ROBERT DAVIDSON is a published writer and an editor who draws on his experience on both sides of the fence in this survey of how to get your poetry published. The paper was originally delivered at the StAnza Poetry Festival in St Andrews.

NORTHINGS is delighted to be working with Lewis poet and visual artist IAN STEPHEN on an exciting project to host a daily Log from his latest artistic voyage on his yacht, the El Vigo.

High School, Kingussie, 24 February 2004

The Sanctuary, Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen, 23 February 2004

Dogstar Theatre Company, Ullapool Village Hall, 21 February 2004 then touring

Glassmakers NICKY BURNS and BRODIE NAIRN have made their home in a windswept corner of Caithness. John Burns talks to them about their fascination with glass and their globe-trotting lifestyle.

CATRIONA PAUL at the movies. THERE IS A a god, a god of rock. And his name is Jack Black. So proves this uncomplicated, feel-good comedy in which Black dazzles as 30-something rock musician Dewey Finn, faking it as a substitute teacher and enlisting the help of his pupils to compete in a Battle of […]

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 17 February 2004

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 15 February 2004 then touring

Orkney-based photographer GUNNIE MOBERG is among the artists selected to make new work to hang in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. ALISTAIR PEEBLES investigates her work among the people and landscapes of the Northern Isles.