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More than a third of Scots have started listening to traditional music more often in the last year

Traditional music on the rise as new survey finds Scots sing its praises

From left to right: Lauren MacArthur, Rhoda Meek, Mary Ann Kennedy

New initiative seeks to promote Gaelic in Tiree

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The Isle of Tiree may be beautiful, but 'cha toir a' bhoidhchead goil air a' phoit'. Beauty will not boil a pot

COMMENT Scottish island communities are being ignored – so what if tourism suffers?

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The book contains more than 100 contemporary black and white photographs, including this shot of men taking a break during peat cutting on the island of Stromay

Remarkable new book documents life on Hebridean island 50 years ago

4

Iona Abbey may also have benefitted from funding from the slave trade, according to Reverend Yousouf Gooljary

EXCLUSIVE Scottish island hotel urged to acknowledge historic slavery connections

11

Les Wilson outside Barnhill, the house on Jura where George Orwell stayed while he wrote 1984

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT 'George Orwell claimed that all Scots were whisky-swilling imperialists'

2

Writer George Orwell was known for his anti-Scottish prejudice, at least before he moved to Jura

EXCLUSIVE George Orwell's 'Scotophobia' – and how he overcame it – explored in new book

2

A stock photograph of a past Tiree Music Festival

Scottish island festival cancelled and evacuated amid 'extreme weather'

A survey claimed CalMac’s 'failing ferry service' had cost businesses on just two islands almost £1.5 million

Island businesses demand help from ministers for ‘failing ferry service’

3

An-dràsta, tha am pròiseact a’ dol air chuairt a’ nochdadh ann an ionadan air feadh Innse Gall.

GAELIC Filmichean Gàidhealach air an Tasgadh, Taisbeanadh is Cruthachadh

CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond has apologised for the disruption

Scottish island to have no mainland ferry services for five weeks, CalMac says

20

Multimillionaire businessman, Brexiteer and political donor Jeremy Hosking is aiming to purchase Kinloch Castle on Rum

EXCLUSIVE Brexiteer's bid to buy Scottish castle an 'existential threat' to island community

13

Kinloch Castle on Rum is up for sale, with owners NatureScot saying it is a drain on taxpayer-funded resources

COMMENT I live on Rum. Here's why its iconic castle should not be sold to one rich man

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Pictured left to right: Brian Chaplin (Garrabost Mill Trust), Norman Mackenzie (PST), Alasdair Nicholson (PST Community Consultant), Graham Morrison (Former Mill owner), Tony Robson (PST Community Consultant)

Funding secured to restore historic Scottish mill as visitor attraction

1

Restriction zones have temporarily been placed around many towns across the UK over the past year in an attempt to restrict the spread of avian flu

Avian flu warning as restriction zone placed around village in Outer Hebrides

Coming ashore with the Elizabeth G at anchor in the background on the right

TRAVEL On a cruise through the inner Hebrides in search of the big five

Coinneach MacLeod, The Hebridean Baker, has become a TikTok star through his baking videos, often featurng his dog Seoras

EXCLUSIVE Hebridean Baker shares mouth-watering recipes from upcoming cook book

3

Trainees Innes Macleod, Alyas Gaffer, Hamish Scott, Cass Ezeji, Kate Macsween and Calum Blane

Gaelic drama brings jobs and training opportunities to the Western Isles

The Sunday sailings were introduced 13 years ago

Island church says 'wrath of God' to blame for ferry cancellations

24

Alex Cole-Hamilton was criticised for using a local by-election as a national 'barometer' on independence

Alex Cole-Hamilton told off by Ballot Box Scotland after indyref2 claim

34

Some of the presenters of Pilgrimage struggled to pronounce the place name Calanais

Updated 'It sounds like a sauce': Celebrities confused by Gaelic on BBC Hebrides trip

22

Coinneach MacLeod has seen tremendous success on social media as the Hebridean Baker

Scots TikTok star signs major book deal to bring Hebridean recipes to America

Luskentyre on the Isle of Harris. Credit: Tripadvisor

Europe's best beaches revealed as Scottish spot makes Tripadvisor list

Tanera Mòr. Credit: GeekieLady via TripAdvisor

Remote Scottish island named among coolest UK postcodes to live

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Colonsay is amongst the smallest inhabited islands in the Hebrides

'We can now see real progress': Business drive will protect island life, residents say

Social media star Coinneach MacLeod and Seoras the dog. Photograph: Euan Anderson

Scottish TikTok baker is bringing Hebrides heaven to millions online

The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust wants a full-time resident to join the community

Second home owners warned off as islanders seek full-time residents for bothy

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