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River pools
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history
and origins of place names in and around our area
Poll Cròm is a fishing pool on the river Einig, close to its junction with the river Oykel. Its name means ‘crooked pool’.
About 3/8 of a mile further up we
Stone on Stone
(Song lyric)
By Dave Goulder © Harbourtown Music
Now that autumn is returning
And the garden fires are burning
And the summer beasts are learning
How to cope with shorter days
There I labour all alone
Piling stone upon the stone
Feeling just a touch of sadness
As the summer slips
Anora
Release date (UK): 2024 | Country: USA | Running time: 139 min Genre: Romantic comedy | Director: Sean Baker | Starring: Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington. | BBFC 18
By Jack Weir
Sean Baker’s latest film Anora is as much a hysterical romp as it is a profound character study. Annie, a sex
Holiday romance gone wrong
Thank you for the kiss by Beth Jordan
by Liz Treacher, Author
Beth Jordan is a local author, photographer and business woman living in Ross-shire. Her debut novel Thank You for the Kiss (Moultavie, 2023) is a fascinating mix of fiction and memoir.
Set in Cuba, the novel throbs
Wildlife tracking
The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, part of Trees for Life, run a variety of interesting courses throughout the year, but the one that caught my eye was Wildlife Tracking, led by Dan Puplett.
By Cherry Alexander
I think I had envisaged us pushing through undergrowth in search of animal tracks and
Ian Hamilton Finlay at Gledfield Farmhouse
Internationally recognised as one of the greatest artists of his time, Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) spent a year living at Gledfield Farmhouse in the mid 1960s, shortly before moving to Stonypath in the Pentland Hills, where he produced his greatest work of art,“Little Sparta”, a sculpture garden, created