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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Greetings from Inverness! This week’s blether comes to you from the capital of the Highlands, more specifically the Premier Inn on the River Ness. I’m in town for the Highlands and Islands press ball, which kicks off at 6.30pm tonight […]
Oh, An Lanntair. What have you done? By now, most of you lovely readers of this blog will be aware that the Lanntair is going to be holding a Sunday opening trial between now and March, beginning with a screening […]
There’s a standing joke in my house. Whenever I’m writing a blog post, my husband will drift by and say: “Ooh, is it about wind farms?” So apologies to anyone if I’m boring you but I will keep on following […]
My father used the phrase “vague news” today when he really meant “fake news” — but it really got me thinking and, actually, vague news is something we’re getting a lot of in Lewis just now. People were getting their […]
The landscape of Lewis and Harris is special — even the bleak parts have their own magic — but at risk of stating the absolute bleeding obvious, it’s the beaches that make it. Everyone has their personal favourites but most […]
Facebook is awash with brambles just now. Brambles in tubs, brambles being picked from the bushes in the Castle Grounds by children with pink-tinged fingertips and equally rosy cheeks. Brambles in pies, brambles in jam jars, brambles bubbling in pots […]
Summer 2017 will always be the summer of the triathlon. I took part in the Hebridean Triathlon at the end of July and it’s gone right under my skin. It was three hours of my life and a month of hard training […]