This year’s Fèis weekend was held in Bunessan from 5th-8th February. The event was the biggest we can remember – with 67 children participating.
The event caters for all ages with Fèis Bheag for 3- to 7-year-olds, children from P3 upwards being offered two choices of music lessons over the Read More

Since Ulva House came into community ownership as part of the Ulva buyout in 2018, North West Mull Community Woodland Company (NWMCWC) has been working to bring this important historic building back into use.
The recent BBC Scotland programme Banjo and Ro’s Grand Island Hotel has prompted reflection on that Read More

This year’s shinty on Ardalanish Beach attracted a good crowd in spite of the bitterly cold wind on New Year’s Day – around 80 folk gathered for hot soup and cake, and around half of these took part in the shinty match. Team captains as in previous years were Rob Read More

December saw the first round in CMAL’s ‘community engagement’ regarding new vessels for the Oban-Craignure route.
In spite of the weather meaning multiple changes to the day/time for the drop-ins on Iona and the Ross of Mull (which incidentally was not initially intended to have a drop-in!), the event in Read More

The Show Must Go On… Must Go On!
What a start for the 2025 panto! Storm Bram meant that the dress rehearsal had to be cancelled; and the cast were plunged on to the stage on the first night, overcoming this hitch to bring the laughter, magic, song and dance Read More

50 years ago on Christmas Eve ’75 a plane took off from Glenforsa airstrip on the Isle of Mull and disappeared. The pilot, Peter Gibbs, was a WWII Spitfire pilot and later a renowned first violin in the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Donald Shaw and Read More

From 24th to 26th October the Western Isles Hotel in Tobermory and nearby hotels in the town welcomed 48 fans for a fifth IKWIG reunion, this one the largest of all. “I Know Where I’m Going!”, the masterpiece by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, has been called one of the Read More

Friday 19th of September saw the start of the very first “Ross of Mull September Sessions”, a live music event centred around Bunessan with the aim of all profits being donated to Fèis Mhuile to help encourage the next generation of young, local, traditional musicians.
There were various artists performing Read More

Paul MacKinnon and co-driver Paul Beaton secured an impressive fifth victory on the Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally running on the weekend of 10th October, leading from start to finish across a challenging new route in the north of the island.
The local hero produced a near-flawless performance across the Read More

This isn’t the first time there has been a major problem on the picturesque road leading from the shores of Loch na Keal into Glen Seilisdeir. Back in 1930, the road had to be closed because of a major landslide at the burn above Ballochmore (towards the top of the Read More

The Mull Provincial Mòd was one of the busiest and most successful yet. With over 250 junior competitors on Friday, we needed 11 venues across Tobermory to accommodate all of the competitions. It was a very wet day, but spirits were not dampened and the youngsters competed in solo, poetry, Read More