Nicky Marr

Have you tried to have a conversation with anyone recently without the C-word coming up?

There’s a copy of Charlie Mackesy’s book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse on the table beside my bed, and I read it from time to time.

"Since I last wrote, I have had a brush with the law, and have been issued with a fine to pay."

Looking back on 25 years as a mum, have I learnt anything at all?

Nicky Marr had a family gathering at the weekend, in hometown, Stonehaven.

“As much as we might think we know about the impact that Maggie’s Highlands and the Highland Hospice must have on the people - we haven’t got a clue."

Nicky Marr looks forward to four major awards this season -The Shires, Highland Business Awards, Moray & Banffshire Heroes and Highland Heroes

As COP26 launches in Glasgow this week - Nicky Marr discusses her own carbon footprint, and the global effort needed to combat climate change.

Menopause is here, it’s real and it will affect almost every woman you know, if not now, then in the future.

This book is a reminder that food is about more than just calories and fuel. It’s about terroir – our connection to a place.

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E-bikes in Inverness? Just £3 for a three-hour trial? Irresistible.

You don’t need me to tell you about the impact that plastic has on our environment.

It’s a while since I’ve swum in Loch Dochfour, but when I do I always pause mid-stroke and take in the beauty of Dochfour House.

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Nicky Marr recalls watching live TV footage from New York as the second plane crashed into the Twin Towers.

Nicky Marr discusses her latest podcast listen - 'Tales from a life without technology'.

Dogs. Woman’s best friend and part of the family? Or an expensive inconvenience that would get in the way of my life and my freedom?

The scenes that we are witnessing in Afghanistan are shocking. I’m writing this on Monday after a weekend of increasingly worrying news.

Regular readers will know I’m fond of dunking myself into lochs around the north of Scotland.