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Audacious and ambitious: Stornoway does War of The Worlds

“No one would have believed in the last years of the Nineteenth Century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinised, as someone with a microscope studies […]

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The Iolaire: What Lies Beneath

What an emotional launch last Thursday for the book about the Iolaire tragedy.  It was quite an event at An Lanntair – much, much more than just a book launch and entirely fitting for the subject… the loss of HMY […]

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A Lifetime of Grieving

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the greatest tragedy to ever befall Lewis and Harris – the loss of HMY Iolaire, which went down on the Beasts of Holm, just outside Stornoway, in the early […]

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The Darkest Dawn: The Story of the Iolaire Tragedy

Today’s blog is, in the main, a book review – but I can’t conceive of any book that would come out of Lewis which could mean quite so much to this island. The book is ‘The Darkest Dawn: The Story […]

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Runrig: The Last Dance at Stirling Castle

I was at the Runrig show in Stirling on Saturday night. I was there. Along with my husband and eight-year-old son, I was among the crowd of 25,000 at The Last Dance. I’m feeling a bit lost now but I’m […]

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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 […]

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‘An Lanntair must not be a beacon for the Secular Society’

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 […]

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Stornowegians have rock in their hearts

Aww man.. what a night on Friday! I had the privilege of sitting in on a rehearsal for the Classic Rock Tribute Night and it was great. I felt like I should be putting money in a tin afterwards, it […]

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A plea for some feminist action in the isles

When I went to Glasgow University in 1992, I thought the world was my oyster. I soaked up lectures in the wonderful atmosphere of the quadrangles and felt absolutely assured of my place in society. Centuries of literature were at […]

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Breaking the silence on LGBT issues in the Outer Hebrides

A strange thing happened yesterday, after publishing my blog about LGBT History Month in An Lanntair. I realised I had broken a silence I didn’t even know was there. My blog — It was high time for gay pride in […]

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