Artforms

After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Feature by Kenny Mathieson

Julie Fowlis

19 Jul 2006 in Features, Gaelic, Music, Outer Hebrides

JULIE FOWLIS has had a bit of a roller-coaster year since we last spoke to her early in 2005. Northings catches up with the Dingwall-based Gaelic singer as she prepares for this month’s Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway

Review by Northings

Superman Returns (12A)

14 Jul 2006 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies IT IS ALMOST thirty years since ‘Superman’ made us all believe that a man could fly. It was a defining moment in the history of the comicbook blockbuster. The shoddy sequels may have tarnished that moment but now ‘Superman Returns’ attempts to restore some lustre to the series. Directed by […]

Review by Robert Livingston

Highland Quest Final

10 Jul 2006 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Music, Reviews

MacPhail Centre, Ullapool, 8 July 2006

Feature by Allan Hunter

Seachd

9 Jul 2006 in Features, Film, Highland

ALLAN HUNTER reports from location on a Gaelic film-making venture on the Isle of Skye.

Review by Northings

Heading South (Vers le Sud) (15)

7 Jul 2006 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies FRENCH DIRECTOR Laurent Cantet has built an international reputation on small, keenly observed tales of work place pressures and personal crises like ‘Time Out’ (2001). In ‘Heading South’, he attempts a broader canvas and a more ambitious drama that deals with colonialism, racism and oppression. It works largely because he […]

Review by Northings