Her most memorable interview was with her great friend, the writer Nuala O’Faolain, in 2009, when O’Faolain was terminally ill with cancer. It remains an extraordinary, heartbreakingly intimate piece of work, among the greatest of its kind.
Category: Dumbarton
STRIKE PRESSURE MOUNTS ON COUNCIL FOR NEW SOCIAL WORK OFFICES
It has emerged over the festive period that Hartfield Clinic in Latta Street, Dumbarton, has been chosen for a new and permanent headquarters for West Dunbartonshire Council’s social work department.
SNP FLIGHT NUMBERS DOUBLE OVER FIVE YEARS
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Mike Rumbles MSP has warned that “news of the climate emergency does not seem to have reached Transport Scotland” as he revealed that staff at the organisation have taken almost 1,400 flights in the past five years.
NEW YEAR SWIM SUCCESS AT RHU MARINA
Pictures by Al Blair
OPEN MIC AT BALLOCH HOUSE HOTEL ON MONDAY
Valeman Paul Murdoch headlines the Open Mic at Balloch House Hotel next Monday, January 6. Someone commented to me recently, ‘Paul’s singing in the local
COMMUTERS PAY PRICE OF SCOTRAIL’S FAILURES
The introduction of the higher fares in Scotland has come into practice amid falling performance levels. Peak-time season tickets and anytime day tickets in Scotland are now 3.2% more expensive, while the capped increase of off-peak fares is 2.2%. ScotRail said the rise was below the UK average of 3.1% and said it was investing “millions to build the best railway Scotland has ever had”.