SUSAN SZYMBORSKI gets the lowdown on an exciting new scheme to help young local musicians.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies THE SPECTACULAR ‘Curse Of The Golden Flower’ (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) is the concluding film in director Zhang Yimou’s ‘wushu’ trilogy. Following on from ‘House Of Flying Daggers’ and ‘Hero’, it is a much darker and more oppressive film. It feels like a mixture of grand opera […]

Battlefield Band’s Lewis-born fiddler ALASDAIR WHITE is emerging as a major force in Scottish traditional music. Here he tells ROB ADAMS how he got there and where he goes from here

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies POLITICIAN and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi casts a long shadow over the recent history of Italy. Nanni Moretti attempts to confront his influence and his legacy in the wide-ranging satire ‘The Caiman’, a huge European success just before Berlusconi’s fall from power a year ago. Typically, Moretti’s tale operates on […]

Ross-shire-based Puppet theatre group ZENWING PUPPETS are this month’s featured company.

MORAG McGILL sounds off on the official neglect of indigenous writing in Orkney, and celebrates a step in the right direction.

GEORGINA COBURN examines the work of Shetland-based visual artist Paul Bloomer.

Aviemore Highland Resort, 24 March 2007

Perth Theatre, and touring 2007

The Ironworks, Inverness, 27 March 2007