Bring back Nairnshire?
One of the key challenges facing Nairn appears to be the slow but progressive erosion of identity as a standalone and independent town, and a tourist destination in its own right. Instead, it seems to be being treated as nothing more than a suburb of Inverness, as dictated by a “centralised” local authority which is [...]
A Beautiful Day in Nairn
Today saw scattered showers but more frequent bursts of sunshine, and the air was cool but not too windy, and good to go out in. Our eldest had gone with friends to the cinema, while the youngest had gone to the community centre for a birthday party, so we wandered around with our middle child, [...]
Scottish Castle for sale
If you ever fancied owning a Scottish Castle, and don’t mind moving out of Nairn to the area around Wick – oh, and you have £5 million in your pocket – there’s something at Rightmove you might be interested in: Ackergill Tower Magnificent castle with vaulted entrance hall, smoking room, study, billiards room, double vaulted [...]
Nairn needs a proactive planning framework
The P&J carries the story of the Sandown development, and the list of objectors is fairly diverse: The plans have been recommended for approval despite staunch opposition from a clutch of local groups, including Cawdor and West Nairnshire and Nairn Suburban community councils, Nairn Allotment Society and Nairn Woodlands and Wetlands Association. Objections have also [...]
Cinema of Dreams to go mobile?
Interesting comments on Indiewire from Tilda Swinton, which if reported correctly, suggests that this year could see the Cinema of Dreams repeated – but in a mobile format: “Unfortunately, our bingo hall is [no more],” she said. “Somebody bought a house behind it. And said they didn’t want us to do it again because our [...]
Storm over BBC weather
One of the issues recently raised at the Visit Nairn Association was the poor reporting of Nairn’s weather, with BBC reports often inaccurate. It seems the BBC are reporting weather for Nairn from a station at Cromarty – but not only does Nairn have its own microclimate, the Black Isle itself is far wetter than [...]
Body in the River
Good to see citizen journalism really at work. The Gurn covered the issue of the body found in the Nairn early on Sunday, and covered in detail I couldn’t find anywhere else: Police recover body from River Nairn In fact, aside from the BBC, only the Highland News has expanded on the basic details the [...]
Corruption in the HIE?
A surprising item came up at the BBC – apparently the head of the HIE also runs his own consultancy company, and has been awarding contracts to his own business: Enterprise chief cash row probed Contracts awarded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to a company run by the chairman of the agency are to [...]