THE CANDIDATES: NORTH AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN
What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice. Fi...
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THE CANDIDATES: KILMARNOCK AND LOUDON
What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice. Fi...
THE CANDIDATES: CENTRAL AYSHIRE
What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice. Fi...
THE CANDIDATES: AYR, CARRICK, & CUMNOCK
What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice. F...
HOW TO TACTICALLY VOTE IN AYRSHIRE
It's election time again and the good people of Ayrshire are pondering their Democratic choices. Unfortunately, thanks to the UK's f...
TRANSSEXUALISM IN AYRSHIRE 200 YEARS AGO
AI-generated image of a woman in men's clothes from the period, Helen Fielding would have looked a lot "rougher" Most people t...
IRVINE'S CULT: THE BUCHANITES
A detailed account of the 18th-century Buchanite Cult that originated in Irvine and was driven out by the Irvine mob to seek refuge in Gal...
GRAPHIC OF HOW EACH WARD IN NORTH AYRSHIRE VOTED IN INDYREF 2014?
There has been no more divisive issue in Scottish politics in recent years than the question of Scottish Independence. Ayrshire was pretty m...
THE MOST AUSTRALIAN POP SONG WAS WRITTEN AND SUNG BY AN AYRSHIRE LAD
With its lyrics about Australian ex-pats, beer, and vegemite sandwiches you couldn't get a more Aussie pop song than Men at Work's...
AYRSHIRE'S FORGOTTEN MANSIONS (1) FULLARTON HOUSE
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