Murphy’s Irn Bru tour for the Union
A couple of Irn Bru crates to stand on [sometimes]. A mic [occasionally]. ‘Yes’ hecklers [always]. Humour and hard facts [a constant]. And the potential spoiler to end all spoilers – Oban’s seagull...
View ArticleLiberalism lost and found
This has nothing much to do with the UK Liberal Democrat Party, as it stands – or falls; but it could do.Surveying the demolition of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland and the catastrophic collapse of...
View ArticleTwo weeks to go: Day out at Auchindrain with traditional music and crafts
Two weeks from today, on Sunday, 26th August, from 10.00am to 5.00pm, Auchindrain is hosting a day of traditional music and crafts.Look forward to the Inveraray Pipe Band, fresh from the World Pipe...
View ArticleEllis Cameron: Hair work
Even although we’ve finished all our assessed coursework for second year, we still have another project to work on until term ends. It’s self-directed and outwith the studio, so it’s been fairly free...
View ArticleDiseased: The Herald’s golf scribbler on Trump’s Balmedie course
Ambition? How embarrassing. Success? How louche. Initiative? How noisy. Change? Why? Today’s edition of The Herald (17th February) carries a half-page spread on Page 11 on Donald Trump’s publishing of...
View Article£2 million European funding to protect machair from coastal erosion
Scotland’s – and Argyll’s – glorious areas of machair, unique wild-flower, herbs and grasslands developed specifically to secure coastal dune systems from wind erosion, are under serious threat from...
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