Is dòcha nach soirbhich às aonais poileasaidh, maoineachaidh is an aon seòrsa àite a dìon, ach cha shoirbhich na rudan sin às aonais daoine a' dèanamh feum dhiubh.

Cleachd i no caill i - thathas air call cus mu thràth. Agus cus ùine ri gearan.

The ultimately it's down to them, and nobody else.

Particularly if they know the person in their community they're using English with has Gaelic too.

That's actually a lovely situation many people in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness would relish.

Ars e sa Bheurla.

...Sector, The Gaelic Language Act, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, and now The Scottish Languages Act, but...

When is the buck going to finally come to rest with speakers?

Nobody can actually prevent anyone using Gaelic any more than they can enforce the use of it.

If folk aren't using it...

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Each year I get to nominate some Gaelic and Highland artists for The List's Hot 100 and, this time, it was an honour to celebrate the work of these three exceptional creatives:

Donald Grant 🎻
Fiona J. MacKenzie 🎶
Mia Suhaimi 🖋️

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I'm looking forward to being at MoLI, with Aerach Aireach Gaelach, for the launch of a new volume of LGBTQ poetry in both Gaelic Languages.

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Táim ag tnúth le bheith i Músaem Litríochta na hÉireann, in éineacht le hAerach Aiteach Gaelach, le haghaidh seoladh leabhair nua filíochta LGDTC sa dá Ghaeilge.

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I'm really pleased to be heading over to South Uist for this poetry event and creative workshop for Às an Tobar.

I'll then be in Barra with Gordon and it will be lovely to be where Gaelic is at the heart of communities.

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This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium⁠
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A new compendium introducing these sensitive and often radical voices to wider readerships through translation into English, Scots, and other European languages.

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