Patrick Sellar News Today

Let’s be realistic in our use of language. We’re in danger of being that lad who shouted daily that the wolf was coming, writes Angus Peter Campbell.

Barry Smithss new exhibition is being launched at Strathnaver Museum on Friday, September 1.

As Marx wrote, the common rights “were simply redefined as crimes: poaching, wood-theft, trespass”. The war against the commons removed the rights for people to…

Fifty years ago this month, “The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil” set out on its tour of village halls throughout the Highlands and Islands. It retains an indelible place in the memories of many who saw it while its name and spirit are familiar among generations who were not yet born.

Iconic play The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil is celebrating 50 years. Mark Brown looks back at a Scottish classic

IMAGINE you are one of the finest writers of your day, a poet, historian, journalist, translator, teacher, biographer, novelist and playwright so…

Most crofting villages have back-stories of struggle against adversity and triumphs over powerful forces. They recall hard times and the tenacity required to keep people in places that would otherwise be deserted.

IT is some time since Michael Fry’s old column appeared in these pages and that has led me to the horrific realisation that I might now seem to be…

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

Today we are going slightly further afield and looking at the burgh of Dornoch.