The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil

In the 1890s, Mary MacPherson, a poet from Skeabost, Skye, penned a song of protest, after her family had been systematically cleared from the land. Written in Gaelic, the translation goes “Remember that you are a people and fight for your rights… There is richness under your feet.” The lament concludes with the forlorn hope Read More