New album is just the Tonic for absolutely everything
Argyll band, The Woods Family, announce the release of their debut album.
Leisure
Leisure
Art projects supported by Open Fund awards
Mull-based Knockvologan Studies, Appin Community Trading CIC and the Mount Stuart Trust on the Isle of Bute are among 58 projects across Scotland which are sharing over £1.6 million of National Lottery and Scottish Government funding.
Podcasts
A Something For the Weekend Podcast 5th March 2021
Holiday plans play a big part in this week’s chat and you can find out where the team will be jetting off to once lockdown lifts as well as what childhood books they may be stashing in their suitcases. Guests this week include Oban Pride chairman Phill Dexter with news of a new club
Leisure
Short film throws spotlight on Erraid
Against the Tide follows a woman’s journey to become a member of a remote community.
Leisure
Supergroup tune up for Doddie Foundation
Set for release on Friday, March 12, ‘Doddie’s Dream’ was composed by renowned Blazin’ Fiddles member Bruce MacGregor, and recorded remotely in different locations throughout Scotland, Ireland and America.
Leisure
Life in Linicro proved a life-changer for Raymond
Through a selection of short anecdotes and poems, Skye Stories tells the adventures the author had growing up: the girls he fancied, the sheep he worried and the music he loved.
Leisure
Artist Kaya wants to chat on Bute
The artist is asking participants to phone her, via a landline installed in the kitchen in her home, to give her an update on the everyday for her Milk + Two Sugars project.
Leisure
EDF 2021 cancellation
Current ticket holders will receive an email in due course with details of how to claim a refund on tickets or keep them and guarantee a place at EDF 2022 at 2019 prices.
BOBcast
BOBcast – Episode 20 – “The Final Tee”
Join Steevie, Keith and Fiona on a final golfing voyage with the Oban Time’s BOBcast.
Leisure
Lewis singer embraces a life left behind
Later this month Willie Campbell will release a new radio single, Soundtrack to The Life We Leave Behind, the title track of his forthcoming album.
Leisure
Oban publisher scoops book deal tied to CBeebies series
Little Door Books is also celebrating being named a Scotland finalist in the Small Press of the Year category of the 2021 British Book Awards.
Leisure
Fort art student emerges in exhibition
The annual exhibition of Bridge House Art School’s Portfolio Course will take place online from March 6 to April 3.
Podcasts
A Something For the Weekend Podcast 26th February 2021
The weekend is here and March marches forth! And as the light begins to return and lockdown hopefully starts to loosen, The Oban Times team of Kathie, Fiona, Ellis and Steevie have a lighthearted chinwag about the fun-loving four-legged creature putting a smile on the faces of Oban.
News
Mountain legend Morris is Fort festival’s pick for major annual award
Now breathing through a small hole in his throat, Dave Morris has defiantly managed to climb to 20,000ft in the Himalayas, ski mountaineer in Alaska and climb alpine rock routes in Norway.
Leisure
Bethan is Boss on social media
Currently unable to take part in live gigs Bethan Sexton recorded her performance of Bruce Springsteen’s I’m on Fire and posted it on her Instagram page.
Leisure
Young creatives invited to hang out with Molly on Skye
Atlas Arts and SEALL have secured funding to provide an art and dance club for the island’s 14-17-year-olds, led by Molly Scott Danter who is a dancer, artist and
storyteller originally from Edinbane.
FAB Guide
Robot fun with One Button Benny at Waterstone’s
Author Alan Windram will be reading from his new children’s picture book for three to seven-year-olds.
Leisure
Acharacle studio launches exhibitions in lockdown
The current shows are on display until mid-July, by which time it is hoped the gallery may be able to open its doors to the public once again.
Gallery
A very happy birthday to you all
Send us a picture of your wee one enjoying their special day and we will publish it and wish them Happy Birthday!
Gallery
West Highland photography student’s work showcases in Parliament exhibition
Work from students from the Highlands and Islands include Sheila Matheson, of West Highland College UHI.
Gallery
Tayvallich artists open their doors for Argyll art show
The Tayvallich Inn marks the obvious gateway to a tour of the studios. Situated at the entrance to the village, it will also showcase art from at least two of the local artists, as well as work from a number of guest artists.
Gallery
New exhibition explores Argyll coast
‘I hope Hush encourages the audience to connect with the physical place.’
Gallery
Mull and Iona Glasgow Association ceilidh was huge success
It was the new era as Ross Wilson and his team presented the new committee’s first event.
Gallery
Argyll brings in the new year in style
New Year fireworks display in Oban and Tobermory, Mull.
Gallery
Jingle all the way at Oban High School’s Christmas dance
Youngsters kick-off the festive holidays at their Christmas Jingles.
Holiday West Highland
Holiday West Highland Summer 2019
The summer edition of Holiday West Highland is packed full of great reads. From Events and Activities, Area Info, Days Out and Boat Trips. Find out what the West Highlands has to offer.
Holiday West Highland
Holiday West Highland Spring 2019
The spring edition of Holiday West Highland is packed full of great reads. From Events and Activities, Area Info, Days Out and Boat Trips. Find out what the West Highlands has to offer.
Holiday West Highland
Holiday West Highland
The latest magazine is packed full on news and great ideas of places to visit this spring.
Advertising
Here’s the June issue of Lochaber Life!
We have produced this issue as digital only, due to delivery and financial constraints – so please SHARE FAR AND WIDE!
