Anna Frater

25Nov08

 
Born in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis in 1967, Anna Frater was brought up in the village of Upper Bayble in the Point district of the island. Scottish Gaelic is her first language, and the language in which her poetry is written. Her poems were first published in Gairm magazine (1986) while she was a student at Glasgow [...]

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Tags: anna frater, Bàird Ghàidhlig, Poetry

Derick Thomson

25Nov08

 
Derick Thomson was born in Stornoway in 1921, and lives in Glasgow. After studying in Scotland, England and Wales, he returned to Scotland to teach in universities, and was Professor of Celtic studies at the University of Glasgow from 1963 to 1991. He founded and edited the Gaelic literary magazine Gairm, and included among his many [...]

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Tags: Bàird Ghàidhlig, derick thomson stornoway, isle of lewis, Poetry

Uig 1964-65

22Nov08

The Comann Eachdraidh Uig has some amazing photographs of the Uig area back in the 60’s up at the moment.
Go look!

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Tags: 1960's, idyllic, photographs, uig

Banana Leaf

22Nov08

Can you imagine a white-only Britain?
*shudders*
One of the serious upsides to all this immigration is the great food we get to scoff as a result. One particular bonus for us Glaswegians is the establishment of Banana Leaf in the city’s West End.
During the last five years there has been an increase in the South Indian [...]

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Tags: curry, dosa, indian, south india

Beauty & The Beach

22Nov08

 
 
” Hebridean stunners have got together to pose for a  fundraising calendar to raise money for charity. Island beauties photographed at scenic locations in Lewis and Harris grace each month on the large-format (A3) calendar. Proceeds will be used to help fund educational trips for local primary school children. Donations will also be made to [...]

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Tags: stunners

Dublin Bay Prawn

21Nov08

 
In order to lift ourselves from the depressive funk brought on by trying to rationalise the thinking behind a card carrying BNP member, J & I  decided we just had to consume our own bodyweight in crustaceans. Something about asserting our dominance as a species perhaps, or maybe it’s because they look so different from [...]

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Tags: dublin bay prawn, langoustines, norway prawn

Butchery

20Nov08

 
As I wait for this year’s lamb (well, actually a Hogget) to arrive, here’s a nice pictorial, set-by-step guide to butchering the lamb carcass.
Even if you don’t do the butchery yourself (I don’t but will do the course one day) it’s a good way of understanding how all those chops n shoulders get from the [...]

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Tags: butchery, carcass, lamb

The only bigot in the village

19Nov08

 
Mr Paul Johnson
13 Melbost
Borve
Isle of Lewis
HS2 0RR

(IT specialist. Keen to help with leaflet design/websites etc.)
Guardian story
Something about this reminds me of the Father Ted sketch…
“Oh hallo Mr Johnson, I’ve been hearing your one of them racists now. Good for you!”

 
Paul also has a nice sideline in making cheerful wee button badges extolling such wonderful [...]

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Tags: bigots, bnp, idiots, outing, racist

Pizza

18Nov08

As there is little going down on the island, here’s another food related post.
All of these are coming in at under a tenner to make, making enough for two with enough left over for lunch or supper fridge raids the next night. (Apart from the cheesecake which, four days later, is down to the last [...]

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Tags: anchovies, aubergine, budget, cookery, dinner, etc, italy, olive oil, pizza, prosciutto, salami, Wine, winter

Waiting For The May Star

18Nov08

 
From the best band to come out of Lewis in eons, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls…the new, and last, album from Crash My Model Car ‘Waiting For The May Star’ will be available to by online via all good download sites soon (now?).
Who are they?
Go search the archives for more.
(PS Glasgow folk can catch [...]

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Tags: crash my model car, iain morrison, lewis, Music