Journal Archive: Interviews

March 2008 Interview: Fiona MacKenzie NORTHINGS hears about the work of Highland Council’s Màiri Mhòr Gaelic Song Fellow, Dingwall-based singer FIONA MACKENZIE.February 2008 Interview: Fiona Hampton FIONA HAMPTON, the director of Highland 2007, reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of the Highland Year of Culture.December 2007 Interview: Donald Shaw SUE WILSON caught up with DONALD SHAW ahead of his second festival as Artistic Consultant of Celtic Connections, Glasgow’s major annual celebration of Celtic music – and a lot more besides.November 2007 Interview: Colin Marr COLIN MARR tells Northings what the new Eden Court has to offer.October 2007 Interview: Judi Menabney JUDI MENABNEY accepted Northings’ invitation in last month’s Editorial to explain the current reconstruction of the Education, Culture, and Sport division at Highland Council.September 2007 Interview: Duncan Chisholm ROB ADAMS catches up with fiddler DUNCAN CHISHOLM ahead of the premiere of his Blas commission, and found him in unusually hyperactive mode.August 2007 Interview: Murdo Macdonald GEORGINA COBURN puts the pertinent questions to MURDO MACDONALD, Professor of History of Scottish Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and leader of the Window to the West research team.July 2007 Interview: Symon Macintyre SYMON MACINTYRE and his colleagues at the Leith-based Puppet Lab have three major projects coming up in the Inverness area, beginning with performances of Beauty and the Beast this month.June 2007 Interview: Malcolm Maclean MALCOLM MACLEAN is the director of Proiseact nan Ealan, the Gaelic Arts Agency, and co-executive producer/creative director of this month’s hugely ambitious multi-media extravaganza St Kilda – A European Opera.May 2007 Interview: Matthew Zajac MATTHEW ZAJAC, co-director of Dogstar Theatre, talks to Northings about the new work, and his career in theatre.April 2007 Interview: Alasdair White Battlefield Band’s Lewis-born fiddler ALASDAIR WHITE is emerging as a major force in Scottish traditional music.March 2007 Interview: Matt Baker MATT BAKER tells Georgina Coburn about his latest thinking in his ongoing work in the visual arts component of the Inverness city centre regeneration project.February 2007 Interview: Katharine Stewart With the launch of her latest book, ‘Women Of The Highlands', Peter Urpeth caught up with author KATHARINE STEWART.January 2007 Interview: Fiona Hampton FIONA HAMPTON, the director of Highland 2007, spoke to Northings on the eve of the launch of what should be a momentous year.2006 Interview Archive HI~Arts Journal archived interviews from 2006.2005 Interview Archive HI~Arts Journal archived interviews from 2005.2004 Interview Archive HI~Arts Journal archived interviews from 2004.2003 Interview Archive HI~Arts Journal archived interviews from 2003.