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Suitably Despairing (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Last week, someone left the November 6th edition of the Shetland Times on board my train and I'm glad they did as it gave me a chance to catch up on the (quite vicious at times) windfarm debate. If you recall, I spent a week on the Shetland Islands this summer and noted that a proposal by a company called Viking Energy to build 150 wind turbines on the Mainland was being strongly opposed, particularly...
Off The Presses (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
In the world of single malt scotch, the holidays are when the limited releases are, well, released. The Classic Malts Selection has come out with a bunch of new get-them-while-you-can varieties. I already posted something on the Caol Ila Unpeated 10-year-old, my favorite of the group. Here are a few notes on the delicacies: PORT ELLEN 30-YEAR-OLD : Port Ellen is a so-called “ghost distillery,”...
The Northumberland Naturalist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In the second of two pieces about my recent trip to Scotland, I have a little of the highland countryside to share with you. The day following the visit to Chanonry Point was devoted to a drive into Glen Elg. The weather was much less reliable than it had been the day before and the first stop of the day, to take in the Map of Scotland view at the western end of Loch Garry, was rather overcast ...
Flickr Scotland (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Views from the Isle of Arran (Still enjoying our holidays) , originally uploaded by PeterandJaneBurns . "Captured whilst waiting for the ferry back to the mainland. Brodick bay, Arran, Scotland."
Exposing Islam. (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
An Al Qaeda terrorist serving a life sentence for his part in planning a fertiliser bomb attack on mainland Britain is suing security services and the Government for up to £50,000 over claims he was tortured in Pakistan . Salahuddin Amin, 34, from Luton, Bedfordshire, has issued a High Court writ against MI5 chief Jonathan Evans, the incoming head of MI6 Sir John Sawers, the Home Office, the...
thequacksoflife (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Some of you will beaware of the Uist Wader Project. This project is to protect wading birds on Uist, the hedgehog was introduced some years ago to the islands and it was blamed for eating the eggs of waders. The hogs were being systematically culled until a campaign to save them. Since then hogs have been captured and released on the mainland. North Uist was thought to be free of hedgehogs but then...
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Maeshowe (Orkney Islands) written by llamass Maeshowe is fantastically well-preserved neolithic chambered cairn in the west of Orkney's mainland, thought to date from around 2700BC. The cairn looks like a large grassy mound from the outside and was first excavated in 1846. It is now looked ...
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
The Herald in Scotland has an article on the country's growing offshore wind industry - Scotland’s £30bn offshore bounty . Unbeknown to most of us, offshore wind has actually been building up a head of steam since the start of the decade. Mainland wind farms and their battles with local protesters might have seen most of the headlines, but the first few demonstration offshore farms started...
Leaves on the Line (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
There's a curious leader on the Scotsman tonight - Jim Murphy has warned about the dangerous rise of the BNP in Scotland, whilst other Scottish politicians have observed that the odious shower of idiots doesn't have any traction in Scotland. I'm inclined to agree with that latter sentiment, and just wondering what Labour's point is? As I've said elsewhere today, I do believe that the Labour Party is...
Tour Scotland (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Tour Scotland Smithy Cottage Glenelg Wester Ross Holiday Cottage . A semi-detached cottage situated in historic and scenic Glenelg, 1 mile from the beach, Smithy Cottage, once the home of the village blacksmith, provides the ideal location for holidaymakers, naturalists, hill-walkers or those simply seeking a peaceful Highland retreat. The hamlet boasts all local facilities, as well as Pictish brochs...
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
[This is the headline over a report which has just gone up on the heraldscotland website. It reads as follows:] The man accused of the Lockerbie bombing has died, according to reports. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi had been released home to die in Libya from prison in Scotland in August. In his only full-length interview since being released from prison, Megrahi told The Herald: "We all want...
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The idea that public transport should be free is one that sections of the left have woken up to in the past few years, although it is a reality in many places on the European mainland. The most notable advocates for free public transport in the British Isles have been the Scottish Socialist Party , though their idea looks unachievable unless Scotland could raise all of its own resources. In Wales,...
Volatile Rune (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Over the week-end I read 'For the islands I sing' the autobiography of George Mackay Brown. Apart from one or two study sessions on the mainland, he spent his life on Orkney and the history and culture of this savagely beautiful place informed all his writing, both poetry and prose. He was a man who loved silence. He once smashed the radio of a fellow patient in hospital because he couldn't stand the...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
SCOTLAND'S first mainland lobster hatchery is set to become an unusual new tourist attraction.
SCOT goes POP! (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
An intriguingly-titled opinion piece by Lesley Riddoch in today's Scotsman - "Nordic Council membership offers us a real alternative" . Unfortunately it's a premium article so I haven't a clue what argument Ms Riddoch is putting forward, but presumably it involves the suggestion that an independent (or perhaps even devolved) Scotland could apply for Nordic Council membership. An idea that...
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