PETER URPETH talks to Skye-based poet RODY GORMAN about the publication of an important new anthology of Gaelic poetry, his own work, and the state of Gàidhlig and Gaelige poetry.

Lewis band SIGN RED have been grabbing the headlines for their enduring popularity with the listeners of Radio 1’s Vic and Gill show, and are heading into a third week at the top of that show’s Battle of the Demo Bands. PETER URPETH catches up with them in Stornoway and finds a band determined to enjoy and build on their recent success from their home shores.

Venue profile: An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

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.

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 17 February 2004

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.