News
Pippa steps up for NHS charity
Roybridge student Pippa Macdonald came up with her own #StepUp4OurNHS challenge and scaled the equivalent of Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike at her student lodgings in Northumbria.
News
UHI nursing and midwifery students give NHS a helping hand
More than 120 nursing and midwifery students have started their final placements early to help bolster the NHS workforce.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – May 2020
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Name that Lochaber Bird, German tourist says thanks for kindness, and COVID – 19 YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – April 2020
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Tackling the unused drugs mountain, North Ballachulish Railway and Opera in Arisaig.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – March 2020
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including 150 years of Lochaber Curling Club, Don’t Feed the Deer and Shy Bullfinch.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – February 2020
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Hedgehog Hospital and Sanctuary, Founder of Lochaber Scouts and Iconic Lochaber.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – January 2020
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Ballachulish Bible Stories Revealed, The Year 2000 and Kilmallie Cemetery Uncovered.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – December 2019
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Unique gift, Lochaber Men in Kilts charity calendar, Children’s railway story and Bye Bye BA Club.
Leisure
Lochaber Life – November 2019
This month’s Lochaber Life is packed full of great reads, including Top boxing show, Barbara’s baking to improve mental health and Haldenby Strongman Challenge.
Leisure
Author Liz feels intimate connection on Iona
Artist’s residencies over the past month have made for a very special creative and international community at the North End of Iona
Leisure
Original RET architect to speak at book festival
Roy Pedersen will take part in a session at West Over Sea on Mull next month.
Leisure
MacIntyre and Butler aim to serve up a musical treat on Mull
Tobermory musician is working on new stage musical after success of Tobermory-based play.
Leisure
Mull and Iona Life – Summer 2019
The Summer issue of Mull & Iona Life is packed full of great reads, including Mull eagles film wings it’s way to BBC, Estate plants native forest to save Mull’s natural world and Mull man given BEM after ‘selfless service’.
Mull and Iona Life
Justice for Elsie a step closer thanks to sibling strength
Anne Cleave, from Mull, is looking for long awaited answers at new inquest
Leisure
Mull and Iona Life – Spring 2019
The Spring issue of Mull & Iona Life is packed full of great reads, including Cash Boost for Mull and Iona Projects, Mull Rally Hopes for 2019, Mull Pupil turns Teacher and Club has Focus on Rewilding Mull.
Leisure
Mull remembers…
Islanders celebrated the Battle’s Over event with an ’emotional ceremony’ at the harbour building in Tobermory on Saturday night.
Leisure
Mull and Iona Life – Autumn 2018
The Autumn issue of Mull & Iona Life is packed full of great reads, including Mull Mod’s 80th anniversary, Ulva Ferry project and Discovering why Basking Sharks come to Scotland.
Outdoors
Scottish walking charities urge government to invest in walking
Living Streets Scotland, Paths for All and Ramblers Scotland will share a new manifesto for walking at an online launch event today, January 26.
Leisure
Enjoy Argyll’s gardens this autumn
Rare trees, colourful gardens and woodland walks for all the family.
News
There is an alternative to traffic chaos – get on a bike
The latest news from Lochaber Environmental Group.
Outdoors
Pupils to help bring back native oysters to Loch Craignish
Over the next five years, the charity Seawilding, is planning to restore the native oyster beds at Loch Craignish with an exciting plan to reintroduce one million native oysters.
Leisure
Yacht Club members get back to messing about on the water
Lochaber Yacht Club (LYC) members took to the loch for an afternoon of planned, socially distanced sailing.
Lochaber
Is the future bright for active travel in Fort William?
The future for active travel in Fort William could be bright, but it requires long-term planning and the funding to take it forward.
Leisure
Antarctica’s ‘green snow’ could spread with global warming
Dr Matt Davey comes to the Oban-based institute from the University of Cambridge and has published findings in the journal Nature Communications that show the current distribution of the algae and how they are likely to spread as the global temperature increases.
News
West Coast Review
Here’s the June issue of The West Coast Review!
We have produced this issue as digital only – so please SHARE FAR AND WIDE!
Leisure
West Coast Review – May 2020
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including Learning locally – but remotely, Community Profile and Life through the Lens.
Leisure
West Coast Review – April 2020
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including Care in the Community, Healthy Oban and Easter Activities.
Leisure
West Coast Review – March 2020
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including the BID4Oban 20 page pullout, Culture Countdown at Victory Hall and Join Oban’s Big Spring Clean.
Leisure
West Coast Review – February 2020
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including What’s Next for Dunollie Wood?, Hope Kitchen Needs You and
Argyll Romance.
West Coast Review
What has Rotary achieved over the Festive Season?
Christmas is a very busy time for Rotary.
West Coast Review
Spend a romantic evening this Valentine’s at Aird’s Hotel
Having won a Good Hotel Guide award as the Most Romantic Hotel in Scotland and named Scottish Luxury Hotel 2020, why not treat yourselves to special evening at the Port Appin boutique hotel?
Leisure
West Coast Review – January 2020
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including New Year New Focus, Book your Burns Night and Meet Flappy the Skate.
Leisure
West Coast Review – December 2019
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including Christmas What’s On, Shop Local for Festive Treats and Drivers Do Their Bit.
Leisure
West Coast Review – November 2019
This month’s West Coast Review is packed full of great reads, including Oban Winter Festival preview, Remember loved ones with Light up a Life and Winter What’s On.