June 29, 2023
As this chapter of our project draws to a close we are going to be posting on here less frequently but ...
June 28, 2023
In the fourth and final extract from the COAST film, we hear from Graham Hogg of lateralnorthscot, who ...
June 27, 2023
In the third extract from the COAST film, created by lateralnorthscot, we hear from Kelly Morrison, Pro...
June 22, 2023
Angus Murray, one of the community Story Gatherers on Skye, shares a poignant message about the value o...
June 21, 2023
We are sharing the first of four extracts from the COAST project film, created by lateralnorthscot. Tod...
June 20, 2023
You can learn a lot about the society and culture of a community by hearing the myths and legends that ...
June 19, 2023
A widower was living on Flodigarry island with his daughter. His daughter had taken a fancy to a young ...
June 15, 2023
Arran’s distilling heritage is not well known compared to nearby Islay and Campbeltown, and visitors ca...
June 14, 2023
What is magic? One might mention witchcraft, pagan rituals or paranormal activity; another could simply...
June 13, 2023
The name Colintraive is thought to be derived from 'Caol an t-Snaimh' (‘the narrows of swimming’) becau...
June 08, 2023
"It is always fun to show visitors your own country, and this spring I had the delightful task of helpi...
June 08, 2023
In honour of 'World Oceans Day', we share a story that demonstrates both the wonder and fragility of ou...
June 06, 2023
When hovercrafts were trialled in Scotland’s west coast in the 1960s, it was thought that hoping on a h...
May 30, 2023
Highbridge was the site of the first open conflict of the 1745 Jacobite uprising when, on the 16th Augu...
May 28, 2023
“It was known into the late 19th century, at least, that certain individuals looking to settle scores u...