EDITOR’S BLOG: Nessie puts food on your table

Nessie’s in the news again. No she’s not been sighted, in fact there’s been no sightings for a couple of years now.
She being dismissed by ’snooty’ Invernessians. They think they’re above the trinkets and mythology that brings the thousands of tourists to their city year after year. They want to position themselves as a cosmopolitan [...]

EDITOR’S BLOG: Money for old rope?

There’s no doubt that we should have a fervent pride in our fishing heritage, and museums around the coast play an important part in documenting its colour and history. But news of a grant (£90,000 to research seamen’s jumpers) that will fund the study of our fishermen’s clothing will probably bring a tear to the [...]

EDITOR’S BLOG: Politicians – publish and be damned

Every councillor in Scotland has been sent a guide on blogging and social networks.
The move is in the wake of several embarrassing comments made by politicians in the run up to the election, which showed candidates in their true colours.
One piece of advice given in the document is: “Think before you write and don’t [...]

EDITOR’S BLOG: A beautiful game

It’s not often I write about football. If I’m honest I’m not a big fan and rarely watch it. But who cannot revel in the joy of Ross County beating SPL giants Celtic today.
No-one will be celebrating more than the team after their epic 2-0 win at Hampden, but if they stir such a feeling [...]

EDITOR’S BLOG: Moray Firth Live moves forward with redesign

Today sees the launch of a new design for Moray Firth Live. And we hope you like the new clean, fresh look.
But it’s not just a redesign, it marks a point where we start to get serious about improving it. We’ve spent a lot of time working on the layout and we think we’ve got [...]

New bloggers announced today for Moray Firth Live

Today we welcome two bloggers to Moray Firth Live.
As part of our bid to integrate our product deeper into the community, we appealed for reviewers, contributors, and bloggers to get in touch. We had several replies and we are continuing to negotiate with others, and hopefully will bring you details of more soon.
Neil Huggan from [...]

A kick in the teeth?

It’s easy to dismiss our youth as philistines. The older generation are quick to criticise modern music and art genres and often associate them with anti-social behaviour.
But whatever we think, our children will lead the world when we are gone and hopefully it will be a very different place than it is today.
On the face [...]

A dog is for every day

Dogs are for life is an oft-heard phrase that reminds people not to be selfish when it comes to pets.
Yesterday, we heard disturbing news from the SSPCA that four dogs in the Highlands were essentially boiled alive after being left caged in cars in the sweltering heat.
A slow and torturous death for what were probably [...]

Streetscape – just bad timing?

There’s no doubt the streets of Inverness are pretty dull, and a good revamp was long overdue. Glasgow, Edinburgh, even Dundee have features that warrant time to stop and savour.
So the Streetscape project, which apparently aids traffic management and pedestrian movement should have been very welcome, and Highland Council tells us it was and still [...]