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

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

I have just discovered audio books. I am not sure why it has taken so long.

The Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Crofting looked at the issues around carbon credits at its March meeting.

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

Just before the start of the brown trout fishing season last year, I mentioned that I hoped to target trout more and fish for salmon less.

BBC World Service was scrupulously fair in its coverage of the war in Ukraine.

The much-loved Highland Heroes Awards finally returned to Inverness last week.

The town of Dornoch was made a royal burgh in 1628 during the reign of King Charles I.

I have just returned home from the Nuffield Farming International Contemporary Scholars Conference (CSC).

How quickly the world turns. My Hogmanay article ended with hopes for a more normal future.

This past week it hasn’t felt like being in the Highlands at all.

Teaching heel in the traditional way can be exasperating and is it really fair to hope that the dog will figure it out?

As we approach the Highland Council elections which take place every five years, I can safely say that I have never known a period like it.

“I’m going to need someone with superhuman strength to help me get into my outfit.”

Views to Suilven and Canisp on this nice circuit from Lochinver, as John Davidson follows the River Inver to Glencanisp Lodge

Can you just stop it now, please? Stop with the scamming texts, the phishing emails, identity thefts and the phone calls? It’s getting boring.

The letter is one of the many fascinating items linked to the parish of Creich held at the Highland Archive Centre.

I have somewhat belatedly made my first casts of the season.

As part of a project to highlight the heritage of Assynt, John Davidson headed to Clachtoll to join Fin Valentine on a walk to an Iron Age broch