Alexander Smith caught up with the DUFI duo of Fin Macrae and Al MacInnes

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 29 January 2011.

Carl Orff’s methods are paying dividends in a Highland music programme.

Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, 24-29 January 2011.

One Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 28 January 2011

Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 27 January 2011.

Foyer, Bar and Upper Landing, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, until 12 February 2011.

First Minister Alex Salmond and newly appointed Scottish Makar Liz Lochhead celebrated the official launch of the National Trust for Scotland’s £21m Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, Ayrshire.

hi all good to have meeting on monday enclose picture of my studio wall with combinations of plants, peat and experimental structures – creating forms which engage with the plants… I am interested in the balance and contrast between: – the natural order of the plants and the manmade order we create

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 15 January 2011.