirely. The Glasgow Lewis and Harris Association recently announced the full line up for its 133rd Annual Gathering…
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Fèis an Tairbeirt gathering to relaunch tune book
Fèis an Tairbeirt celebrated the re-launch of their tune book, Ceòl Earra-Ghàidheil, with a large enthusiastic audience at The Gather in Tarbert. The event on Saturday September 30 was full of wonderful performances from many talented musicians. The afternoon kicked off with a brilliant set of tunes from the Fèis an Tairbeirt, Treòir pupils who…
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Nimble Fingers give helping hand to Guide group
Campbeltown Guide Unit is £500 better off thanks to the generosity of the Nimble Fingers crafting group
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History society hears of George Houston connections
George Houston – Argyll’s influence on his Art Inveraray History Society was off to a good start last week for the new season, with a talk from Euan Robson. Euan has been interested in and collected George Houston’s work for many years and ‘shares with him the love of fishing’. George Houston (1869-1947), was born…
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Paupers, poorhouses and place-names feature in latest Kintyre Magazine
The autumn 2023 edition of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society Magazine is now on sale
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Award-winning musical duo take to the stage
Award-winning duo Leonard Brown and Maggie Adamson are travelling the length and breadth of Scotland and northern England on a 15-day tour in October-November. Leonard and Maggie are delighted to be incorporating the West Coast in their tour as they will be appearing at The Inveraray Inn on Wednesday October 25. Tickets, priced £10 can…