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Nicky Marr: People in the NHS are working miracles

04 September 2022
Nicky Marr: People in the NHS are working miracles

Nicky Marr: People in the NHS are working miracles

04 September 2022

In the 20-plus years since I’ve been writing, I‘ve never had the luxury of someone to type for me.


Nicky Marr: Rubbish on the streets is symptom of a bigger problem

28 August 2022
Nicky Marr: Rubbish on the streets is symptom of a bigger problem

Nicky Marr: Rubbish on the streets is symptom of a bigger problem

28 August 2022

Edinburgh is filthy. As I write, the city is in day four of a 12-day strike by waste staff, and the rubbish is rising.


Nicky Marr: Awards shine light on region’s talent

21 August 2022
Nicky Marr: Awards shine light on region’s talent

Nicky Marr: Awards shine light on region’s talent

21 August 2022

With large-scale in-person functions firmly back into our calendars, the number of events I’m hosting is picking up.


Nicky Marr: Privilege to add voice

14 August 2022
Nicky Marr: Privilege to add voice

Nicky Marr: Privilege to add voice

14 August 2022

As I write this, light rain is falling on Inverness.


Nicky Marr: Exciting port bid needs our support

07 August 2022
Nicky Marr: Exciting port bid needs our support

Nicky Marr: Exciting port bid needs our support

07 August 2022

Have you heard of Opportunity Cromarty Firth? Sort of? Until recently, that was me too.


NICKY MARR: Phones don't have to have negative effect

31 July 2022
NICKY MARR: Phones don't have to have negative effect

NICKY MARR: Phones don't have to have negative effect

31 July 2022

Radio Scotland phoned the other day to ask how much I love my mobile phone. Specifically, does my mobile phone impact my marriage?


NICKY MARR: Is it time to bring in toll roads and tourist tax here?

24 July 2022
NICKY MARR: Is it time to bring in toll roads and tourist tax here?

NICKY MARR: Is it time to bring in toll roads and tourist tax here?

24 July 2022

When customs officials searched our motorhome last week, they weren’t counting the bottles of wine we’d bought to take home.


NICKY MARR: Is there an answer to our getaway carbon count guilt?

03 July 2022
NICKY MARR: Is there an answer to our getaway carbon count guilt?

NICKY MARR: Is there an answer to our getaway carbon count guilt?

03 July 2022

I have written this column in worse places. Right now, I am on the shore of a tiny lake in Normandy.


NICKY MARR: Fantastic Fifties are a stat to get behind

26 June 2022
NICKY MARR: Fantastic Fifties are a stat to get behind

NICKY MARR: Fantastic Fifties are a stat to get behind

26 June 2022

I AM always deeply sceptical of press releases from dating websites.


Nicky Marr: Making my mark was full of meaning

19 June 2022
Nicky Marr: Making my mark was full of meaning

Nicky Marr: Making my mark was full of meaning

19 June 2022

When I was a teenager, it was only bad boys and sailors who had tattoos.


NICKY MARR: Jubilee events left me cold

12 June 2022
NICKY MARR: Jubilee events left me cold

NICKY MARR: Jubilee events left me cold

12 June 2022

Well, it didn’t take long to get that bunting down, did it?


NICKY MARR: Seething over the utter wrongness of No 10’s party antics

05 June 2022
NICKY MARR: Seething over the utter wrongness of No 10’s party antics

NICKY MARR: Seething over the utter wrongness of No 10’s party antics

05 June 2022

There’s nothing like following politics to make me feel depressed. No – scratch depressed, I’m furious.


NICKY MARR: Is Badenoch the ‘true’ Scottish central belt?

29 May 2022
NICKY MARR: Is Badenoch the ‘true’ Scottish central belt?

NICKY MARR: Is Badenoch the ‘true’ Scottish central belt?

29 May 2022

I was ‘one of those kids’ when I was wee; always curious, always asking questions.


NICKY MARR: Food for thought from after-dinner speaker backlash

22 May 2022
NICKY MARR: Food for thought from after-dinner speaker backlash

NICKY MARR: Food for thought from after-dinner speaker backlash

22 May 2022

You’ll have heard the one about the journalist who walked out of an awards dinner because she didn’t like the jokes?


Nicky Marr: Freelancing is great, until the unexpected happens

15 May 2022
Nicky Marr: Freelancing is great, until the unexpected happens

Nicky Marr: Freelancing is great, until the unexpected happens

15 May 2022

If you’ve had the flexibility of working from home these past couple of years, you might get where I’m coming from.


NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

09 May 2022
NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

09 May 2022

Don’t you just love it when things are more beautiful than they need to be?


NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

01 May 2022
NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

01 May 2022

Have you heard the news from MFR? From next month it will be all-change for the “North’s Number One”


NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

24 April 2022
NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

24 April 2022

We finally did it – the turntable and a couple of hundred-weight of vinyl finally made it down from the loft last weekend


NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

18 April 2022
NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

18 April 2022

It’s rare that I start a broadcast with an argument, but that’s exactly what happened in Speyside last Thursday evening.


Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

10 April 2022
Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

10 April 2022

We’re just back from a week spent south of the border, and it was an eye-opener.


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