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A panel of The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands Tapestry with stitchers in Islay

Stitching the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands

Some of the beauties and spirit of Islay and Jura have been captured for posterity ...

By Carolyn Ferguson, The Illeach

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Football for Palestine

On Saturday, the 25th of November, Petershill Park in Springburn will see eight women and ...

By Zara Grew, Migrant Women Press

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Black and white pic of the Ness FC league champions team, 1984

The Key to New Changing Facilities at Ness Football Club

The view from the fios office is panoramic and encompasses machair, the North Atlantic, and ...

By Netty Sopata, Fios

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Bowl of silver, decorated with four pairs of grotesque animals, interlocking, Pictish, from St Ninian’s Isle, 8th century. Photo: National Museums Scotland

Petition launched to bring St Ninian’s Isle treasure back to Shetland

A PETITION has been launched to bring the famous St Ninian’s Isle treasure back to ...

By Chris Cope, Shetland News

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Young author Chikamso Kanu holds up a copy of his book, The Official Gang

Young Author, Chikamso Kanu, Joins Pentland Book Festival

Chikamso Kanu must rank among the youngest authors ever to appear at the Pentland Book ...

By Ifeyinwa Kanu, C&B News

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The Living Room: Aberdeenshire’s first public living room launched

This week, The Community Collective launches their main project, ‘The Living Room’ located within what ...

By Claire Jessiman, The Bellman

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Space Wolves Warhammer 40k Army | Photo by lukas, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED

Northern Invasion Gamers Tournament Return to Orkney

On the weekend of the 4th and 5th of November, as the fireworks flew overhead, ...

By Christie Grahame, Orkney News

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Aberdeenshire writing group unleashes Halloween-themed ‘Mearns Voices’ podcast

The latest “Mearns Voices” podcast from local writing group “Mearns Writers” is now available online, just ...

By Gregor McMurtrie, The Bellman

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Orkney: Taking a Walk on the Dark Side

The nights are drawing in, and the darkness descends earlier every evening—a great pleasure to ...

By Fiona Grahame, The Orkney News

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Behind the Lens: an interview with Simon Murphy

Having travelled the world for his work, photographer and lecturer Simon Murphy has always felt ...

By Melanie Goldberg, Greater Govanhill

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Building Community on Four Wheels

“The best feeling in the world is landing a trick.” Lynsay is a skater from ...

By Samar Jamal, Greater Govanhill

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Glasgow: Iconic Bridgeton ‘Umbrella’ returns after £400,000 restoration

The intricate cast iron structure — known as the Bridgeton Umbrella — has been a ...

By ReGlasgow

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