An Lanntair, Stornoway, 16 October 2008

Phipps Hall, Beauly, 15 & 17 October 2008

IAN STEPHEN found more than he bargained for – and food for thought in a Highlands & Islands context – in the maritime museum in Douarnenez in Brittany

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies HOW DO you follow a film like No Country For Old Men? The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, manage it effortlessly with their breathless screwball spy spoof Burn After Reading. A cast of A-list Oscar winners really let their hair down in a film that almost feels like a pantomime […]

Bogbain Farm, Inverness, 12 October 2008

JASON ROSE is standing down after five years at the helm of the Inverness Book Festival. We look back on his experiences in establishing the festival as an annual fixture in the calendar

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 10 October 2008

Pier Arts Centre, until 8 November 2008

FIONA MACKENZIE chronicles the adventures of the INVERNESS GAELIC CHOIR at the Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies The Godfather and Goodfellas are just two of the landmark American films that have given us an insider’s view of the evils of organised crime. Gomorrah (or Gomorra in its original Italian version) goes one step further, constructing a compelling, journalistic account of the way the Mafia-style Camorra control and […]