Bookstart pirates swarm all over libraries in Argyll
Libraries across the county have just been under siege from mini-pirates looting book giveaways, special pirate themed Bookstart Rhyme times, stories and games.This outburst of premature rapaciousness...
View ArticleSlate, Sea and Sky, Norman Bissell in Rothesay
Norman Bissel is giving a reading and slide show (photographs by Oscar Marzaroli) – at 7.30pm on 4t March at Rothesay Library.The readings will take you on a poetic journey with Norman,from his native...
View ArticleSlate, Sea and Sky – Norman Bissell in Helensburgh
Norman Bissel is giving a reading and slide show (photographs by Oscar Marzaroli) – at 7.30pm on 5th March at Helensburgh Library.The readings will take you on a poetic journey with Norman,from his...
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Major coup as Conti records Cameron with Argyll’s Wild Biscuit
Multi award-winning actor Tom Conti – known to millions through his film roles in Shirley Valentine, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and the satirical Heavenly Pursuits with Helen Mirren – can now be heard...
View ArticleWhere are Argyll and Bute Council’s pupil attainment figures?
One of the major arguments usually put forwards for relocating pupils in school closures is that the ‘receiving’ school has better pupil attainment scores than the school being shut down.School...
View ArticleRead-as-you-sail: CalMac ferries Book Week Scotland giveaway
Passengers on selected CalMac ferries won’t be stuck for something to read on their journey next week – 26th November 26 – 2nd December).The company is helping to give away a book especially published...
View ArticleFreedom of Information requests to Argyll Ferries
For Argyll asked Argyll Ferries for details of the questions put to it under Freedom of Information from January 2012 to January 2014.The outcome was a fascinating study of activity patterns,...
View ArticleCrisis at Rothesay Joint Campus: will Audit Scotland engage?
Back on 16th April, a group of highly concerned parents wrote to Audit Scotland asking it to intervene in a crisis situation, of three years duration and worsening, at Rothesay Joint campus on the Isle...
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