Listen to the This Is Islay podcast

Some new media from Islay to write about. Back in August the This is Islay podcast was launched. Its goal is to bring you voices from Islay, news and events with interviews from the community. It is intended for both locals and listeners further afield to give an insight into what is happening on Islay and how the community experienced events. The intention is to complement other news sources (e.g. The Ileach), not to compete with them.

As of writing this two episodes have been published, Welcome to This Is Islay Fàilte a chàirdean and Islay Resilience and A Trip To India. The below embedded player should list and allow you to play the most recent episodes (as of writing this the two mentioned ones):

Reading Fun at Port Ellen Primary – Part 1 – This Is Islay

Marking the new school year, and continuing our collaboration with Islay primary schools, this episode features the students across Port Ellen Primary discussing their favourite fact-finding books, as well as characters from their most-loved storybooks. Students also offer their reading recommendations to their friends and classmates. Recorded in April 2026. (Part 1 of 2)Acknowledgements:Many thanks to Amy Hannett, and other staff and students of Port Ellen Primary School who contributed to this episode through recordings made at the school.Music :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – 335607-Happy Kids CartoonThis Is Islay production: Gordon Bermingham

1. Reading Fun at Port Ellen Primary – Part 1 16:33
2. 2026 Islay Book Festival 39:26
3. Young Minds & Big Topics at Islay High School 13:22
4. Caring for Older People – Part 1: Policies, People & Partnerships 24:54
5. Argyll College on Islay – part of UHI 28:41

I hope you’ll enjoy the podcasts as much as I did and will subscribe to them (I’m using Google Podcasts, which works really well for me, but various other services including Spotify are available). With the latest developments around Covid-19 I found the information about the Islay Resilience Group very interesting and how it will help with possible future developments. But of course there are plenty of other interesting topics as well.

Author: Armin Grewe

I blog about Islay. View all posts by Armin Grewe