Retro

At work on the croft

Energy that brought Beatriz to Lewis, via Mongolia

Primark has turned 50 in the UK and these are the first stores it opened in Britain. Generic picture of a Primark store. Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

The first 10 Primark stores to open in Britain and where

Iain Campbell is a Research Fellow in the Languages Sciences Institute of UHI

Gaelic requires a roadmap for radical change

Mary and Emily in unison on the piano

Castle ballroom piano recital in memory of Douglas

The re-formed 51st Highland Division back in Saint-Valery-en-Caux in 1944. Thousands of their number were captured in the French town four years earlier

The return of the Highland 51st Division from St Valery 80th and the discovery o...

An artist's impression of the viewpoint in Ionad Hiort

Planning consent is key milestone for Ionad Hiort

Could you have a retro PlayStation game that could be worth a small fortune hidding somewhere in your house. Photo: Getty Images/ CEX

7 rare PlayStation games that could fetch over £1,000

Seonaidh, second from the right, recently travelled to Seattle with fellow tutors: Linda Macleod, Angela Maceachen, Ramsay MacMahon and Calum Maclean

Seonaidh blazes a trail west to Seattle - now for Glasgow’s O2!

A lot has changed since the last time Oasis played a gig together in 2009. Photo: Getty Images

9 things that didn’t exist last time Oasis played a show

Gadgets you may remember from the 1990s. Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images

9 gadgets you remember from the 1990s

Inventions you may not realise came from the minds of Scots. Photo: Getty Images

11 major inventions you may not realise were made by Scots

Wow 😲

Matthew Mohan-Hickson

With wife, Donna, and children and grand-children.

​James MacIver: From pig farmer to leading light of the church

Nine video games you may have played in the 1980s - including arcade classics.

Nine retro video games you may have played in the 80s

Agnes Rennie, chair of Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, was far from re-assured after Monday's meeting.

​Civil servants told – try the Shucksmith Report

Production manager Kenny Maclean samples the product

‘Huge’ response to whisky offer

Edna OíBrien, Irish writer, Haifa, Israele, 11th September 2016. (Photo by Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images) : Irish writer Edna O’ Brien pictured in 2016.

Rural Ireland wasn’t so different from ourselves

Chris is known for major mural artworks

Bringing some colour to the town’s heritage​

Visitors are set to be charged an entrance fee

Consultation launched on Calanais charging regime

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Images

7 gadgets you may remember if you grew up in the 1980s

Julia Chystiakova, one of the first Ukrainian refugees to come to Lewis.

Exhibition that captures the essence of change

The Gazette printed - at length - Lord Hunter's court ruling

Why Lord Hunter's ruling on Harris Tweed remains iconic

Only a true 00s kid would remember these gadgets. How many did you own?

11 gadgets you'll only remember if you're a 00s kid

Cadbury My Era AI retro photo. Photo: Cadbury

Make your own Cadbury retro poster

New drainage and maintenance of existing drainage are among the activities to be banned.

Crofters are warned: “Farm more for nature”

Donald Munro, the notorious factor for Sir James Matheson and who was forced to retire after the trial.

Charles Innes and a trial that changed history

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing island production. But why was its publication delayed when a new Bill was being debated?

Crofters being driven out of business

An artist's impression of the new visitor centre

​Calanais £10m investment for new visitor centre

Ceitlin Lilidh looks into the world of surfing, its history and growth in Scotland.

Surfing: It’s about a lot more than a sport

As the world's best surfers prepare to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games, keen surfer Ceitlin Lilidh presents a new BBC ALBA series on the world history of surfing.

Murray MacLeod

Michael Mackinnon, Theresa Irving and Michael MacNeil in front of the Saint Barra statue.

Replacement sought for Barra’s historic statue

Angus Peter Campbell’s new novel "Eighth Moon Bridge" is a "nimble and heart warming story of our time"

A writer who is reaching new cultural shores

Costello performing on Tuath Cheol with Barra singer Cathy Ann MacPhee

"Costello” – an island bred music pioneer

Deljeem's award-winning potrait of neighbour John Ross

​Deljeem salutes the Cearns through pictures

Seumas Macinnes, of Cafe Gandolfini, was one of the first to pioneer Stornoway black pudding in fine dining dishes

How humble marag took on the culinary world

Ali's kind gesture has now been immortalised as an image on German trains.

Ness goalie proves he's not just a pair of safe hands - he's a kind hand too

Four of the committee members who attended the ceremony: Alison Ferguson, Leah Mackay, Mairi Mackenzie and Angela Mackay.

Local committee pick up national charity award

Ishga is now located in the old Co-op building.

Ishga sets up new base in the centre of the town

Ena and Angus with some of their prized Highland cattle

A lifetime in crofting – Ena has seen monumental change

The statement was endorsed by the church’s General Assembly in Edinburgh last week

Free Church ‘sorrow’ over slavery ‘historical sins’

Jamie Halcro Johnston: Ban needs to be fully reversed

Welcome move on solid fuel stove ban ahead of debate

Arieh trades languages with Father Ross Crichton

New Yorker speaks Gaelic in Uist – an internet hit​

Writer Emma McKervey

King Arthur was an Ulsterman

How the re-developed centre will look.

Welcome “step forward” for Calanais development

The Donegal delegation with local representatives in the council chambers.

Harris Tweed helps weave the Irish connection

Lorna MacAulay (left) says Dzintra has helped plau a gap in the market.

How Latvian influx has built a tailor made legacy

Marc Calhoun on the summit of Mingulay in 2004

A joyous walking tour through island history

Last week while discussing an important moment in history connected with my own corner of the island, I found myself researching the incidents that led up to what has been documented as the Bernera Riots of 1874.

Cathy Macdonald

The exhibition will be launched in Balallan on Friday.

Gaelic psalm exhibition starts its island tour

Henry Naylor poses in front of a tank with Afghan fighters. Both he and photographer Sam Maynard were lucky to escape with their lives.

A reflection on war and its links to Lewis

The collection on its front cover features a wonderful drawing of Aonghas Macneacail.

Posthumous collection is Skye bard at his best

The Lews Castle machine sewing class c1972. Some of the ladies went on to work at the Parkend factory

Fifty years on – an Iranian shop steward and a Lewis work-in

A major report was published in 2020 which highlighted the Gaelic crisis in island communities. Yet four years on little has changed - indeed a network of development officers will now be removed due to funding cuts.

Gaelic is being held back by an institutional “cosy-ocracy”

Macaulay College was founded by Rebecca Lindsay and Roland Engebretsen

Macaulay College expansion plans after £500,000 boost

Canon Roderick Johnston, formerly parish priest in Stornoway

Obituary: Canon Roderick Johnston

Peigi Wood, well known in the community, provides a fascinating insight.

The little-told story of an island to island migration

A familiar figure. John MacDonald works as a port assistant.

Lifetime collecting MacBrayne memories

Maggie Cunningham with 2023 Mod Gold medallists Iain Cormack and Emma MacLeod

Time for the Gaelic lobby to raise its collective voice​