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Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 3: Highlands and Islands at Edinburgh Fringe, on the site Northings

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 […]

Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project (3), on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project (2) , on the site Northings

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:46:07 +0000

Stories, 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 […]

Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Andy White, on the site Northings

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:24:59 +0000

ANDY 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 […]

Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Learning Another Life: The Vashti Bunyan Interview, on the site Northings

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:06:45 +0000

MARCUS 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 […]

Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Mill a h-Uile Rud, on the site Northings

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 […]

Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sign Red, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Heb Celtic Preview, on the site Northings

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 […]

Marcus J Wilson commented on the post, Fund-raising Tea Party at Dingwall's Tea Posy, on the site Northings

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:40:27 +0000

Sounds great!

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Sail Loft Project, on the site Northings

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 […]

Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, The Nub, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Soaking up the Heb Celt Experience, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Rody Gorman, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, James Barret, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, An Lanntair Development Plans Unveiled, on the site Northings

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:44:18 +0000

PETER 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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Torcuil MacRath Profile, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Angus Peter Campbell, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Christine Primrose, on the site Northings

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 […]

Peter Urpeth wrote a new post, Hebridean Celtic Festival Preview, on the site Northings

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 […]

Bogbain Farm and Judi Sutherland are now friends

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Brian O hEadhra are now friends

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:09 +0000

lindsaydunbar and Brian O hEadhra are now friends

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:04 +0000

Bogbain Farm and lindsaydunbar are now friends

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:59:19 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Shirley Buchan are now friends

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:10:27 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Katherine Webster are now friends

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:13:04 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Cherry Ambrose are now friends

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:40:38 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Peter Urpeth are now friends

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:57:40 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:10:24 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Catherine Turnbull are now friends

Sun, 22 May 2011 22:56:33 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Wed, 04 May 2011 10:13:51 +0000

Brian O hEadhra and are now friends

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:17:08 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:17:07 +0000

lindsaydunbar and are now friends

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:09 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:03 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:13:26 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:34:12 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:51:26 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:56:01 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:08:50 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:21:18 +0000

lindsaydunbar and are now friends

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:03:37 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:03:35 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:03:31 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:14:14 +0000

Bogbain Farm and are now friends

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:34:50 +0000