News
Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries is planting trees to fight climate change By Sean Robertson The Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Trust has previously written about increasing stream temperatures under climate change conditions, and how this poses a threat to aquatic life. One way to remedy the problem is to plant trees
Films
Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: United Kingdom | Running time: 116 min | Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery | Director: Edgar Wright | Starring: Thomasin McKenzie Anya Taylor Joy, Matt Smith. | BBFC 18 By Jack Weir Edgar Wright’s latest psychological horror film follows aspiring fashion designer Eloise, who after moving to London to study
Books
Of Stone and Sky, by Merryn Glover By Liz Treacher, Author Highland author Merryn Glover’s second novel Of Stone and Sky, (Polygon, 2021) which won Book of the Year at the Bookmark Book Festival, is a perfect winter read. Draw the curtains, light the fire and prepare to be
Heritage
Uisdean Vass shares his experiences researching into his family’s wartime stories. His father, Andrew “Percy” Vass was posthumously awarded the Arctic Star medal. By Uisdean Vass By way of introduction, I am an unwilling exile from the beautiful lands of the Kyle of Sutherland. My mother, Johan “Joy” Vass,
Heritage
A look at the long history of our Post Office services in Ardgay and Bonar Bridge. From an Edwardian sorting office to computers, and from trains to lorries. By Donald Brown and Silvia Muras The Post Office building in Ardgay was in use all through the 80s and 90s. The
Films
Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands | Running time: 116 min | Genres: Drama, Comedy | Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Starring: Mads Mikkelsen Thomas Bo Larsen. | BBFC 12A By Jack Weir Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film is a complex and realistic depiction of drinking culture, skilfully demonstrating both the highs and the
Books
The new wilderness, by Diane Cook by Liz Treacher, Author Looking for something original and captivating with a touch of the dystopian? The New Wilderness (Harper, 2020) by Diane Cook could be the next book for you. Diane Cook is an American writer based in New York. The New Wilderness
Heritage
By Phyllis Hannah 2020 saw the closure of Ardgay Scottish Rural Women Institute, the very first to open in the area in 1918, followed by Culrain/Invershin one year later in 1919. The following account is adapted from an article by Phyllis Hannah published in a recent issue of SRWI
Heritage
A look at the long history of our Post Office services in Ardgay and Bonar Bridge. From horse-drawn mail to the arrival of trains, and from motorbikes to postbuses. (Part 1) By Donald Brown & Silvia Muras The first Post Office was opened in Ardgay in 1820, and was named
Films
Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: USA | Running time: 120 min | Genres: Drama, Music | Director: Darius Marder | Starring: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Darius Marder’s directorial debut stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who blows out his eardrums during a show
Books
When the dead come calling, by Helen Sedgwick by Liz Treacher, Author I’m a big fan of Helen Sedgwick’s work and really enjoyed her first two novels, The Comet Seekers and The Growing Season. Now this talented author, who lives near Tain, has turned her hand to crime.
Heritage
How the small-but-mighty midges stopped a train By Anna MacRae MacDonald They have cut short many a walk, the midges, but did you know that they also stopped a train? An actual passenger train! It was the north-bound express engine pulling ten carriages, intending to complete its usual route through