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 […]
There’s great excitement in my family at the musical weekend to come. On Saturday, hubby Jason will be playing at the Classic Rock Tribute Night in An Lanntair. This gig, blogged about lately in Stornowegians have Rock In Their Hearts, […]
Encouraged by the very positive response to my blog post, A Plea For Some Feminist Action in The Isles, which advocated setting up a women’s network here in the Outer Hebrides in response to an inspirational talk by the First […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s Sunday evening, 9pm. Call the Midwife has finished. That means, in my house, the sacrosanct boundary is now passed and it can be the start of my working week. It’s a terrible wonderful thing, being a blogger / freelance […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]