Art
Lyn Wells (Artful Creatures) is a professional artist who produces natural history illustrations for publishers and takes commissions for wildlife paintings and animal portraits. KYLE CHRONICLE: When and why you decided to become an artist? Lyn: I don’t really remember making a decision about that. I started painting and
Place-names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Caledonia, historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control, was the land of the Caledonian tribes (which means ‘possessing hard feet’ according to Zimmer). Ptolemy of Alexandria mapped Caledonia in 120 AD, based on
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Place-names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Craggan a’Chait, ‘the little rock of the cat’, is a child summit of Càrn Bàn. It stands 778m high overlooking Toll Lochan (from toll, ‘hole’), which is reputedly one of the more magnificent
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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
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Lady Valerie Meux was probably one of the most eccentric persons to have stayed in the area. She had a high phaeton pulled by zebras, a roller skating rink at home and collected almost 2,000 Egyptian artifacts. She and her husband Sir Henry Meux were tenants of Alladale in
Place-names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area A stream falling into the Einig, a tributary of the Oykel, is called Abhainn Dubhach, the ‘sad or gloomy river’. Lamentation Hill in Culrain takes its name after Montrose’s defeat in 1650. A
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