Reviews

After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Review by James Munro

The Merry Widow

21 Oct 2008 in Highland, Music, Reviews

Craigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit, 16 October 2008

Review by Ian Stephen

The Blank Album

21 Oct 2008 in Dance & Drama, Music, Outer Hebrides, Reviews

An Lanntair, Stornoway, 16 October 2008

Review by Jennie Macfie

Blazin’ In Beauly 2008

21 Oct 2008 in Highland, Music, Reviews

Phipps Hall, Beauly, 15 & 17 October 2008

Review by Northings

Burn After Reading (15)

17 Oct 2008 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies HOW DO you follow a film like No Country For Old Men? The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, manage it effortlessly with their breathless screwball spy spoof Burn After Reading. A cast of A-list Oscar winners really let their hair down in a film that almost feels like a pantomime […]

Review by Jennie Macfie

Macgregor, Brechin and Ó Headhra

16 Oct 2008 in Highland, Music, Reviews

Bogbain Farm, Inverness, 12 October 2008

Review by Northings

The Lesson

14 Oct 2008 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Reviews

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 10 October 2008

Review by Morag MacInnes

Scotland And Venice 2003, 2005, 2007 / Circles In Landscape

14 Oct 2008 in Orkney, Reviews, Visual Arts & Crafts

Pier Arts Centre, until 8 November 2008

Review by Northings

Gomorrah (15)

10 Oct 2008 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies The Godfather and Goodfellas are just two of the landmark American films that have given us an insider’s view of the evils of organised crime. Gomorrah (or Gomorra in its original Italian version) goes one step further, constructing a compelling, journalistic account of the way the Mafia-style Camorra control and […]

Review by Morag MacInnes