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Nicky Marr: Freelancing is great, until the unexpected happens

If you’ve had the flexibility of working from home these past couple of years, you might get where I’m coming from.

NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

Don’t you just love it when things are more beautiful than they need to be?

NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

Have you heard the news from MFR? From next month it will be all-change for the “North’s Number One”

NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

We finally did it – the turntable and a couple of hundred-weight of vinyl finally made it down from the loft last weekend

NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

It’s rare that I start a broadcast with an argument, but that’s exactly what happened in Speyside last Thursday evening.

Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

We’re just back from a week spent south of the border, and it was an eye-opener.

Nicky Marr: Heroes all and some need our help now

The much-loved Highland Heroes Awards finally returned to Inverness last week.

Nicky Marr: Opportunity is there for those with vision

This past week it hasn’t felt like being in the Highlands at all.

Nicky Marr: Celebrating the unsung heroes in our communities at the Moray and Banffshire Heroes Awards

“I’m going to need someone with superhuman strength to help me get into my outfit.”

Nicky Marr: Scammers are increasingly trying their luck

Can you just stop it now, please? Stop with the scamming texts, the phishing emails, identity thefts and the phone calls? It’s getting boring.

Nicky Marr: Some of us can do more than just worry

How has your week been? If it’s anything like mine everything you’ll have done will likely have been overlaid with unease, sadness and worry.

NICKY MARR: Trail’s creator sets sights on waterfront

Have you met Jay Wilson?

NICKY MARR: Local media fosters a sense of community

If you’re reading this, you’re already winning; you are consuming local media.

NICKY MARR: More to pity than to celebrate in jubilee?

I wouldn’t trade places with her for the world; or even for what’s left of the Commonwealth.

NICKY MARR: Courtesy and care will keep us all safe

The new cycling rules aren’t, in fact, new at all.

NICKY MARR: Ski trip highlighted need to seize the day

Nicky Marr tells of her unexpected trip in the French alps last week

NICKY MARR: Such lack of integrity is a sickening sight

Nicky Marr shares her views on recent global headlines – Downing Street parties, Prince Andrew and Novak Djokovic.

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Nicky Marr: Freelancing is great, until the unexpected happens

NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

NICKY MARR: Hydro site combines function with beauty

NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

NICKY MARR: Change means less local voices on the air

NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

NICKY MARR: Memories in vinyl are a treasure trove

NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

NICKY MARR: No argument about the magic of whisky

Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

Nicky Marr: It’s by no means over

Nicky Marr: Heroes all and some need our help now

Nicky Marr: Heroes all and some need our help now

Nicky Marr: Opportunity is there for those with vision

Nicky Marr: Opportunity is there for those with vision

Nicky Marr: Celebrating the unsung heroes in our communities at the Moray and Banffshire Heroes Awards

Nicky Marr: Celebrating the unsung heroes in our communities at the Moray and Banffshire Heroes Awards

Nicky Marr: Scammers are increasingly trying their luck

Nicky Marr: Scammers are increasingly trying their luck

Nicky Marr: Some of us can do more than just worry

Nicky Marr: Some of us can do more than just worry

NICKY MARR: Trail’s creator sets sights on waterfront

NICKY MARR: Trail’s creator sets sights on waterfront

NICKY MARR: Local media fosters a sense of community

NICKY MARR: Local media fosters a sense of community

NICKY MARR: More to pity than to celebrate in jubilee?

NICKY MARR: More to pity than to celebrate in jubilee?

NICKY MARR: Courtesy and care will keep us all safe

NICKY MARR: Courtesy and care will keep us all safe

NICKY MARR: Ski trip highlighted need to seize the day

NICKY MARR: Ski trip highlighted need to seize the day

NICKY MARR: Such lack of integrity is a sickening sight

NICKY MARR: Such lack of integrity is a sickening sight

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