COUNTLESS British comedians have failed to make the leap from small screen success to big screen renown. Even the mighty Morecambe and Wise never made a really great film.

JOHN BURNS is sworn to secrecy, but reckons comedian Dave Gorman is a bit special anyway.

MARTHA LABARE enjoys a disparate evening of performance that made significant connections.

MORAG MACINNES finds quiet at the core of the work of Thomas and Laurie Clark.

MORAG MACINNES investigates Roger Ackling’s recent work on Orkney.

GILES SUTHERLAND looks back on a stimulating Conference overshadowed by the death of a co-founder of North Lands Creative Glass.

Broomfield Campsite, Ullapool, 17-20 September 2009

HAVING established his reputation with impeccable literary adaptations Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, British director Joe Wright tries his hand at something very different with The Soloist.

TOURISM chiefs are reporting an increase in visitors to the Highlands and Islands this Summer. It seems that everyone is looking for somewhere to escape the pressures and strains of big city living.

SHEENA GRAHAM-GEORGE gets the message from Tim Wootton’s vivid evocations of birdlife.