Willie Urquhart. BY KIRSTY WATT “The Plock really wins, it’s just a mosaic of habitats!” Dr James Merryweather told the Free ...

Hermione Lamond and Donald Jack with the paintings BY KIRSTY WATT Bonnie Prince Charlie has returned to Elgol – in the form of two specially commissioned paintings donated last week to the community d ...

Neil McRae BY JACKIE MACKENZIE A Skye man is currently undertaking a trek in the Cairngorms as part of a big fundraiser to ...

South Skye’s Torafest 2026 brewed up another festive atmosphere in the Torabhaig Distillery courtyard last weekend. Music by Eilidh Cèilidh, the Breakish Cèilidh Band, and pipers from the Isle of… ...

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This month’s Tobar an Dualchais / Kist O Riches contribution is from Mairi McFadyen. Mairi used to teach at University of Edinburgh working with students to explore the creative voices in the School ...

Gaelic psalmody is a beautiful, haunting form of music which is unique to the Scots Gaelic speaking world, now mostly within West Highlands and Western Isles and the Gaelic diaspora in our major ...

Ryan Dziadowic, originally from Poland but now living in Grimsay, looks at the traditional Gaelic concept of dùthchas and what it means in the modern world….. Dùthchas – a Gaelic word which carries so ...

An investigation by the Ferret revealed that Corin Smith (pictured) had been placed under surveillance at the request of the Scottish Salmon Company. One of Scotland’s biggest fish farm companies ...

Local fundraising efforts are being stepped up in a bid to re-open the swimming pool and leisure centre in Kyle. Lochalsh Leisure Centre has set a fundraising target of £40,000 to avert the threat of ...

The developer behind a 45-cabin hotel being constructed in Portree has announced plans to build 16 family-sized homes on nearby land. Charles Garton Jones, a London-based property developer who also ...

A founding member of the John Muir Trust – a major landowner on Skye – has been expelled from the board of trustees after raising concerns about the charity’s governance. Denis Mollison, former chair ...