Category: Opinion
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At Random with Martin Laing – 14.12.23
Second chance I was cheered to read about the new community shop in George Street that has been named Re_Store. According to the report, “Connecting Communities Collective (CCC) is re-purposing empty premises next to Oxfam in George Street to offer second hand clothes and bargain-price homewares as well as run projects for reducing food waste…
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Allan Campbell – 14.12.23
Àm na Nollaige, àm as àbhaist a bhith cuimsichte air càirdeas agus coibhneas, agus sin nochdte tro thiodhlacan de gach seòrsa. Gu fortanach cha leig càirdeas is coibhneas a leas a bhith cosgail agus tha iad nan nòs giùlain beatha làitheil air an còir dhuinn uile amas fad na bliadhna seach a-mhàin aig àm Nollaige.…
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Seeing Stars: The Star of Bethlehem
Was the Star of Bethlehem a ‘miracle star’ or a close planetary conjunction or something else?
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Thought for the Week, December 15 2023
We don’t need to pack Christ away in a box and be weighed down with Christmas blues
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Councillor’s Column – December 15 2023
Councillor Jan Brown – Mid Argyll Well here we are almost at the end of the year. I must say it has been one of the busiest years for me personally and professionally. A family wedding was the biggest event by far for me but there have been many highlights to look back on. Work-wise…
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Councillor’s Column – December 9 2023
Councillor Alastair Redman, Kintyre and the Islands Bank of Scotland branch closures I am shocked and hugely disappointed to hear the news that the Bank of Scotland are planning to close both the Bowmore and the Tarbert branches in our local ward. Closing local community branches has a significant impact on rural areas – loss…
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Thought for the Week, December 8 2023
…it might be a good thing if, come Christmas Day itself, we give some thought to the real “main man”
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