STEPHEN WATTS was the first appointment in HI~Arts Embedded Poets Project, and gives his personal view on the work he will be undertaking in the coming months on the theme of suicide in the Highlands and Islands

STUART BROWNLEE introduces the Highlands & Islands Theatre Network in an overview that launches a new series of profiles of the member groups

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies MOST BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS make the mistake of trying to cover too much territory. ‘Capote’ focuses on just six years in the life of author Truman Capote. The period covers the writing of ‘In Cold Blood’, the masterpiece that cemented his reputation but also sowed the seeds of his subsequent decline […]

Byre Theatre, StAndrews, and on tour until 25 March 2006

GEORGINA COBURN reports on the rebirth of the Highland Print Studio in Inverness

CRAIG CORSE caught up with some of the writers and organisers involved in the first ever North Isles Writing Weekend in Kirkwall earlier this month

DAVID SIMPSON reports on Morag McGill’s lecture on the work of George MacKay Brown, which is scheduled for a repeat airing at the St Magnus Festival in June. Alistair Peebles explains the context in a short introduction.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies GEORGE CLOONEY is fast becoming the standard bearer for political filmmaking in America. A liberal fascinated by the power of the media, he has earned Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’. It is an elegantly handled tale of journalistic integrity and […]

St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, 11 February 2006

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, until 11 March 2006