John de Ver Loder’s Colonsay and Oronsay in the Isles of Argyll was published in 1935 and remains an essential reference work for any future study.  On the 80th anniversary of its publication Colonsay and Oransay Heritage trust is sponsoring a workshop to discuss the significance of this work, and how later work has deepened our understanding of the history of the islands.  The Trust is grateful to Colonsay Estate for financial support towards the cost of this event. Contributors ...

Once again the organisers of Colonsay’s 8^th Folk Festival have been lucky to attract some of the top names in Scottish Traditional music to the festival. Jointly topping the bill are the legendary Blazin’ Fiddles and internationally acclaimed Breabach.

The incredibly busy Kris Drever will be making his 4^th appearance at the festival, this time with fellow guitar virtuoso Ian Carr; (Previously with John McCusker and Roddy Woomble, Megan Henderson and Eamonn Coyne ...

The Festival was a huge success, thanks to the support of the sponsors including Hebridean Air Services, Colonsay Estate and CalMac, and the services of all our experts, artists and guides, and in particular sue to the sterling efforts of Sarah Hobhouse. The text of a proper appreciation of the splendid three week long programme of events has gone missing in the ether, so it is hoped that a few photographs in this issue will speak for themselves. ...