Tour includes performances in Inverness and Aberdeen.

Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark and University of St Andrews Principal Louise Richardson have become judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which awards £25,000 to the author of the best historical novel of the year.

Nominations for the 2012 awards and new Orkney residency announced.

Papa Westray, Orkney, 6-13 February 2012.

Two new exhibitions continue to develop the strong collaborative networks that the Pier Arts Centre has established locally.

Friends of Wighton Gaelic song classes tutored by Wilma Kennedy.

A play about love, longing and the unreliability of macaws.

Direct from London’s West End, the UK’s first and only touring burlesque show is coming to Strathpeffer.

James Mackenzie has confirmed appearances at five Inverness High Schools next month.

Elizabeth Ogilvie will be travelling to the Greenland ice floes for a project that will explore the native Inuit’s knowledge of ice.