In the first of a series on the behind the scenes work of arts people in the Highlands, ANDY ROSS reports from a busy May at the Wind Dog Café in Yell in the Shetland Islands.

Highland Festival director ALASTAIR McDONALD puts his case for the Highland Festival.

SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES is one of the leading composers of his generation, and was the driving force behind the launch of the St Magnus Festival in 1977. Sir Peter talks to Kenny Mathieson about the festival, Orkney, and the newest developments in his work.

Eden Court Location:  Inverness Capacity:  810 seat main venue; 76 seat cinema Programme:  Music, drama, dance, comedy, children’s shows, visual arts Director’s Statement Eden Court is the only large scale theatre in the Highlands and as such my aim is very simple – that we put on as wide a range of high quality entertainment […]

MAGGIE MACINNES is one of Scotland’s foremost Gaelic singers and clarsach players. She comes from a long line of singers from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. She describes her long-term relationship with Gaelic songs, and explains what they mean to her.

NICK FEARNE, the Arts Development Officer for Moray, looks at the current state of play in arts development in the area, and sets the scene for festivals in Buckie and Forres.

A proposed Highland Year of Culture in 2007 is surely a good thing, isn’t it? GEORGE GUNN begs to differ.

KENNY MATHIESON sets the scene for the 2003 Moray College Degree Show.

ANDREA MUIR profiles MATTHEW HAMMOND, the latest artist in residence at the Stables Gallery in Cromarty