FOR 10 years Campbeltown has shown the towns of Argyll and Bute how to do the best Christmas lights.

This year’s switch-on celebrations on Thursday November 29 are going to be extra special the Campbeltown Trading Association promises to mark a decade of Christmas lights.

THE GIGHA Gallery unveils its winter exhibition tomorrow, Saturday, bringing together two well-known and much sought after Argyll artists Ronald Togneri and John Leckie.

THERE must be something about the small village of Carradale that inspires residents and visitors to spring into verse: Carradale sometimes Rhymes is the title of a newly-compiled booklet (on the market for £2) containing 21 poems written by 14 local writers or visitors.

PEOPLE from all over Argyll and Bute joined at the Heritage Centre to take part in a cultural seminar to improve culture and the arts in the area.

FORESTRY Commission Scotland is hosting two wildlife watching events in July, that aims to show people how to spot some of West Argyll’s most secretive wildlife.

Join the Commission’s experienced wildlife rangers in search of an impressive Osprey sighting in Osprey watch, on Sunday July 15, 10.30am. You never know what else you might see from the bonny banks of Loch Sween!

CELIA Cameron and Valerie Marshall, joint winners of the Tayvallich Inn superCook challenge, were congratulated by celebrity chef Nick Nairn at Tarbert’s annual Seafood Festival last weekend.

Twenty entrants were whittled down to six finalists, all of whom prepared imaginative combinations of local produce and impressed the judges with clever food pairings and simple presentation.