IAN STEPHEN files the first of our reports from an escalating Heb Celt shindig.
24 July 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE reports from an event that has genuine links with the local community in South Uist, and included a tribute concert in memory of the late Simon MacKenzie.
16 July 2008

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes a fresh look at Highland landscape in Mary Morrison’s contribution to the Tore show.
15 July 2008

JAMES MUNRO found the festival in good health as it reached its twentieth anniversary
15 July 2008

GEORGINA COBURN discovers some rewarding work in the gallery’s latest Summer show.
09 July 2008

NORMAN BISSELL finds much to celebrate but also uncertainty over future funding at the Nàdair Trust Celebration Event.
08 July 2008

GEORGINA COBURN admires challenging new work by artist Mark Lomax.
08 July 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE finds Julie Fowlis flying the flag for contemporary Gaelic song.
08 July 2008

PAMELA BEASANT encounters community drama, opera, classical music, poetry, rock and circus performers in her personal trawl through the ever-diverse St Magnus programme.
02 July 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds the NTS production of a Greek classic strong on entertainment but short on depth.
27 June 2008

Erlend Brown admires a promising work-in-progress from artist Diana Leslie.
26 June 2008

SUE WILSON gets into the spirit of the annual bash on the Isle of Eigg.
26 June 2008

BARRY GORDON catches up with one of Scotland’s brightest folk duos
20 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN is ultimately disappointed in her first exposure to this much-praised Dutch company.
18 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN enjoys a fine retrospective of the work of John Byrne in an equally fine new venue.
18 June 2008

MARK FISHER finds Peter Arnott’s new play for Mull Theatre pursuing a fascinating concept.
17 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN enjoys a collaboration that invites the viewer into a dream-like space.
17 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN judges this show of the artist’s prints as one not to be missed.
17 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds big political issues brought back to a human level in a thought-provoking play.
17 June 2008

MORAG MACINNES finds visual artist Alec Finlay in thought-provoking mood on the vexed subject of wind farms.
17 June 2008

ROBERT LIVINGSTON heads west to sit at the feet of a poetic master.
17 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds work of real promise in Moray College’s Degree Show.
12 June 2008

MORAG MACINNES reflects on the life and work of the late Gunnie Moberg in her final exhibition.
11 June 2008

ROBERT LIVINGSTON goes to hear a comedy hero in Nairn, and is puzzled by a show of two halves.
11 June 2008

BARRY GORDON enjoys a restful if unnerving afternoon in the company of two fine young musicians.
11 June 2008

FIONA CARR checks out day two of the festival, and offers her survival tips for any prospective newcomers next year.
10 June 2008

ELIZABETH SINCLAIR enjoys the socialising as well as the music on the first day of this year’s festival, and resists the temptation to get married.
10 June 2008

ROBERT LIVINGSTON enjoys some close encounters with favourite writers at this year’s bigger and brighter Nairn Book and Arts Festival.
10 June 2008

GEORGINA COBURN admires an imaginative new version of a clasic balllet
02 June 2008

MARK FISHER reviews Vanishing Point’s theatrical take on a cult Czech film.
28 May 2008

SUE WILSON catches up with Skye’s folk fusion phenomenon on a foray south.
27 May 2008

CATRIONA ROSS enjoys a feast of Celtic folk fiddlers in the latest Tune Up tour.
22 May 2008

JENNIE MACFIE reckons Bogbain is set to be connoisseurs’ choice for intimate gigs.
21 May 2008

MARK FISHER reckons the energy outstrips the humour in the first production of the summer season at Pitlochry.
20 May 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds plenty to smile about at this child-friendly exhibition.
20 May 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds an intriguing cross-disciplinary practice at work in the latest Inchmore exhibition.
20 May 2008

ELIZABETH SINCLAIR reckons that Liverpool’s Wombats kept their fans happy on their return to the Highlands
20 May 2008

JENNIE MACFIE enjoys a good girl’s night out at the theatre.
19 May 2008

JOHN BURNS enjoys a gripping tale of naked ambition despite reservations over its genuine dramatic impact.
14 May 2008

ARTHUR BROCKLEBANK finds Dingwall Choral in fine voice, while guest Katie Mackenzie impressed on the clarsach
13 May 2008

TERRY WILLIAMS finds plenty of promise in the work of some very young Gaelic film-makers, encouraged by the success of Chris Young’s Seachd – The Inaccessible Pinnacle.
13 May 2008

KAREN EMSLIE finds deep resonances in the knitted work of artists Barbara Ridland and Jeanette Sendler.
13 May 2008

CATRIONA ROSS finds Session A9 in top form on the opening night of their tour, with strong support from Braebach
13 May 2008

AMY MACBEATH checks out the new set (and some old favourites) from alt-rockers Mogwai
13 May 2008

SUE WILSON finds the fun and frolics as lively as ever at a particularly eclectic edition of this (in)famous festival.
09 May 2008

ELIZABETH SINCLAIR discovers that this folk business isn’t so bad after all ….
08 May 2008

GEORGINA COBURN considers the latest exhibition in Eden Court’s gallery spaces.
07 May 2008

MARK FISHER evaluates John Byrne’s latest extension of the Slab Boys series.
07 May 2008

JENNIE MACFIE caught up with the latest incarnation of the big success story of Scottish theatre in the current decade.
05 May 2008

JENNIE MACFIE is profoundly disappointed by the Musselburgh-based Curve Dance Foundation’s 10th Anniversary show.
29 April 2008

GEORGINA COBURN finds Mike Maran’s take on Picasso failing to connect.
29 April 2008