Category: Opinion
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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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Travel in Time – Thomson’s Scotland – Lochaber Series No 24: Tombuie, Corpach
Travel in Time – Lochaber Series is supported by the West Highland Museum and the Year of Stories 2022 Community Fund.
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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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LT leader wk 47 21/11/23
Unfortunately too many people in this land, and in these times, will be able to remember going without food for a day. Few of us would wish to miss even a single meal. After just a few hours, your stomach rumbles and begins to ache around its emptiness. While ravenous, it becomes hard to think…
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Lorn Healthy Options weekly health tip: Decisive moments
Start well and better choices are more likely to occur during the rest of the day.
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A look back at the Lochaber Times archives from 10, 25, 75 and 100 years ago.r