The acclaimed Nairn-based actress TILDA SWINTON talks to Northings about her unconventional film career, from her early ground-breaking association with Derek Jarman through to her role in the the forthcoming adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s ‘Chronicles of Narnia’

The acclaimed Nairn-based actress TILDA SWINTON talks to the Arts Journal about her unconventional film career, from her early ground-breaking association with Derek Jarman through to her role in the the forthcoming adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s ‘Chronicles of Narnia’

Pitlochry Festival Theatre, May 2005

ALLAN HUNTER at the movies. AN ICE COOL Italian thriller, ‘The Consequences Of Love’ has the kind of steely intelligence and dry humour so often missing from its American counterparts. Reserved and detached like its central character, it sustains a sense of mystery that becomes more and more intriguing as the plot is revealed. It’s […]

GEORGINA COBURN investigates the enthusiastic world of the Highlands and Islands dedicated film clubs

MARK FISHER found himself glued to his seat during Rapture Theatre’s latest touring production.

LEAH SEATOR rounds up the action at the damp but delightful Orkney Folk Festival.

GEORGINA COBURN finds artistic quality and social comment skillfully integrated in Phoenix Dance Company’s programme.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. WARMHEARTED and meticulously observed, A Common Thread announces a promising new talent in French writer-director Eleonore Faucher. The story of a rural teenager coming to terms with her pregnancy is simple and straightforward, but Faucher invests it with a wealthy of feeling. Sentimentality is kept at bay, the performances are […]

As the fifth Orkney Writing Fellowship draws to a close, ALISTAIR PEEBLES look back over seven successful months of writing development in the county, and forward to what may lie ahead.