At the recent Johnsmas Foy textile artist JEANETTE SENDLER could be seen on the Victoria Pier in the old town centre of Lerwick making a felted sail.

The Burt MacDonald Quintet and pianist Keith Tippett visited An Tobar in Mull in March to work on a schools project with local school children, and to make a recording that included a commissioned piece inspired by the Tobermory clock .

Raymond’s Big Foot …. Note

George Burt’s Tobermory Diary

Castle Gallery, Inverness, until Saturday 2 July 2005

ALISTAIR PEEBLES continues his appraisal of this year’s St Magnus Festival, focusing on the Bosnian strand of the programme.

In the first of two extended reports, ALISTAIR PEEBLES looks back on another successful St Magnus Festival and addresses the mystery of how do they do that in Orkney?

ARTHUR BROCKLEBANK enjoyed a varied concert of vocal music from the Voiceworks ensemble.

JACQUELINE BENNETT looks back on this year’s degree show at Moray College.

TINA ROSE gives an update on the second year of a a three year residency project to place craft makers in schools in the Highlands.