A whole lot of media activity
Friday — and I’m feeling almost punch drunk. Completely dazed, thrown about, and wondering ‘what just happened here?’ In a good way, I think. What a week it has been. There has been so much going on – some of […]
Anyone got £71million to lend the Comhairle…?
I went to a play on Friday night. It was about Hebridean women. In particular, those women — our great-grandmothers and grandmothers, mainly — who were out there in the world, making an impact and fighting for women to have […]
A first blog from the child taught no English in school
I have an extra special guest on the blog this week — my son Michael, aged seven-and-a-half. He has been asking me for ages if he could write a blog post himself, “to show my class”, so I thought, why […]
A Hebridean tale to remind us about the women we were
Occasionally, my professional work overlaps with my own personal interests and that is the perfect situation for any blogger or journalist — being engaged to write about something that you were interested in anyway! HebCelt is possibly the best example of […]
The years are short
It’s a long weekend here. How’s everybody bearing up? If you’re working parents, like us, then school holidays — while lovely — can pose quite a challenge. They may even involve some kind of shift pattern, with multiple parents and […]
Top Story prize at Highlands and Islands Media Awards
It’s been a big weekend. I’m a bit lost for words so I’m just going to share with you here a news release put out last night from the organisers of the Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards… Lewis-based journalist Katie Laing’s coverage […]