In 1951, Belfast artist James MacIntyre spent a summer on the tiny island of Inishlacken, just off the Galway coast, with fellow artists Gerard Dillon and George Campbell. Years later, he wrote a lively account of the mishaps, friendships and inspirations of that summer in his book
Three Men on an Island.
James MacIntyre s book in turn inspired Belfast artist Rosie McGurran to set up The Inishlacken Project, which every year gives a group of artists the opportunity to spend a week working on the island.
Rosie McGurran
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Lyric Feature, presenter and producer Claire Cunningham tells the story of the 2020 Inishlacken Project, meeting founder Rosie McGurran and her fellow artists Una Sealy, Michael Doherty, Dorothy Smith, Noah Rose, Selma Makela, Mick O’Dea and Barbara Allen - listen to
Readers Letters: Why carp when vaccine roll-out is going so well?
I can t be alone in despairing each day, as yet another opposition MSP complains about the Scottish Government response to Covid and yet more letter writers moan about what the government didn t do or aren t doing.
From the Archives: Remembering a countryside theft on the Highland Railway By Contributor Published: 19:30, 01 February 2021
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writes the Highland Archive Centre s Jennifer Johnstone.
Covering over 105,000 acres, the parish is 30 miles long and, on average, five miles wide. It is completely surrounded by the parishes of Daviot and Dunlichity, Boleskine & Abertarff, Laggan, Kingussie & Insh, Alvie, Duthil & Rothiemurchus, Croy & Dalcross and Cawdor.
With quite a low population and no towns or major villages, the main concentration of residences are found at Tomatin. In 1927 the safety of those living in the Tomatin area was the responsibility of PCs DH MacKenzie and Fullarton, who recorded their work in the Daily Occurrence book. These books are a fascinating resource which are part of the Inverness-shire Constabulary Collection and this is the only one that we have
Both Mhairi Black and then Pete Wishart asked: “How do Scots get the independence that we want?” Of course this was not answered. Instead A Jack launched into what he must consider to be a list of weak points in the case for indy: £1600 per person more from the public purse than rest of the UK, the largest deficit in Europe, and Andrew Wilson’s promise to apply “austerity like never before”. So, in Jack’s mind, it’s the economy, the economy, and the economy! According to MacIntyre-Kemp in Wednesday’s National: “75% of Scottish voters say they would back independence if they believed in the economic case.”