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Silvia Muras

Highlands, Scotland

The Editor of KYLE CHRONICLE, with over two decades of experience in journalism, now living in the area, sharing stories, reporting, and giving a platform to the Kyle of Sutherland communities.

Rosehall links with slavery

Rosehall links with slavery

In Guyana's Berbice region, a handful of interrelated families from the north Highlands were the first to build sugar-cane plantations. Among them were the Baillies of Rosehall. The first recorded owner of Rosehall Estate, which included the east side of Glen Cassley –the west side being a part

Cherry & Bryan Alexander

Cherry & Bryan Alexander

Interview with renowned photographer couple specialising in the Polar regions Ardgay-based photographers Cherry & Bryan Alexander have been travelling to the  polar regions for the last 49 years. Bryan documents the lives of the native peoples of Northern Siberia, Greenland, Alaska, Arctic Canada and Arctic Scandinavia, while Cherry photographs wildlife,

Kyle Chronicle #5

Kyle Chronicle #5

Dog, fox or wolf?

Dog, fox or wolf?

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of placenames around our area In Gaelic cù means ‘dog’ while the word madadh may mean either ‘dog’, ‘fox’ or ‘wolf’. Meall nam Madadh, ‘Hill of the dog’ (or perhaps ‘wolf’) is a 627.9m hill by Càrn Bàn In

Nigel Webster: “Watching a lump  of clay being converted to a pot is a meditative experience”

Nigel Webster: “Watching a lump  of clay being converted to a pot is a meditative experience”

Nigel Webster from Gledfield Mill Pottery opens the doors of his studio and lets us have a peek at the amazing process of loading, firing and unpacking of the kiln. KC: When did you first become interested in pottery?   NG: For as long as I can remember I have collected

Kyle Chronicle #4

Kyle Chronicle #4

Fifty shades of landscape

Fifty shades of landscape

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of placenames around our area There are two different words for grey in Scottish Gaelic: glas or greenish grey, and liath, a light grey of a blueish hue. Place names in the area related to the glas shade of grey