Bargaining My Soul
This poem captures the tension experienced on what Robert Frost called ‘The Road Less Travelled’. Ailsa Gillies dialogues with the soul when she takes it to auction. Continue reading Bargaining My Soul
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5 things you didn’t know about Ettrick Bay
Tea parties, concerts, donkey rides, shipwrecks, history-making flights and hurricane destructions — and that’s just a standard night out in Rothesay.
These are 5 things you might not know about Ettrick Bay. Continue reading 5 things you didn’t know about Ettrick Bay
5 most soul-healing places on Bute
Needing a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle? Look no further than Ailsa Gillies’ 5 most soul-healing places on the tranquil Isle of Bute. Continue reading 5 most soul-healing places on Bute
Italians on Bute: The Bonaccorsi family
Pizza, pasta and Italian passports. Ailsa Gillies explores both the delights and horrors of Italian migration to her hometown of Bute, through the story of her own Italian heritage: The Bonaccorsi family. Continue reading Italians on Bute: The Bonaccorsi family
Ferry fiasco: Does Bute need a bridge now more than ever?
An unreliable service from titan ferry company, CalMac, has Bute residents returning to an age-old debate: Does Bute need a bridge? Ailsa Gillies investigates the islander discontentment, unearthing some harrowing truths about the ferry company in the process. Continue reading Ferry fiasco: Does Bute need a bridge now more than ever?
The hands that make a home
In this short photoessay centred on hands, Ailsa Gillies weaves a portrait of the sentimentality behind our otherwise very ordinary limb. Continue reading The hands that make a home
Top 5 famous Brandanes you’ve never heard about
Bute is host to many modern famed faces…but what about the lesser known? Ailsa Gillies presents the famous Brandanes you’ve never heard about. Continue reading Top 5 famous Brandanes you’ve never heard about
The Rothesay Academy fire of 1954
Digging through old records, Ailsa Gillies unearths real first hand accounts from 1954 of the tragic fire that swept Rothesay’s only high school. Continue reading The Rothesay Academy fire of 1954
Breaking my silence: Domestically abused at 18
Detailing months of horrific psychological and physical abuse, Ailsa Gillies breaks her two year silence with an audio recording from the night she feared for her life. If not now, when? Continue reading Breaking my silence: Domestically abused at 18
Bute blazes that have been lost in history
Digging through archives and eye-witness testimonies, Ailsa Gillies investigates the truth behind many of Bute’s Blazes that have been lost in history. Continue reading Bute blazes that have been lost in history
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