Transcripts printed to commemorate sinking of Iolaire
The vessel was carrying home soldiers who fought in the First World War.
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Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber 28.02.19
I have been privileged to have had some wonderful hospitality around the world but none better than in the Highlands and Islands.
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Booklet chronicles how Argyll and Bute remembered
A booklet has been published to commemorate how Argyll and Bute residents remembered the First World War.
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New film captures the spirit of whisky
Shot on location in Scotland, Scotch: The Golden Dram tells the story of uisge-beatha, Gaelic for ‘water of life’.
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Mull Theatre gives new life to historic coat
‘I came across a coat with a note attached saying it had belonged to Lorna MacEchern, the secretary to the Duke of Buccleuch.’
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Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber 21.02.19
The Argyll Papers are the archive of the Campbell family, Dukes of Argyll, and provide an unbroken record of nearly 800 years of the family’s fortunes.
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Unsung forestry heroes to be recognised
Around 900 men made the perilous journey from British Honduras across the North Atlantic to a wintry Scotland.
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Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 04
Duncan Macpherson (c. 1835-1931), another Morvern bard, composed some lovely songs which are less well known than they used to be.
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Morvern Lines with Iain Thornber week 03
It doesn’t matter how wealthy you are or what you own – if you are unwell, everything else pales into insignificance.