Table-top sale at Strone’s Highgate Hall
The name ‘Highgate Hall’ somehow summons the notion of Highwaymen and swag bags – and maybe the swag bags at least are relevant to peple going home after the Table-top Sale at the Hall in Strone, at...
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Graham Murray and Beverley Smith discover a shared family link
An interesting discovery emerged by chance during the Luss Estates media introduction to the restituted and renamed Loch Lomond Arms Hotel on 31st May 2012.Graham Murray from the Helensburgh...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Council: where are we now?
The SNP proposal which was accepted on Thursday 27th June in preference to proposals in the motion from Argyll and Bute for Change, creates a position where:the council has no legal impediment to...
View ArticleRural school closures and the COSLA challenge to the Education Secretary
On Monday this week, 18th November, the Scottish Government announced planned changes to the 2010 Schools [Consultation] [Scotland] Act – which governs the process around local authority plans to close...
View Article28th February deadline for new grant applications to Kintyre Club
The re-established philanthropic Kintyre Club, based at the beautifullyrestored Ugadale Hotel at Machrihanish, is seeking applications for grants from its next round of donations.The Club’s primary...
View ArticleReach of Freedom of Information extended from Tuesday
From this Tuesday, 1st April, new legislation extends the reach of Freedom of Information requests to ‘arm’s length’ sports and cultural and recreational facilities.The new legislation reinforces the...
View ArticleWhat do we do with the House of Lords? A secondary mandate?
In a recent article, Time for change with 848 Lords-a-leaping, For Argyll looked at the state of play in the United Kingdom’s second chamber. It is bizarre – a typical British accumulation of fudges...
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