Over a year has passed since my last visit to the Hebrides, and another may pass before I return. I have spent some of the year writing, but...

On my last Islay day I woke to drenching rains and strong winds. I had to catch a flight to Oban at 3pm, so that gave me six hours to fill....

I've been reading Kevin Byrne's wonderful book on Colonsay - Lonely Colonsay  (House of Lochar, 2010). In it I've learned that,...

Here's a photo I took 24 year ago on Colonsay. It shows A' Clach Thogalaich , the stone of lifting, which lies near the road at the...

John McPhee opens his book 'The Crofter and the Laird' with a description of how the MacDonalds hunted down Malcolm MacPhee, the la...