Poems
House Fire
IT is now nearly 2026. Next year (2027) it will be fifty years since my rebuilt croft house on the west coast was burned to the ground
Wildlife & Nature
Plant galls
You might have noticed strange, bulbous growths on oak leaves or rose stems. These curious structures, called galls, are nature’s hidden laboratories — formed when [...]
Opinion
Who benefits from the
resources of a place?
Resistance to renewables will continue to grow unless the communities hosting these projects can retain a fair share of value. By Tom Wills
Heritage
History of the Highland Games
Alasdair MacDonald, Historian for the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association, explores the rich history of Highland Games in and around the Kyle of Sutherland area. [...]
Books
A heart full of headstones review
John Rebus is right at the heart of the book, though it’s an older, slower, inhaler sucking Rebus this time round. By Catherine Williams
Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust garden volunteers at the 2023 Climate Festival.