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Editor Lindy Cheyne writes: The gala event of February has undoubtedly been the launch of Frances Walker’s exhibition of paintings in Aberdeen Art Gallery. Frances (who featured in the December/January edition) was fêted by the great and the good of the art world, who had travelled far to pay their respects in the glowing ambience of the Macdonald rooms. The show runs until 10 April, so try to see it if you can. A different tranche of Frances’s work can be seen at Peacock Gallery from 13 March.
This month (March) Mark Chalmers has applied his usual creativity and diligence to the story of the last meal mill, at Montgarrie, Alford. The mill produces 30 tons of meal in each cold weather month, and I am not at all surprised. In this weather, there’s nothing – but nothing – beats a bowl of porridge for breakfast.
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From the March 2010 edition
Strategies for survival
Last winter brought quite a fall of snow, inspiring the usual clichés such as ‘arctic’ conditions. It was as if we never saw snow, but we have, every year. And whereas our world might stop because we cannot cope with it, up on the high hills there are animals and plants that could not live without it.
continued »Filed under: EnvironmentHow Stonehaven was made worthy of its name
By 1812 the harbour’s future was uncertain. Far from being a shelter in time of storm, it could be the cause of the unexpected end of boats. It would, however, take a further 13 years before the work to improve the harbour would begin – facilitated by the hand of the engineer responsible for the Bell Rock Lighthouse: Robert Stevenson.
continued »Filed under: HistoryFrom the February 2010 edition
The castles of Slains
The gaunt and forlorn ruin of Slains Castle at Cruden Bay is perhaps one of the most recognisable images of the Aberdeenshire coast, still proudly standing on its precipitous cliff edge and dominating the skyline for miles around. But that this is not the original Slains Castle; in fact, it is not even in Slains.
continued »Filed under: People HistoryDrystane lines of demarcation
Even in bare, grim country where the higher slopes have long been abandoned as too poor, too hungry or just too damned difficult to yield a worthwhile return, you can still see the dykes, standing as a lasting memorial to the heroes who made the North-East farmlands out of rock-strewn wilderness.
continued »Filed under: Environment HistoryFrom the December 2009 edition
Frances Walker: About life and living
“You are, by painting, making a very positive assertion that you do not want to die – yet. For painting is about life and living.” – Frances Walker, artist
continued »Filed under: People Art