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Home cooking is driving up prices at the mart

10 April 2021
Home cooking is driving up prices at the mart

Home cooking is driving up prices at the mart

10 April 2021

Once again we weren’t able to attend the sale so watched online from the comfort of the office.


PICTURES: Snow drifts made feeding a challenge on the croft

09 April 2021
PICTURES: Snow drifts made feeding a challenge on the croft

PICTURES: Snow drifts made feeding a challenge on the croft

09 April 2021

Marianne Ross, a crofter at Migdale, Sutherland, with her husband Gavin, shares her experience of life on the croft over the last few months


OBITUARY: Anna Jess Roberts, Florida

05 April 2021
OBITUARY: Anna Jess Roberts, Florida

OBITUARY: Anna Jess Roberts, Florida

05 April 2021

Nurse, foster carer, and children’s day care centre founder


Obituary: Christina (Kay) Murray, Rogart

04 April 2021
Obituary: Christina (Kay) Murray, Rogart

Obituary: Christina (Kay) Murray, Rogart

04 April 2021

Queen's nurse, great-grandmother, keen baker and avid royalist


There is immense wisdom in the Ten Commandments

04 April 2021
There is immense wisdom in the Ten Commandments

There is immense wisdom in the Ten Commandments

04 April 2021

So many of our elderly people complain that what is lacking in our society today is respect.


I can't help but feel that this country hates its young folk

03 April 2021
I can't help but feel that this country hates its young folk

I can't help but feel that this country hates its young folk

03 April 2021

We desperately need apprenticeships, jobs, and housing to keep young people here in the north.


Pictures: Camera club's Year of Covid

29 March 2021
Pictures: Camera club's Year of Covid

Pictures: Camera club's Year of Covid

29 March 2021

The images brought to life the past year through the eyes of the photographers and made judging a difficult task.


Speaking virtually to Parliament has its risks

28 March 2021
Speaking virtually to Parliament has its risks

Speaking virtually to Parliament has its risks

28 March 2021

I could so nearly have gone to the loo, or gone to get a cup of tea, all along thinking that I still had a few minutes before I would be called.


My parents' cure for most ailments was a bread poultice

27 March 2021
My parents' cure for most ailments was a bread poultice

My parents' cure for most ailments was a bread poultice

27 March 2021

The Covid-19 vaccine got me thinking about all the childhood illness that are no longer commonplace.


Reminisces of an Ardgay childhood

21 March 2021
Reminisces of an Ardgay childhood

Reminisces of an Ardgay childhood

21 March 2021

I was Chris, the girl torn between books and learning and the homely way of life in the rural community of Ardgay.


The sad plight of two Farr siblings.

21 March 2021
The sad plight of two Farr siblings.

The sad plight of two Farr siblings.

21 March 2021

For hundreds of years the responsibility of caring for the poor lay with church kirk sessions and heritors (feudal landlords).


The run-up to the election is the time to make demands

20 March 2021
The run-up to the election is the time to make demands

The run-up to the election is the time to make demands

20 March 2021

From the Croft


Obituary: Hetty Cunningham, Brora.

15 March 2021
Obituary: Hetty Cunningham, Brora.

Obituary: Hetty Cunningham, Brora.

15 March 2021

Hetty Cunningham was a "local celebrity and a Brora ambassador to the wider world".


Don’t be taken in by the ‘extra postage’ email – it’s a scam

14 March 2021
Don’t be taken in by the ‘extra postage’ email – it’s a scam

Don’t be taken in by the ‘extra postage’ email – it’s a scam

14 March 2021

The Way I See It.


Jesus teaches us that we should value our mothers

14 March 2021
Jesus teaches us that we should value our mothers

Jesus teaches us that we should value our mothers

14 March 2021

Food for Thought


It's unnerving to have no influx of spring anglers

13 March 2021
It's unnerving to have no influx of spring anglers

It's unnerving to have no influx of spring anglers

13 March 2021

Angling columnist Keith Williams is concerned about the impact the lack of visiting anglers is having on the fishing economy.


Spring brings with it the optimism of a new season

13 March 2021
Spring brings with it the optimism of a new season

Spring brings with it the optimism of a new season

13 March 2021

After a long and cold winter, the sight of snowdrops and the emerging daffodils brings with it the optimism of a new season.


Camera club members get creative with chairs theme

09 March 2021
Camera club members get creative with chairs theme

Camera club members get creative with chairs theme

09 March 2021

Images were submitted through the club’s website and judged by Gary Williamson from Inverness.


Unload feelings of grief and despair by yelling at God

07 March 2021
Unload feelings of grief and despair by yelling at God

Unload feelings of grief and despair by yelling at God

07 March 2021

Food for Thought


OBITUARY: Donald James Mackay, Durness

02 March 2021
OBITUARY: Donald James Mackay, Durness

OBITUARY: Donald James Mackay, Durness

02 March 2021

Donald cared very much about his native village and was a staunch supporter of Durness Highland Gathering.


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