At the beginning of August I travelled to Stroud on the edge of the Cotswolds to meet with the Director of the highly regarded Stroud International Textile Festival, Lizzi Walton as well as members of several groups in the area.

JENNIE MACFIE says more, please to Tabula Rasa’s work for children.

TERRY WILLIAMS hears an exciting fusion of cultural influences.

TERRY WILLIAMS sees Aos Dana launched with a double celebration of two great Skye artists.

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, 31 July 2009

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 2 August 2009

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 28 July-1 August 2009

NIGEL MULLAN works as a visual artist. Between 1997 and 2007 he helped to set up and run Another Space as well as developing his own practice.

AS DAVE SMITH’s cartoon reminds us, if it’s August it must be the Edinburgh festival extravaganza again. Kicking off right at the end of July with the Jazz Festival and taking in the full razzmatazz of the International Festival, the Fringe and the Tattoo, it will be a month of colourful mayhem amid the uncollected rubbish in the capital.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies THE OSCAR-winning success of La Vie En Rose has sent European filmmakers scurrying in search of similar true-life stories filled with drama and passion. We’ve already seen films about the lives of novelist Francoise Sagan and actress Hildegarde Neff. Now, Coco Before Chanel charts the early years of the woman […]