Ark on Scottish hillside attracts rising tide of interest

Structure was built by Tighnabruaichs's Extinction Rebellion chapter to raise awareness about climate crisis

When Argyll and Bute council's planning department asked David Blair if the huge wooden ark he had raised on a hillside overlooking the Kyles of Bute was a permanent structure, he did not think long about his answer.

I told them it's not permanent in the same way that humanity won't be if we don't take action on the climate," says Blair, with a laugh that does not diminish the urgency of his message.