Care Home Residents Island Culture – Wool Extravaganza
Working on the Arora Dementia Friendly Project today with the talented Mary Smith, her spinning wheel and her extensive wool craft kit, in a Stornoway care home.
Crofting Life Isle of Lewis Achmore-moorland placenames
If you were brought up on a croft, in the Hebrides in the 1960s and 70s, the moorland was very much part of your extended landscape.
Visit to the Isle of Arran Museum
Visit to the Isle of Arran I visited the lovely Isle of Arran recently for the first time at short notice.
Psalms in Boats Isle of Lewis Tradfest 2017
The Psalmboat project is a multi-arts volunteer community project centred on Loch Erisort, Lochs, Isle of Lewis. The Psalmboat community is sharing stories of travel by sea to church services in the past, and in the present we are singing psalms…
Gaelic -The language of the Hearth
I am working on Arora the Dementia Friendly Community Project this month. Working on this project I am the privileged recipient of all kinds of personal stories and cultural treasures, which spill out instantly between the handshake and island Gaelic…
Bho Sgaile Suaibheabhal Gaelic Monologue Isle of Lewis 2015-Check sound files
Bho Sgaile Suaineabhal a monologue written by Uig writer Eric J MacDonald was performed in Gaelic and in English as Cucumber Sandwich during 2013-2015.
Coinneach Tarmod Mo Dhuine Gaelic monologue Isle of Lewis 2015
Coinneach Tarmod Mo Dhuine a humorous monologue by writer Alasdair Campbell from Ness. Magaidh took this performance popular to several community groups in 2015.
Isles FM English Monolgue 2012 A Souvenir of Great Yarmouth
A Souvenir of Great Yarmouth by Eric J MacDonald a Monologue by Magaidh Smith broadcast on Isles FM.
