Nice wee piece about TotT BMT by Ian Stephen, with some photos by Douglas Cape too, click here
Meanwhile, a big THANK YOU to everyone who came and took part. We’re looking forward to planning more like this. Keep coming back!!
What a great weekend – thank you to everyone who came along, who performed, (professionals and amateurs alike) and who helped out.
We’ll be posting videos and photos here when we’ve had time to clear up and have a rest.
There’s a news article here (for today only) to give you a taste: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00drynf
Highlights and Jura details: TotT_BmoTh_details
the box office is opening in the Jura Hall at 11 and Anne Michaels goes off on the bus at 12:00.
it’s going to be a great couple of days
Please check out the Programme page for updates about some start times and revisions to the workshop schedule and the Sunday evening programme
A couple of days to go now before Tip of the Tongue kicks off, and here’s a reminder that if you’d like to get back to Islay on Monday evening after the festival finale, then today [Friday] is the day to book the Jura Ferry on 01496 840681. The boat runs a scheduled request service at 23:00 which need to booked 3 days ahead.
Meanwhile Nicol McKinnon will take bookings for a taxi back to Port Askaig on Islay from Craighouse on Jura for Sunday evening. Call 07768450000 for more info or to book. Meanwhile, he is running the Jura Passenger Ferry into Craighouse from Tayvallich right throughout the Festival [and all summer in fact], with full details at www.jurapassengerferry.com
We’ve been greatly encouraged and helped in putting this festival together by Ian Stephen from Stornoway, and he’ll be sharing his words and thoughts with us throughout the festival.
He sent a bit of ‘media’ through this morning, so we thought we’d stick it up here for you to see. A wee SMS poem, from somewhere out at sea perhaps…
With a week til the Festival opens, we’re delighted to announce the addition of Maggie Smith to our lineup. Maggie is a native Gaelic speaker, from the Isle of Lewis who gathers stories from Hebridean oral traditions. She records and shares precious links with the past way of life and commemorates and links yesterday with today.
Maggie will be appearing at various events throughout Tip of the Tongue, and sharing songs and stories with us.
Listen out for James
James Attlee will be on the Today programme on Radio 4 this Saturday morning [31 March], talking about his new Penguin paperback ‘Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight’ in the context of Earth Hour, which happens this Saturday night, when people are encouraged to turn off their lights for an hour around the world at 8.00pm.The paperback of Nocturne will be reviewed in the Guardian this weekend. It was in the Sunday Times last weekend and they said:
James will be appearing in the Jura Hotel on Sunday 8 April at 22:30 with Katrice Horsley. The new paperback will be on sale in the Festival Shop/Box Office in the Marquee, and he’ll be signing copies of the hardback.
At Bàrr mo Theanga – Tip of the Tongue you’ll be hearing Gaelic in performances and now you have the chance to learn some yourself.
We are delighted to announce that our friends at Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (ICCI), the Gaelic Centre on Islay, will be offering a Scottish Gaelic taster session for beginners on the Monday morning at 11 – venue to be confirmed. No experience necessary.
The session will be delivered in the Ùlpan style, pioneered in the middle east and also used to teach Welsh and Breton. We at Bàrr mo Theanga – Tip of the Tongue have tried this method before and can thoroughly recommend it. www.ulpan.co.uk.
You can find out more about ICCI and the classes they run on Islay and around Argyll at www.islay-gaelic.net.
We hope to have regular classes running on Jura soon – if you are interested drop a line to info@islay-gaelic.net.