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The archaeology of Loch Migdale

The archaeology of Loch Migdale

A Bronze Age treasure, an Iron Age crannog, a small henge, a hut circle, cairns... There is evidence of human habitation in the shores of Loch Migdale for more than 4,000 years. In May 1900, while placing explosives to blast a granite knoll to the west of Loch Migdale,

Birds

Birds

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history  and origins of place names around our area The origin of the place name Gledfield has different explanations, all related to birds of prey. One is that it comes from the Gaelic leth’-chlamhaig, ‘half [strath] of the buzzard’ (William Watson). The

Wartime memories

Wartime memories

We reproduce here some poignant first person accounts on everyday life during wartime, most of them taken from Sara Horne’s Bonar Bridge booklets, printed in the year 2000. Angus Sutherland  “During the war Bonar was a centre for military personnel. There were 400 Canadian Forestry troops stationed at Invershin.

Pictish place names

Pictish place names

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The consensus amongst scholars is that Pictish is a P-Celtic language related to Welsh, as opposed to Scottish Gaelic, which is a Q-Celtic language, although both come from an Early Celtic language.

The farewell

The farewell

Release date: 2019 | Country: USA, China | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama | Director: Lulu Wang Starring: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo | BBFC PG  By Jack Weir Lulu Wang’s The Farewell stars Awkwafina as Billi, a Chinese-American woman becoming accustomed to her eastern culture after years living in

A most intriguing library

A most intriguing library

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig by Liz Treacher, Author Imagine if, somewhere between life and death, there is a library with shelves that go on for ever. And every shelf contains books describing every different life you might have lived... Intrigued yet? I’m sure you are, because we

Lord Mac Haw Haw

Lord Mac Haw Haw

Few Scots ever admitted to listening to German propaganda radio broadcasts during the Second World War. A fewer still realized that the original Lord Haw Haw was a disgraced former officer from the Seaforth Highlanders.  By Paul Cowan Norman Baillie-Stewart was jailed in the Tower of London after being