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Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza

Release date (UK): 2021 | Country: Canada / USA | Running time: 133 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson | Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn. | BBFC 15  By Jack Weir Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece is a nostalgic love letter to seventies Hollywood, which is

History in the Attic

History in the Attic

Major Tom’s War, by Vee Walker By Liz Treacher Do you have a box of old letters written by your grandparents and stashed away in the attic? Yes? So does Vee Walker, a local author living in the Black Isle. Unlike the rest of us, Vee has opened the

The Anderson family of South Bonar

The Anderson family of South Bonar

In the industrial estate there once stood a building, informally known as the “Pink House’. The house –originally the Ardross Inn– was owned by the Anderson family who farmed Lower Gledfield and also owned a pier, a sawmill and a coal yard, and operated the salmon net fishing. By Katharine

Ardgay Signal Box: Hung, drawn and newly quartered

Ardgay Signal Box: Hung, drawn and newly quartered

Signal boxes are some of the best-loved icons of Britain’s historic railways. Dave Goulder recounts how he saved the redundant Ardgay Signal Box from “death row”. By Dave Goulder Dave, Dave, do you know – they’re going to burn the Ardgay Signal Box? They’ve smashed and burned

Restoring the peatland of the Flow Country, a project of global significance

Restoring the peatland of the Flow Country, a project of global significance

Undisturbed peatlands cover just 3% of the world’s land area but they hold nearly 30% of all the carbon stored in land By Catriona Hill COP26 brought the world to Glasgow and has raised public awareness of the impact of climate change on an unparalleled level. I had the

Riverwoods Project

Riverwoods Project

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

Last night in Soho

Last night in Soho

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