Lauries, Glasgow, Wednesday 14 July 2004

Festival Director JASON ROSE lays out his plans for the inaugural Inverness Book Festival in October

ALISTAIR PEEBLES looks ahead to a year of temporary change at the St Magnus Festival in 2005

Town Hall, Stornoway, Wednesday 14 July 2004

PETER URPETH, a co-founder of Theatre Hebrides, reflects on the company’s forth-coming production Metagama, and the road to the fulfillment of a major new commission

MOIRA FORSYTH explains the significance behind the development of the Sandstone Press’s Vistas series of short novels

PETER URPETH teases out the tale of Scotland’s most indestructible folk band with their longest serving member, ALAN REID, and their newest recruit, ALASDAIR WHITE

Hootananny’s, Inverness, Monday 5 July 2004 then touring

LET THE gassy green giant rescue the summer – if it’s raining, go see Shrek 2, for some assured entertainment.

MARGO MACLENNAN sets the scene for this year’s CALEDONIAN CANAL CEILIDH TRAIL