MARTIN STEPHENSON speaks to MARCUS WILSON about the Highlands, escaping the music business, and why he is busier than ever.
24 September 2003

Gaelic writer TORCUIL MacRATH is the subject of a profile by Peter Urpeth this month. This essay on the American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau first appeared in the Gaelic literary journel Gairm.
18 September 2003

ANDY ROSS, the co-organiser of the inaugural Vocal Music Festival on Unst and Yell, reports on the events of the weekend.
11 September 2003

TORCUIL MacRATH of Grimshader celebrates his 80th birthday this year. He remains one of Gaeldom's most original poets and scholars yet his work is little known outside of Lewis and among the readership of the now silent Gaelic literary journal, Gairm. PETER URPETH met the Bard in his Grimshader home on the Isle of Lewis.
05 September 2003

Room 13 is a classroom with a difference. FRANCES McLEOD reports on the unique artistic activites at Caol Primary School in Lochaber, where the pupils are firmly in charge.
04 September 2003

Shetland artist ROXANE PERMAR describes the process of creating The Encyclopedia of Knitted Stories in St Petersburg, and a new website telling the stories in digital form.
03 September 2003

MALCOLM MacFARLANE of Scottish Guitar Quartet tells Kenny Mathieson how they intend to explore their new technology within an acoustic guitar sound.
03 September 2003

ANDREA MUIR reports on a significant step forward for her husband, Dingwall-based guitarist GRAHAM MUIR, and looks ahead to next month’s Ullapool Guitar Festival.
02 September 2003

Venue profile for Universal Hall Arts Centre, Findhorn, Moray.
01 September 2003

JOHN BURNS dispenses some sage advice on handling the fear factor inherent in the business of stand up comedy, and reflects on what it all means.
01 September 2003

Is live performance a different experience in Shetland? ANDY ROSS ponders the etiquette of audience reception.
01 September 2003

FEATURES: A Comic's Tale (John Burns), Knitting an International Narrative (Roxane Permar), What goes on in Room 13? (Frances MacLeod), Scottish Guitar Quartet (Malcolm MacFarlane), Henry David Thoreau (Torcuil MacRath), Torcuil MacRath (Peter Urpeth), Ullapool Guitar Festival 2003 (Andrea Muir), Vocal Music on Yell (Andy Ross), Wester Ross Festival 2003 (Kenny Mathieson)
01 September 2003