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It was a Wednesday at the height of the lockdown and I was doing a Harry Potter impersonation by working under the stairs.

Business Comment by David Richardson, Highlands and Islands development manager for the Federation of Small Businesses

Hands up if you don’t sniff the milk before making a cup of tea?

North Coast Weather Review: Jim A Johnston looks back at the year's conditions along the north coast, and how they fit the wider context

Cattle spend a lot of energy generating heat in cold, wet weather and it is very noticeable how much this increases their appetites.

Nicky Marr tells us about the handful of intentions she has set for herself for January.

As we say goodbye (good riddance?) to 2021, it’s a great time to reflect on the best and worst parts of the year.

By the time you read this Christmas will be but a memory except for the last few tinned chocolates and the outside lights, writes Pete Malone.

Have you tried to have a conversation with anyone recently without the C-word coming up?

The 1st statistical account for the parish was published in 1794.

A FEW years ago we popped into the Scottish Antiques and Arts Centre at Doune, near Callander.

Business Focus: FSB Highland manager David Richardson fears social contact concerns will hit business hopes for a final boost from 2021

There’s a copy of Charlie Mackesy’s book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse on the table beside my bed, and I read it from time to time.

Gravity and oxygen are important to our lives, even crucial, but they are not as special as love.

The Scottish Crofting Federation held a strategy meeting earlier this month – the first in person for over 20 months.

"Since I last wrote, I have had a brush with the law, and have been issued with a fine to pay."

Pile-ons from an ill-informed media and public are taking their toll on the mental health of those in farming.

These new rail franchises with different companies running different bits of what once was British Rail, meant that Motorail was no longer doable.

Increasingly, I search for books and pamphlets that relate to fishing here in the Far North.

Looking back on 25 years as a mum, have I learnt anything at all?