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Over a barrell – proposal today at Bruichladdich
They say – well they will now – that the way to a woman’s heart is a barrel of Bruichladdich.It was this morning anyway - in Warehouse 2 at the distillery in Islay – for Kristian Dahl and Anne Abom...
View ArticleAn Tobar: Methods of Engagement and Articulation of Landscape
Monday 6th April 2009, from 11.30am – 5.00pm. This is an informal symposium, hosted by Land2, on their work featuring Land2 members, invited artists and local historians, with a view to opening a...
View ArticleMather queries Oban & Lorn policing levels
Following representations from concerned constituents Jim Mather, MSP for Argyll & Bute, has made enquiries about the level of staffing and the apparent reduction of police staff on duty in the...
View ArticleScotland’s playful History
A new website – Scotland’s History – launched today, designed to make the complex and lively history of this country available to people anywhere and of a wide age spectrum.A reconnaissance visit...
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Bill Clinton asks Dunoon’s John McAslan to oversee Haiti’s rebuild
Dunoon-born and now London-based, international architect John McAslan says he feels that it’s important to give something back. He walks the talk.The John McAslan Family Trust is a vehicle through...
View ArticleMilitary Cross and engagement for Bryan Johnson of Argyll and Sutherland...
Private Bryan Johnson of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, now the Fifth Battalion (5 Scots) of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, has been awarded the Military Cross.The medal for gallantry was...
View ArticlePrincess Royal to visit Helensburgh
The Princess Royal is to visit Helensburgh later this month.She will undertake a number of engagements in the town, meeting with representatives of various charitable projects.The run up to the local...
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Ellis 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...
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Residents of Bute and Applecross want membership rights to landowning...
A campaign launched yesterday saw the Registered Offices in Edinburgh of the Mount Stuart Trust and the Applecross Trust – companies owning and managing the estates of the Isle of Bute and of...
View ArticleCouncil stalemate: attitude shifts and external leverage
In the continuing stalemate at Argyll and Bute Council, with no serious talking going on and the next council meeting the immediate hope of a material address to the situation, there is, as of this...
View ArticleInteresting news at council meeting – islands move for devolution from Scotland
With Argyll and Bute Council unlikely to complete its massive 37 item agenda today, some items - a few of which were new to the agenda, were ring fenced for definite discussion.One of these was a...
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‘Half Life’ stage at Achnabreac to be removed
‘Half life‘ may have turned out to have had a more flexible meaning than the title it provided for the 2007 collaborative performance between NVA and The National Theatre of Scotland in the forest at...
View ArticleHi-Arts to be wound up – raising questions about the direction of the...
After 23 years in existence, Inverness-based Hi-Arts, the company that has been the cultural development agency for the Highlands and Islands, is being wound up.The decision was taken at a meeting of...
View ArticleDeputy First Minister set to bring welcome local engagement to ferry...
[8th August - Updated below in Responses] On 1st July, the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, sent a covering letter to the members of the Gourock-Dunoon Ferries Service Steering Group with the...
View ArticleGrangemouth: facts, consequences and issues
Today the Unite Union has performed an about turn in conceding to the position of Ineos, owners of the Grangemouth petrochemical plant and its associated oil refinery.This is an admission of an initial...
View ArticleStewart MacKenzie leaving Oban Times
Everyone interested in news in Argyll and the Isles and beyond will feel a very real regret at Stewart MacKenzie’s decision, announced in his paper today, 9th January, to step down as Editorial...
View ArticleBite the Ballot: National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday 5th February 2014 will see people right across Great Britain encouraging others to register to vote, in the UK’s inaugural National Voter Registration Day.This initiative aims to sign up...
View ArticleEvidence indicates CEO never intended Castle Toward affair to be investigated
The documents For Argyll obtained from Argyll and Bute Council under Freedom of Information demonstrate the monkey business that was the Chief Executive’s request to Audit Scotland to conduct a...
View ArticleScottish Parliament’s European & External Affairs Committee to take evidence...
Today’s [18th February] parliamentary debate on how the Scottish Parliament and its Committees engage with the European Union brought some interesting insights.Speaking in the debate, Highlands and...
View ArticleChallenge to Scottish Government: Change the everyday racist discrimination...
We have passed laws to prevent football hooligans singing sectarian songs in the heat of football matches, usually between ‘the old firm’ of Celtic and Rangers. We have created public pressure in angry...
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