This is a loud and proud shout out to An Lanntair for putting on LGBT History Month in the arts centre this month — the first time it has ever been celebrated in the Outer Hebrides, a place that has […]
I’ve had an ear worm all week … and it’s a Burns song, of all things! I am completely blaming Colin Macleod, Kathleen Macinnes and Alex Macdonald because I heard it last Friday at An Lanntair’s ‘Alternative Burns Night’. It […]
If you’ve made New Year’s Resolutions this year, I bet most of them boil down to being a better version of yourself. Mine certainly do. Lose a few pounds, be more patient with the kids, that kind of thing. I […]
Everybody still standing, now we’re on the other side of Christmas and storms Barbara and Conor? Personally, I like Boxing Day. The madness of Christmas is behind you and everybody can chill out, enjoying a proper public holiday without the […]
“Mammy! Mammy! Look! A lion!” “Mammy! Mammy! Look! A kangaroo!”… so it went when I took the kids to see the Sharmanka exhibition in An Lanntair. I knew they would love it. How could they not? It’s art in motion, […]
We’re heading into the Celtic festival of Samhain, the beginning of the ‘darker half’ of the year, and in Lewis that means it’s time for Faclan, The Hebridean Book Festival. Taking place in Stornoway every year around the time the […]
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 […]
You can’t get very far into a discussion about the arts and culture scene in the Outer Hebrides without arriving at An Lanntair. In Gaelic, the name means the ‘lantern’ and it truly is a beacon for the arts in this […]
The Scottish Opera night at An Lanntair is A Big Deal. Tickets sell out way in advance for what is always one of the most popular nights in the arts centre’s calendar. My first time seeing Scottish Opera in Stornoway […]
There was only one story in our house last week… Michael, five, went to the Mod! This, as many of you will know, is a great festival celebrating all that is fabulous in the Gaelic tradition and includes a whole […]