Meet your newly elected MSP
Our newly elected constituency MSP, David Green, shares his early impressions of Holyrood and sets out his determination to tackle the region's challenges.
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Community-centred energy policy would solve Sutherland renewables tensions
Dr Josh Doble, Director of Policy, Community Land Scotland writes about the Scottish Community Coalition on Energy work and their vision for a more democratic energy system.
Interview with David Graham
We talk to David Graham, co-founder of North House Press with Kirsty Gunn.
Alongside Philip Paris and Mandy Haggith, they are some of the authors and
publishers attending this year’s Kyle of Sutherland Book Fair.
Advocating for a Neil M. Gunn Renaissance
Neil Miller Gunn (1891–1973) was a prominent Scottish novelist, writer of non-fiction and critic, and is widely regarded as a leading figure of the Scottish Renaissance – a cultural movement that sought to revive Scotland’s national identity through literature and the arts, but unlike others, Neil M. Gunn
The hill, the hero and his dog
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history
and origins of place names in and around our area
Carn Bhren, also Carn Bhrain, or Carn Breathainn as recorded by W J Watson in 1904, is a 635-metre (2,085 ft) summit in Ardgay. Its name most likely means ‘cairn
Locked out by design: what stands between the Local Power Plan and the communities it’s meant to deliver for
By Daniel Gear, Voar
In February 2026, the UK Government and Great British Energy launched the Local Power Plan (LPP), committing “up to £1 billion” to support community-owned clean energy, with a vision that by 2030 every community would have the opportunity to own a local energy project.
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Who gets to decide about Scotland’s national parks?
Scotland’s national parks are at the centre of a growing debate over planning democracy. Questions are mounting about who really decides the future of these protected landscapes.