ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CHRISTOPHER NOLAN gave the Caped Crusader back his self-respect. Three years ago in Batman Begins, Nolan took the comic book legend back to basics, charting his journey from privileged playboy to ruthless crime fighter. Now, he goes one step further in The Dark Knight, transforming an epic Summer blockbuster into […]

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 16-19 July 2008

SUE WILSON meets the author of the first full-length travelogue of Shetland since the Victorian era

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies ERROL MORRIS makes films that change the world. His landmark documentary The Thin Blue Line exposed a miscarriage of justice and ultimately saved an innocent man from a lengthy jail sentence. Standard Operating Procedure casts an unflinching eye over the incidents at Abu Ghraib prison that made front page news […]

Daliburgh, South Uist, 6-11 July 2008

PAMELA BEASANT reports on a fascinating collaborative project from the Northern Isles

GEORGINA COBURN examines the extraordinary work of Glenferness-based artist Daniel Kavanagh

Tore Gallery, until 24 August 2008

Isle of Mull, 29 June – 5 July 2008

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies TRUE LIFE is frequently more fascinating and disturbing than anything from a screenwriter’s imagination as we discover in Savage Grace. Tom Kalin’s spare, claustrophobic drama takes its inspiration from the life and brutal death of 1940s socialite Barbara Daly. It is told with a sense of style and wit that […]