Films
Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: South Korea | Running time: 129 min | Genres: Comedy Drama Crime | Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Writer: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona | BBFC 12 By Jack Weir Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest film follows an unconventional chosen family on a heart-warming odyssey to find an
Books
Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan by Liz Treacher, Author If you enjoy books that plunge you into a different time and place, then look no further than Small Things Like These (Faber, 2021) by Claire Keegan. Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, the novella charts an incident in
Nature
The first book that Greta Thunberg wrote was pocket sized. It consisted of speeches she gave aged 15 & 16. Her latest, The Climate Book, is 400+ pages of essays from experts across the spectrum of climate science, meteorology, energy and food production interspersed with her own essays. The main
Crofting & Farming
Lochview Rural Training, just 4 miles outside Lairg, provides opportunities for young people and adults to learn about rural life, while spending time outdoors and around animals. Throughout the year, they offer workshops such as practical lambing, agricultural machinery maintenance, crofting, poultry keeping or animal health, to name a few.
Films
Release date (UK): 2023 | Country: US | Running time: 117 min | Genres: Phsycological Drama | Director: Darren Aronofsky | Writer: Samuel D. Hunter | Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins. | BBFC PG By Jack Weir Darren Aronofsky’s latest film The Whale stars Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a morbidly obese English teacher trying
Books
Shadow Man, by Margaret Kirk by Liz Treacher, Author I always enjoy reading books by local authors and if the book is set locally, then it’s even better! Shadow Man (Orion, 2017) is set mainly in Inverness, but Helmsdale and Dornoch also feature. The novel has a great sense
Heritage
28th October 2005. I really do wonder why I do this. There’s not much in it for me apart from having a good tale to tell over a dram or three. By Dave Goulder I refer to organising certification test days. We have no Dry Stone Walling Association (DSWA)
Heritage
Uisdean Vass recounts his personal experience of one of the deadliest snow storms across the North of Scotland, with four lives lost as a direct result of the snow blizzard and thousands of people without electricity, telephone and supplies for more than five days. By Uisdean Vass I suppose I
Heritage
The band was formed in the Drill Hall, Bonar Bridge, on the 24th July 1929 and it was active for over 81 years, participating in competitions, travelling overseas and even recording an LP. Ruby MacDonald gives us an extraordinary insight into its history. By Ruby MacDonald The band that eventually
Nature
Have you ever wondered what wildlife comes to your garden? Thinking of getting a camera trap? Here are some ideas By Cherry Alexander I wouldn’t want to be without my camera traps, although I only use them to identify what wildlife is coming into our garden and woodland. My
Films
Release date (UK): 2022 | Country: UK | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Director & Writer: Alex Garland | Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Alex Garland’s latest film is a hilariously harrowing folk horror film that criticises toxic masculinity with nuance and
Books
Wildwood, by Elinor Florence by Liz Treacher, Author Do you ever long for a simpler life? Could you live off the grid? Canadian author, Elinor Florence, explores this in her novel Wildwood (Dundurn Press, 2018). I met Elinor this summer when she came to Brora to do some research into