A William Daniel painting of kelp burning at Gribun, Isle of Mull For much of the early 19th century, the Isle of Mull was shaped not only by crofting and cattle but by something far more surprising: seaweed. Long before the potato famine transformed life in the Hebrides, Mull’s coastline was the centre of a thriving kelp industry—an industry that promised prosperity, altered the island’s economy, and ultimately left communities more vulnerable than they had ever been. This i

Reflected Through the MacGillivray Family in   Echoes of the Clearances By Will Allan, Mull MacGillivray Heritage Project In the summer...

The Crofter's Commission and Its Impact With the establishment of the Crofter's Commission following the Napier Report, a new chapter...