Northings Journal Features archive from October 2009
Winter Festival Logo October 2009 Speakout: Creative Censorship

JOLLY ROGER is appalled at the power of a single complaint to force the removal of a promotional gambit for the Inverness Winter Festival, and wonders where it will all end?
29 October 2009


Bosko the Elephant October 2009 Feature: Ruth Macdougall

GILES SUTHERLAND reflects on the work of artist Ruth Macdougall in Sutherland.
19 October 2009


Sleekit Mr Tod October 2009 Feature: James Robertson

James Robertson visited Orkney to read from new work recently, and MORAG MACINNES took the chance to catch up with his doings in the 100 Acre Wood and elsewhere.
19 October 2009


Robert Burns  (© VisitScotland/SCOTTISH VIEWPOINT). October 2009 Feature: Highland Homecoming

HIGHLAND HOMECOMING hosts a major conference dedicated to assessing Scotland’s impact in the wider world.
13 October 2009


Orkney Future booklet (photo - Alistair Peebles). October 2009 Feature: Imagined Futures

MORAG MACINNES sat down over lunch with Alistair Peebles and Dr Laura Watts to chew over a new handbook that attempts to imagine futures for Orkney.
09 October 2009


Donald Shaw. October 2009 Feature: Homecoming Rhapsody

MARK MORPURGO looks forward to a big Homecoming celebration in Argyll & Bute.
06 October 2009


Collection of silver and elastic bangles by Gilly Langton. October 2009 Feature: Highland Makers in London

TINA ROSE catches up with some Highland craft makers exhibiting at two major London shows.
06 October 2009


The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney.
The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney.
October 2009 Feature: Orkney Makers' Day 2009

SIAN JAMIESON reports from HI-Arts latest Makers’ Days event on Orkney.
01 October 2009


Brid McKibben. October 2009 Interview: Brid McKibben

BRID McKIBBEN is the new director of the Inverness Book Festival, and reflects on her plans for her first festival since taking over from Jason Rose.
01 October 2009


Highland Print Studio. October 2009 Feature: Highland Print Studio

GEORGINA COBURN speaks to Highland Print Studio Director Alison McMenemy and Studio Manager John McNaught about their much-anticipated return to their newly refurbished premises in Bank Street.
01 October 2009


George Gunn. October 2009 Feature: Caithness Dialect

JOHN CAIRNS replies to Barry Gordon’s observations on Caithness dialect in George Gunn’s Fields of Barley.
01 October 2009


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