By Malcolm Muir A couple of years ago, much to my eternal regret, but because I needed the money, I sold my late father’s David Naill DN5 set of pipes via a buyer who has since sold them on. My circumstances have changed and I am now desperately trying to track down the current owner of the set so I can make an offer to buy them back. The set…

The first major championship of 2019 is only 12 days away and pipe bands throughout the country are making the final adjustments to their performances as the big day at St James Playing Fields, Paisley, nears. The promoter, Renfrew District Council, have issued the following press release with good information on parking, access and admission: ‘Thousands of the world’s top pipers and drummers will again descend on Paisley for one…

Another successful competition was held in the Oban High School today (Sat, May 4). P/A Ceol Mor for Cooper Salver (1st) and Dugald MacColl Memorial Trophy (2nd).1 Sarah Muir2 William Geddes3 Sandy Cameron4 Cameron MacDougall5 Darach UrquhartJudges: A Maclean, J Taylor P/A MSR1 Ben Duncan2 Steven Leask3 Sarah Muir4 Allan Russell5 Darach UrquhartJudges: P Henderson, W Morrison B Ceol Mor1 Ben Duncan2 William Rowe 3 John Dew 4 Finlay Cameron…

Allistair’s funeral will be held at Charlotte Chapel, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh on Wednesday, May 8 at 12 noon. The intimation in the Edinburgh Evening News newspaper reads: ‘Sinclair, Allistair, Wm. peacefully at St Columba’s Hospice on April 28, 2019. ‘Beloved husband of the late Carol and father of Ewan, brother of Ian and Kenneth and uncle of the family. ‘Service Charlotte Chapel, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, on Wednesday May 8 at…

The New Yorker magazine has published an article under the heading ‘William Barr’s Secret Passion: The Bagpipes’ with a sub heading ‘Dept. of Hot Air’. The magazine states mischeviously: ‘The Attorney General’s role in the City of Washington Pipe Band, which included Secret Service and FBI agents, may be the best evidence we have of a ‘deep state’. It reads……’This magazine has located five individuals who attest that Barr, who…