Stones and rocks are a total obsession for ceramicist LOTTE GLOB.

Big Top, Northern Meeting Park, Inverness, until 7 January 2006

Opera singer TONY HENRY tells Northings how he plans to pursue his successful career from a base in Ross-shire

The Portland Club, Inverness, 25 November 2005

Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, and Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 24 December 2005

Riverside Gallery, Inverness, until 3 December 2005

Jeweller JAIMIE MACDONALD from Strathpeffer in Ross-shire has been shortlisted for a new eco-prize to recognise creative work which promotes greener lifestyles

Inverness, 2-6 November 2005

GEORGINA COBURN checks out the work on show at the 3D2D Craft & Design Fair in Inverness, and suggests that original craftwork may make the perfect Christmas gift.

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. This is part two of George’s interview with KENNY MATHIESON