Northings | Alex Macdonald | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/alex/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Alex Macdonald's friends. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 a752b4d9139d4d86f54a62d74ee21b7f Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 3: Highlands and Islands at Edinburgh Fringe, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2008/08/19/podcast-3-highlands-and-islands-at-edinburgh-fringe/ Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45:07 +0000 MARCUS J WILSON reports on three Highlands and Islands shows at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Dogstar Theatre’s The Tailor of Inverness, The Sorren Maclean Band, and Mull Theatre’s production of Right […]

]]> 0 1393bb8e7e4b609699c0ef54e2060024 Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/15684/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000 0 5d2c51e19f00de34e21499d2158f6e10 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project (3), on the site Northings http://northings.com/2005/04/20/sail-loft-project-3/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:41:28 +0000 The language of the sea
PETER URPETH reports on the latest developments in the ongoing Sail Loft Project in Stornoway
FOR MANY, the boat-making traditions of the Scottish Islands and coastal communities […]

]]> 0 349b3d309fdb9138c353f4eeda06c114 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project (2) , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2005/02/18/sail-loft-project-2/ Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:46:07 +0000 ThumbnailStories, paper, stone…
PETER URPETH gives an update on Stornoway’s Sail Loft Project
The walls have been stripped. What wasn’t saved is now lost. The wallpapers are soaking in a bath in Moira Macaulay’s studio […]

]]> 0 efbfa1be6b7bb51eacbb6de291b8e27c Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Andy White, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/10/20/andy-white-2/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:24:59 +0000 ThumbnailANDY WHITE is a poet and powerbook-toting troubadour.  He grew up in Belfast, surrounded by Irish beauty and terrorist violence.  His 13th international release, Garageband, is released this month to coincide […]

]]> 0 71bcf78ab975237874a9e3377216c3f4 Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Learning Another Life: The Vashti Bunyan Interview, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2008/12/12/learning-another-life-the-vashti-bunyan-interview/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:06:45 +0000 ThumbnailMARCUS WILSON spoke to singer/songwriter VASHTI BUNYAN about the importance of her journey to the Highlands and Islands four decades ago

In July 1968, Vashti Bunyan had set off by horse and cart for the Isle […]

]]> 0 a44ea26ac5f4a46256fb76cb98010697 Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/10065/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000 0 8fbf37dd71f72977fd816e8c6f7e970a Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/9619/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000 0 d98e9a1fd4c6195d377b99ddc3294a5d Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8986/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000 0 4afbcab5f0402783a39a6fb833e5d52c Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Mill a h-Uile Rud, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2005/03/01/mill-a-h-uile-rud/ Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:41:30 +0000 Destroyers from Seattle
PETER URPETH gets the lowdown on a Gaelic punk band from Seattle ahead of their short tour of Scotland.
SEATTLE based Gaelic punk band Mill a h-Uile Rud, meaning ‘destroy everything’ in a […]

]]> 0 038618a88f3fe13fab2a1cfa645ff7a5 Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8804/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000 0 e10c9b9a71f71a578150c8ee278e666d Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sign Red, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2004/03/08/sign-red/ Tue, 08 May 2012 14:19:53 +0000 Sign of the times…
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 […]

]]> 0 28cc61dcdcd87f28a0dae012a60e2258 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Heb Celtic Preview, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2004/07/02/heb-celtic-preview/ Tue, 08 May 2012 13:34:33 +0000 Banishing the Sunless Summer Blues
PETER URPETH looks forward to another mass outbreak of Celtic music in the big tent at Lews Castle as the HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL gets underway.
IT IS WITHOUT doubt the most […]

]]> 0 f967e16d2700ef7bed4fe20c3a5580b5 Marcus J Wilson commented on the post, Fund-raising Tea Party at Dingwall's Tea Posy, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/03/20/fund-raising-tea-party-at-strathpeffers-tea-posy/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Mon, 07 May 2012 11:40:27 +0000 Sounds great!

]]> f8f52cccd706310ddccd527d984c0e25 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2004/11/04/sail-loft-project/ Fri, 04 May 2012 13:26:39 +0000 Sea Passages – Stornoway’s Sail Loft Art Project
In the first of a series of pieces, PETER URPETH follows the work of IAN STEPHEN and his collaboraters in a project aimed at capturing the soul of a building and […]

]]> 0 bd1c45d7c0cfc8d2627093eb45c3bc5b Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, The Nub, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/06/09/the-nub/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:27:58 +0000 Nub of the Art
MARCUS WILSON investigates the weird and wonderful world of ‘Nub’.
INHABITANTS of Easter Ross are witnessing a strange phenomenon, as the cream of Highland-based artists gathers to plot the […]

]]> 0 367062d6a39e5408f21c0f42d1182bbd Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Soaking up the Heb Celt Experience, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/07/10/soaking-up-the-heb-celt-experience/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:39:49 +0000 PETER URPETH conjures up the unique atmosphere of one of the leading folk and traditional music occasions of the year, the HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL on Lewis.
THERE IS MORE to the Heb Celtic Festival than the […]

]]> 0 908cb323b0b2a9482b38a803fde0105c Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Rody Gorman, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2004/03/08/rody-gorman-2/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:09:13 +0000 Bridging the Gàidhlig-Gaelige gap
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 […]

