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Zoom security concerns

Zoom security concerns

Concerns are being raised about a video-conference software application that is being used by many pipe bands and tutors in recent weeks amid the Covid-19 lockdown. Yesterday it was reported that Singapore has temporarily banned Zoom from being used by its teachers due to “rising concerns and reports of troll […]

Learning a new tune

Learning a new tune

For anyone using this time, or even this Easter weekend to either learn or teach (using a telecommunications application, of course), this article may be useful. It was written by the famous Seumas and published in the October 1992 edition of the Piping Times. By Seumas MacNeill There are several […]

Pipe band’s care home tribute

While there is no concerted plan to encourage another ‘Pipe’s Up’ bagpipe tribute around Scotland tonight, we are aware that many pipers intend to repeat their personal tribute to NHS workers. We hear that some pipers in England plan to do the same. Some pipe bands have been joining in, […]

This plaque in York's Tadcaster Road marks the spot where the town's gallows stood.

James Reid, a hero of the ’45

Today, we post this article from our archives. The article was written by Tommy Pearston and published in the December 1989 Piping Times. His subject was James Reid, the only piper who lost his life because he was a piper. Reid, a native of Angus in the east of Scotland, […]

The Lost Pibroch – part 2

The Lost Pibroch – part 2

‘The grey day crawled on the white hills and the black roofs smoked below’ By Neil Munro. The three men sat them down on three stools on the clay floor, and the blind man’s pipes passed between them. “First,” said Paruig (being the man of the house, and to get […]

Neil Munro.

The Lost Pibroch – part 1

The Lost Pibroch was serialised across the March, April and May 2009 editions of the Piping Times. The story was written by Neil Munro (1863-1930), the Scottish journalist, author and literary critic. We reproduce part 1 here along with the introduction written at the time by Dr Peter McCalister. Part 2 […]

Inveraray concert cancelled

Inveraray concert cancelled

As expected, given yesterday’s news that both the 2020 World Pipe Band Championships and Piping Live! have been cancelled, Inveraray & District Pipe Band’s Wednesday night pipe concert has also been cancelled. A statement from promoters, the Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band said: “We regret that we have also taken […]

Why practice makes perfect

Why practice makes perfect

2020 is rapidly becoming the year a virus devastated most of the competition season. Many will feel there isn’t really much point in practicing just now. However, perhaps this is indeed precisely the time to do the opposite: use the time to learn new tunes, perfect existing tunes, work on […]

Worlds and Piping Live! cancelled for 2020

Worlds and Piping Live! cancelled for 2020

The 2020 World Pipe Band Championships and the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival were both cancelled today. Both events were scheduled to take place in Glasgow – the Worlds on August 14-15; Piping Live! from August 8-16. A statement from the RSPBA said: “The World Pipe Band Championships is the […]

50 years of judging

50 years of judging

Today’s article from our archives was originally a lecture. In 1985 James Campbell, the son of Archibald Campbell of Kilberry, delivered the John MacFadyen Memorial Trust Annual Lecture. It took place in the Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle on April 26, the night before the Piobaireachd Society Conference. Campbell’s lecture […]