As well as making the annual pledge to give up smoking and join the local gym, the Scottish Arts Council is urging people to get involved in the arts as part of their New Year’s resolution for 2005.
24 December 2004

In spring 2005, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery will stage Our Highland Home, a fascinating exhibition that traces the development of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort's intense love affair with Scotland and their creation of an idyllic haven far removed from the demands of public life.
22 December 2004

Highland author, Patrick Vickery, has recently had two articles included in the Glasgow University (Department of English Literature) Scots Corpus archive of materials in January 2005.
20 December 2004

On the 18th June 2005 8,000 music fans will converge in a park near Highland town Keith for what is hoped will be the inaugural 'Keith Chaos Live' Festival.
20 December 2004

Shetlander Chris Stout has picked up two nominations for ‘Musician Of The Year’ and ‘Best Traditional Track’ at the 2005 BBC Folk Awards.
16 December 2004

A new media event mixing Highland art with sounds from London DJs will take place this Friday 17th December (7pm till late), in the very unusual ancient setting of Smoo Cave at Durness in Sutherland.
15 December 2004

This year Essential Scottish Opera will visit 15 venues throughout Scotland, four of which are brand new to the tour, from 18 January 2005 to 19 February 2005.
15 December 2004

The sound of the didgeridoo comes to Carrbridge on Saturday December 18 2004 with a special workshop session being hosted by Australian virtuoso, Andrew Langford.
14 December 2004

A Highland artist has set up a new internet business to market her paintings to an international audience.
14 December 2004

Lauren MacColl, an 18-year old solo fiddle player from Ross-shire, has won BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Award 2004/5.
14 December 2004

The Cairngorms National Park can boast its own theme tune - well five of them actually!
14 December 2004

The Sonic Postcards education project will unveil a new installation of work at Hamnavoe Primary School in Orkney on 10 December.
09 December 2004

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has recently picked up a Tourism Innovation Development Award (TIDA) for their Active Arts Break project.
09 December 2004

Two National Lottery distributors have joined forces to support projects that commemorate the remarkable events of the Second World War, and to make sure that new generations can learn from these experiences.
09 December 2004

This year’s eagerly anticipated Scottish Ensemble Christmas concerts will take place between 11 and 18 December 2004. Opening at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, the Transfigured Night tour will also visit Aberdeen, Inverness, St Andrew’s, Glasgow and Perth.
07 December 2004

Today (Tuesday 7 December 2004) the Scottish Arts Council and Horsecross unveil plans for Threshold, an ambitious new media public art project for Perth.
07 December 2004

A Manuscript Book has been compiled by the Traditional Music Classes' tutors to accompany a 43-track CD
07 December 2004

The Highland tour of the play “Who Bares Wins”, which has been playing to packed audiences across the north, comes to an end next Saturday (18th December) with a performance at Ardross Community Hall.
06 December 2004

A leading international music festival based in the Outer Hebrides has won a top award at one of the most prestigious events in the Scottish music industry.
06 December 2004

Welcome to the world of books and authors at the Àrainn Shuaineirt Book Festival on 3 & 4 December 2004.
01 December 2004

The Poetry Map of Scotland and Best Scottish Poems 2004 will be available on the Scottish Poetry Library website www.spl.org.uk from Tuesday 30 November.
01 December 2004