Saints and Relics in the Medieval Gaelic World
The first thought here is that we’ve got both saints and relics in the contemporary Gaelic world – but irreverence apart, this is the title of a talk by Gilbert Markus from the Department of Celtic...
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Jim Mather: over to us
When do any of us consider ourselves ‘a finished product’? And what do we do then?There are people who, at some point in their lives, are, or choose to become, ‘set’. They may be 14 or 40 or 84 but,...
View ArticleJimmy Reid’s 1972 Glasgow University Rectorial Address now officially historical
At the funeral service today (19th August 2010) for Jimmy Reid, the inspirational workers’ leader at Upper Clyde Shipbuilders and former Rector of Glasgow University, First Minister Alex Salmond...
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Ellis Cameron: Mish-mashed
So now I’m finally finished second year (at Glasgow School of Art) and truthfully I don’t think I could have had a better time.This week has been a bit of a mish-mash of different things, so here’s a...
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Heroes for Houses for Heroes – in the Corryvreckan
Yesterday (23rd June), in conditions just inside the limits of permissibility, a group of nine altruistic lunatics took to the water to swim the Corryvreckan in aid of the very necessary veterans...
View ArticleFirst Dark Sky Discovery Site for Argyll
On Friday 19th October, West Kintyre Stargazers announced that their nomination for a Dark Sky Discovery Site in Kintyre has been successful.The Putechan Hotel near Bellochantuy – already a dining...
View ArticleScottish Scientists in break through to stop space junk accumulation
Scientists from Glasgow University have designed an imaginative solution to the accumulation of further orbiting debris in space.This is everything from dropped tools to failed kit. It is now at a...
View ArticleGlasgow University energy expert says Scotland will have higher electricity...
Professor Paul Younger, an energy engineering academic at Glasgow University, has said on BBC Newsnight Scotland that the Scottish Government’s focus on wind energy as the major component of its...
View ArticleCampbell Cameron: Motoring now at Celtic Connections
The last report at stardate midnight in the CC festival club, AKA ‘Walkabout’ in the Glasgow uni union, preceded the arrival of ‘Flook‘, the reformed Anglo Irish folkies. There was a youthful look to...
View ArticleGlasgow University students vote a big majority ‘No’
Glasgow University students, in a much touted and energetically promoted vote to test student opinion on Scottish Independence, showed first that the issue is of little interest to them.Only 13% voted...
View ArticleExploring the dark side of the universe with West Kintyre Stargazers
Stardate is Sunday 7th April 2013, launch time from 17.00, place – The Putechan Hotel in Bellochantuy in west Kintyre.Starguide will be Professor Martin A Hendry, leading a mission to explore the dark...
View ArticleAn independent Scotland and the pound
[Updated below] This is one of the crunch issues in the will-we-won’t-we debate on the independence referendum.Today, 23rd April, in a well flagged position, UK Chancellor, George Osborne came to...
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When Lismore was the centre of Christianity in Argyll
An important and interesting talk was given recently on the Isle of Lismore – on the little known history of the pre-reformation church when Lismore was the centre of Christianity in Argyll.Few have...
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Discretionary hearing on Ardfern housing application: insights and revelations
Today , 17th June, saw the hearing in Craignish Village Hall, of the application by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland for a development project on its land at The Glebe, west of Craignish...
View ArticleGlasgow helicopter crash: now the questions – but why no black box?
[Updated below] With the wreckage of the crashed Police Scotland helicopter safely removed from The Clutha bar this morning, it is now to become the subject of an Air Accident Investigation Branch...
View Article‘Energy: can we really have it all – secure, low-carbon and cheap?’
A date for the diary on a no-holds-barred approach to one of the hottest of topics around is the Inaugural Rankine Chair Lecture to be given by Professor Paul Younger FREng, at the University of...
View ArticleClarity at last on states, rights, institutions, assets and liabiities in the...
Professor Adam Tomkins, John Millar Professor of Public Law at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow, is one of the leading scholars in constitutional law in the United Kingdom.Just over three...
View ArticleChancellor announces £19 million for life sciences in Glasgow to Commonwealth...
Chancellor George Osborne is speaking today to the audience of business leaders from across the Commonwealth, gathered for what is effectively a pitching opportunity for exports and inward investment...
View ArticleSalmond accepts pound not an ‘asset’ as Treasury reconfirms legal aceptance...
In the face of increasing anxiety in the markets, Sir Nicholas MacPherson, the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, has recently re-confirmed that the United Kingdom Government stands by it’s earlier...
View ArticleADP: Professor McKeganey’s 2011 report said it all – and highlighted still...
Back in 2011, a Needs Assessment report was commissioned by the ADP [Argyll and Bute Alcohol and Drugs Partnership] from Professor Neil McKeganey, head of Glasgow University’s Misuse of Drugs...
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