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Crofters take on multinationals over wind farm rights on Lewis

In true David and Goliath style, a group of crofters from the Isle of Lewis are taking on the might of the multinationals by using a little known and relatively new piece of crofting law to try to claim back […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Home Page, Opinion, Renewables
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How Hollywood came to the Ballantyne Psalm singing project

They seem like a bit of an odd couple: the award-winning Hollywood composer behind the soundtracks to films such as Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, and the Lewis tradition bearer who’s also an elder in the Free Church. So […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Gaelic, Home Page, Music
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Asian arts festival in Stornoway celebrates shared humanity

Islanders are travellers. Always have been. Scattering themselves to the furthest corners of the globe, taking their traditions, culture and cianalas with them but always remaining outward looking, open minded and downright adventurous. To my mind, it’s as much a […]

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Unique platform for Harris Tweed designers at fashion showcase

It’s classic and cool, contemporary and traditional, edgy and ladylike, all at the same time — Harris Tweed in its many forms, as imagined by the different local designers and producers, all working out of the Outer Hebrides. Saturday brings […]

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Fighting for Rhenigidale — campaigner Kenny tells story of ‘the road’

Imagine being evicted from your croft home and resettled in a challenging environment where you had to start all over again in cultivating the land. Imagine then having to fight tooth and nail, for half a century, for the right […]

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Runrig, the Chili Pipers, Astrid… HebCelt16 rocked!

Two bands sold the Hebridean Celtic Festival to me this year — Astrid and Runrig. But you can always count on HebCelt to throw something new and fabulous your way and it did, in the shape of Whisky Kiss and […]

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HebCelt Thursday is best for the wee ones

Wow. The dust is settling on Stornoway after another Hebridean Celtic Festival and I’m so glad I was there (along with the rest of the 18,000 people who made it a record-breaking event). I didn’t see everything — not by […]

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Song, craic and seal obsessions at Hebridean Women

Hebridean Women at An Lanntair last night… what a lovely start to HebCelt16, the festival’s 21st year. A special night of traditional Gaelic singing that was good for the soul and unique in terms of performances. It’s not entirely to […]

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Is it easier to sing than speak out? Thoughts on Hebridean women

Tomorrow night sees the launch of HebCelt 16 with the performance of Hebridean Women in An Lanntair. It’s got me thinking about who we are as Hebridean women and why, when we have some of the most beautiful singing voices […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Music, Opinion
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15 ways to get better at (or get into) creative writing

Want to be a writer? If you do, you’re not alone. “Everyone has a book in them,” said Christopher Hitchens. But he added: “In most cases that’s where it should stay.” If every other person wants to write a novel, […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Writing
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