ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. 9 SONGS is already guaranteed a degree of notoriety as the most sexually explicit mainstream film ever released in British cinemas. Highly respected director Michael Winterbottom portrays the arc of a love affair purely through the graphic sexual encounters of a young couple. Interludes are provided by the concerts they […]

Saxophonist RAYMOND MACDONALD is co-leader of the Burt-MacDonald Quintet, one of the most adventurous jazz groups in Scotland. They return to An Tobar in Tobermory this month (as a quartet) to develop and perform a new commission

BRIAN MORTON recalls the life and work of his former teacher and subsequent friend and neighbour, novelist Robin Jenkins

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. ALFRED KINSEY taught America about sex. His bestselling behavioural studies in the 1940s dragged the country out of the dark ages towards a more sophisticated understanding of human sexuality. It is his  life and pioneering achievements that provide the basis of this intelligent, immaculately crafted biography from Bill Condon, the […]

As knitting becomes the latest craze, Jane Moncrieff’s project could mean that Shetland becomes one of the ‘cool’ destinations this year. TINA ROSE reports.

The Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Art Centre in Lochmaddy celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. FIONA PEARSON reminisces over the last decade

RODY GORMAN reports on the work of the Gaelic publishers Coiscéim

PETER URPETH gets the lowdown on a Gaelic punk band from Seattle ahead of their short tour of Scotland

GEORGINA COBURN previews North of Hollywood, a touring roadshow of Canadian films due to visit Eden Court Theatre this month

ROBERT DAVIDSON tackles the difficult questions facing Fiona Hampton and the Highland 2007 team.