KAREN EMSLIE finds the Shetland Needleworkers in creative mode.
25 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes a fine new performance space for the capital.
25 September 2007

JENNIE MACFIE hears Franz Ferdinand triumph in Ullapool to round out a memorable day.
25 September 2007

KAREN RAY checked out the opening day of the self-proclaimed best little fest in the west.
25 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes a chance to see Scottish work in a national and international perspective.
20 September 2007

ERIC RITCHIE views the final exhibition of 2007 at the Porteous Brae Gallery.
19 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN praises the work of commercial galleries in supporting indigenous visual arts in Inverness area in the absence of adequate public provision.
18 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN finds evidence of a vibrant and creative artistic community in the latest West Coast Open.
18 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN joins in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the making of a Another Time, Another Place on the Black Isle.
18 September 2007

KAREN RAY catches up with Lung Ha Theatre Company’s latest touring show.
18 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN is impressed by the imaginative staging, but wants more adventurous story-telling.
12 September 2007

SUE WILSON doffs her cap to a Scottish traditional music instituion, but laments their super-charged fluency.
11 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN finds an important debate underway at the Scottish Society for Art History Seminar.
11 September 2007

SUE WILSON finds a strong Highland component in the annual bash on Glasgow Green.
11 September 2007

MARK FISHER detects a change of tack in response to current conflicts.
11 September 2007

SUE WILSON enjoys a lively and musical evening sail on Loch Ness in a new departure for the Blas festival.
11 September 2007

FIONA MACKENZIE finds a rich Harvest in the first performance of Donald Shaw’s Celtic music extravaganza in the Highlands.
11 September 2007

SUE WILSON hears the finalists from January’s Young Trad Musician competition hit the road in impressive style.
07 September 2007

JAMES LITTLEWOOD braves the mud and midges and finds the music wins out in the end at the inaugural Connect Festival.
07 September 2007

MORAG MACINNES sets aside her Enid Blyton derived mental block and savours the joys of a scientist-poet.
07 September 2007

SUE WILSON hears a multi-generational celebration of the Highland pipes.
07 September 2007

FIONA MACKENZIE finds the true spirit of Clan celebrated in this Blas presentation.
07 September 2007

MARK FISHER ponders the mysterious significances lurking in the woods in Kilmartin Glen.
07 September 2007

SUE WILSON appreciates a distinguished visitor from across the border to the Blas line-up.
05 September 2007

SUE WILSON enjoys a double bill featuring two of the leading Scottish bands.
05 September 2007

JOHN SHAPTER welcomes a friendly invasion.
05 September 2007

SUE WILSON found Shooglenifty in characteristic off-the-wall form on the opening night of Blas, and toasts the young talents emerging around the Highlands & Islands.
05 September 2007

FIONA MACKENZIE wipes a tear from her eye as Duncan Chisholm weaves poignant music, stories and images from Gaeldom into a triumphant whole.
05 September 2007

JAMES COTTENHAM dipped into the Fringe for a preview of a show due to visit Inverness for the Dràma na h-Alba festival in October.
04 September 2007

GEORGE MACKAY finds the Scottish Ensemble providing a lush setting for Capercaillie singer Karen Matheson.
04 September 2007

GEORGINA COBURN recommends catching this double bill of Gaelic singers from either side of the Atlantic.
04 September 2007

FIONA MACKENZIE catches her namesake among the talent on view in this fine double bill.
04 September 2007