JOHN BURNS discovers how dress designer and maker SANDRA MURRAY is giving the Highlands a voice in the world of high fashion

GEORGINA COBURN reflects on the cultural energy and grassroots decision-making of Western Canada as a model for development in the Highlands and Islands in 2007 and beyond

Lewis-born writer IAIN F. MACLEOD will see his new play open the brand new theatre space at An Lanntair in Stornoway.

HELEN SEMPLE and ALI MACDONALD report on their combined efforts in Lochaber.

GEORGE GUNN is a Caithness man born and bred, and the county is never far from the heart of his writing, whether in his poetry or in his theatre work. He began writing as a child, completed his first play for the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and launched Grey Coast Theatre Company in Thurso in 1992

GILES SUTHERLAND looks back at proceedings at the Northlands Creative Glass 2005 Conference

PAM BEASANT found art intimately interwoven with science at the Orkney Science festival earlier this month

ALISTAIR PEEBLES reports on the making of a short film by visual artist Colin Kirkpatrick on Orkney

JOHN BURNS reflects on HI~Arts Showcase and the Edinburgh Fringe

STEVE ROBERTSON casts his eye over the latest goHI showcase