]]> 0 808092a15c34dac812a98d8124a893f7 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, James Barret, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/11/12/james-barret/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:04:08 +0000 Early Stornoway paintings reveal ‘A kind of Glenrothes for the 18th century’
PETER URPETH reports on the unveiling in Stornoway of a new acquisition by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
THE TWO earliest […]

]]> 0 d89c8e5abe642b2c5861e6a6a397627f Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, An Lanntair Development Plans Unveiled, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/06/11/an-lanntair-development-plans-unveiled/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:44:18 +0000 ThumbnailPETER URPETH takes a look at the plans for an ambitious new Arts Centre in the Western Isles.
Work on the new Arts Centre in Stornoway will finally get underway in July, and as these drawings from architects […]

]]> 0 dd1260c87767fa473fa5ddce39f8754d Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Torcuil MacRath Profile, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/09/03/torcuil-macrath-profile/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:27:16 +0000 The Buddha of Grimshader
TORCUIL MacRATH of Grimshader celebrates his 80th birthday this year. He remains one of Gaeldom’s most original poets and scholars yet his work is little known outside of Lewis and among […]

]]> 0 31a24803a77397a02bdb4a692fc70529 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Angus Peter Campbell, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/11/20/angus-peter-campbell/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:19:49 +0000  Brave new words
PETER URPETH interviewed ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL following the publication of his new Gaelic novel, An Oidhche Mus Do Sheòl Sinn.
AT THE OPENING of Angus Peter Campbell’s novel, An Oidhche Mus Do […]

]]> 0 148fddcd239b73793400dd0ea1b01fcc Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Christine Primrose, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/10/14/christine-primrose/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:37:04 +0000 A journey home…
CHRISTINE PRIMROSE is one of the great voices in traditional Gaelic singing. PETER URPETH looks at Christine’s contribution, and welcomes a new recording with Brian Ó hEadhra
AN TURAS, the […]

]]> 0 69c1edda02cfc25688c3022789b26292 Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Hebridean Celtic Festival Preview, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/07/02/hebridean-celtic-festival-preview/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:34:34 +0000 PETER URPETH brings us the lowdown on the packed programme of the 2003 Hebridean Celtic Festival.
Those hoping to see The Waterboys perform a power-packed stadium rock gig at this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival […]

]]> 0 6bbf4297ff3c8524a2262c6636ec734a Bogbain Farm and Judi Sutherland are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6947/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000 0 868b2a1d54336602f0ed000e4729ca3a Bogbain Farm and Brian O hEadhra are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6895/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:09 +0000 0 e81b4a0200e17495a86354c25b206bfe lindsaydunbar and Brian O hEadhra are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6889/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:04 +0000 0 eb0f33e7690649b2ed3632bf855c8c22 Bogbain Farm and lindsaydunbar are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6396/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:59:19 +0000 0 244eadd44b089ed70210ccbc0a6869b9 Bogbain Farm and Shirley Buchan are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5578/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:10:27 +0000 0 e133f050afd76ed599f7965e9825d1d2 Bogbain Farm and Katherine Webster are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5347/ Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:13:04 +0000 0 26044938663ccb26fb2f1414c2d4d128 Bogbain Farm and Cherry Ambrose are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5043/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:40:38 +0000 0 f276185fd5126423526fb67e476e6536 Bogbain Farm and Peter Urpeth are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4982/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:57:40 +0000 0 b9163cdf56de9f913da7ae5a8d38f3bb Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4926/ Fri, 27 May 2011 11:10:24 +0000 0 edb53b780253a4fb60df97aecb718a90 Bogbain Farm and Catherine Turnbull are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4892/ Sun, 22 May 2011 22:56:33 +0000 0 abe657fdff8a843a1359dc42523688fd Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4710/ Wed, 04 May 2011 10:13:51 +0000 0 53b3fa840f17a38342a55b4a404ae66b Brian O hEadhra and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4377/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:17:08 +0000 0 5bc0c10cb4be76628798d62a82ce17ad Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4375/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:17:07 +0000 0 b8938ca852eb1268ea9b3fa937205344 lindsaydunbar and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4196/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:09 +0000 0 95439284a11afbc7fa94edf7aaaeba07 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4194/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:03 +0000 0 c6ca88e318e765c90fb64162d69457c7 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4129/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:13:26 +0000 0 48e9daaa7e6ce92d143f24d44c6b7adb Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4123/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:34:12 +0000 0 e9d4d1f575e0853eef159c5ac06b217b Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4102/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:51:26 +0000 0 a0fcbd74fe7066e51321c1c912be442e Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4096/ Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:56:01 +0000 0 791d249423f6a9ea61177b133fe4e654 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4074/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:08:50 +0000 0 3532386e375e1710d0bb1520bd05b8e3 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4057/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:21:18 +0000 0 ce4057447e96b4104e7cbb533ce01dbd lindsaydunbar and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4051/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:03:37 +0000 0 152c8ca0662e3a72c0804beffaa39e9c Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4049/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:03:35 +0000 0 d8afb47cae9eefa799cea9aaa6e569db Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4033/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:03:31 +0000 0 9fe600a8259f4bc5fddcc516a71f8c94 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4029/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:14:14 +0000 0 bf48c0c2f051bb9ae209503f61226fa3 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4023/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:34:50 +0000 0