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 […]
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 […]
EDF up the ante with a new wind farm base in Stornoway
Looks like the French multinational with grand designs on the crofting ground of Lewis is strengthening its grasp on the Hebrides. Lewis Wind Power (the disingenuously titled partnership of EDF Energy and Amec-Foster-Wheeler) is setting up a new base in […]
Hundreds of objections to Land Court over EDF turbines
I’ve been blogging on this so it’s only right that I post this update: hundreds of objections have been sent to the Scottish Land Court over EDF’s plans to build a 36-turbine wind farm on crofting land in Lewis without […]
Pressure grows on Allan and MacNeil as Comhairle’s SNP group declare support for crofters
The clock is ticking. We are on a rapid countdown to the deadline for objections to EDF’s Section 19 application to the Scottish Land Court, which would allow them to build a giant wind farm around Stornoway and give them the […]
Anyone up for a Stramash?
Stornoway music fans rejoice. If you’re suffering from a touch of the post-festival blues, Stramash is on this weekend — and it’s free entry too, which is also nice if you’re feeling a bit skint after HebCelt. The white tent […]
Colin Macleod: A decidedly unstarry music star
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a week since HebCelt — but there was one person I made a point of catching up with, in the days after the festival, to hear how it had been for him. […]
Dougie and the Peatbog Faeries are the reel deal
Authenticity was absolutely the order of the night on the HebCelt main stage on Thursday — traditionally the quietest night of the festival and you can’t get much quieter than one man and his guitar. But when that man is […]
Fiddle traditions showcase is perfect start to HebCelt
Could there be a better choice of tune to open HebCelt 2017 than Crossing the Minch? If there is, I can’t think of it, and it was also the perfect choice of tune to open the Between Islands show in […]
Blue skies and Big Blue mean summer is here!
Hello sunshine… and hello HebCelt 2017! After some soggy conditions at first, festival organisers have had a good few days to set up for one of the highlights of our year. We all cheer up when the sun comes out […]