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

RODY GORMAN describes his project to translate the songs of Bob Dylan and original country blues songs into Gaelic

MALCOLM MACLEAN is the director of Pròiseact 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

Main Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 25 January 2007

KATE MARTIN reveals the story behind Fèisean nan Gàidheal’s sumptuous new book celebrating the first twenty-five years of the fèis movement.

NORTHINGS caught up with Arthur Cormack during CLIAR’s recent short tour of the Highlands and Islands.

PETER URPETH wrote on the work of the late Torquil Macrath for an early issue of Northings in 2003

BRIAN MORTON suggests that the BBC could learn valuable lessons from its counterpart in Canada

TOSG GAELIC THEATRE COMPANY is a professional touring theatre company, and commissions new writing in Scottish Gaelic in a variety of styles for both children and adult audiences

FOLLOWING in the wake of last month’s Tartan Heart Festival at Belladrum and the Nairn International Jazz Festival comes the second full-scale running of Blas, a Highland-wide celebration of Gaelic music, language and culture.