Month: December 2015
Discos and Drugs
The period between Christmas and New Year is a difficult one for journalists and this year has proved just so for poor Iain Martin caught spluttering a barely coherent post-Santa rant that makes you think he’d maybe been overdoing the chocolate liqueurs. Hogmanay has been ruined by those darned …read more
The 5 best moments in activism 2015
Those of us who spend a significant amount of our time trying to change the world for the better can’t help but get downhearted and depressed at times. That’s why it’s always valuable – and downright necessary – to take stock and celebrate that which we have achieved. And what …read more
The media they don’t like to talk about
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Below is a very interesting 13-minute chat from this afternoon’s John Beattie Show on Radio Scotland, also featuring Stuart Cosgrove (presenter of the excellent Off The Ball) and Eamonn O’Neill, who we presume is this Eamonn O’Neill. (The John Beattie Show, BBC Radio Scotland, 31 December 2015) . Naturally we …read more
Search continues for missing pet Molly
THE hunt for a dog missing in Moray for the past month has drawn a huge response in social media circles. …read more
Three honours for Moray folk
A TEACHER, kilt maker and dancer have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours list. …read more
Horse collision slows A96 traffic
AN accident involving two horses on the outskirts of Elgin this morning had led to the A96 being cut to one lane. …read more
Kayaker missing on Findhorn
A KAYAKER is missing feared dead after getting into trouble on the River Findhorn yesterday. …read more
Cashpoint thieves target Moray
A STRING of ATMs across Moray were targeted by thieves on Tuesday. …read more
The mystic mutt’s predictions for 2016
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January
An asteroid narrowly misses the Earth. Labour issues a press release with the shocking revelation that in the event of a global mass extinction, the SNP have failed to ensure that five million beds are available in the Scottish NHS. Worse, the Scottish Government have done nothing to invest in …read more
Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa: Clach air a’ Chàrn
San alt seo tha Ruairidh MacÌomhair a’ cuimhneachadh air a’ bhàrd Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa, air ceann-bhliadhna a bhreith. In this article Ruairidh Maciver remembers the poet George Campbell Hay on the centenary of his birth.
Aig toiseach na Dùbhlachd, chomharraich sinn ceud bliadhna bho rugadh am bàrd Earra-Ghàidhealach Deòrsa Mac …read more
Moray-based dolphin project a major success
HUNDREDS of children are becoming experts on Moray’s coastal waters after taking part in a project run by a conservation group. …read more
The Slightly Tubby Quiz Of The Year
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It’s time to find out just how alert you really are, readers. The answers to each of the 24 questions below about Scottish politics in 2015 can be found in Wings articles. But no Googling – we’ll know. …read more
‘Missing’ Rothes woman found
POLICE in Rothes have confirmed that Annette Mackie has been traced. …read more
Culture and the Common Good
It was on Sunday 15th December 2015 that the Sunday Herald published its front page headline “Scotland’s Nuclear Secret” about the shipment of weapons-grade uranium from Dounreay to the US. Such is the symbiotic nature of the relationship between “nuclear” and “political” power that the headline might as easily have …read more
The anatomy of a smear
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The Scottish Daily Mail, which alongside its Sunday sister paper is spending the festive period engaged in an “SNP BAD!” frenzy – attacking the party over everything from foxhunting to the brutal Stalinist suppression of free speech to using taxpayers’ money to send people Christmas cards – today runs the …read more