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.
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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 15: Moray Art Centre, on the site Northings 12 years ago

    ROBERT LIVINGSTON speaks to Founder and Director of the Moray Art Centre, RANDY KLINGER.

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Northings No More, on the site Northings 12 years, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailRobert Livingston explains why Northings cannot continue
    BACK at the turn of the Millennium, I was keen to set up an online journal that would properly represent the dynamism and diversity of the arts and culture […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Inverness College Drama Degree, on the site Northings 12 years, 4 months ago

    ThumbnailRobert Livingston welcomes the opportunities to be offered by the new Drama Degree in development at Inverness College
    IT’S not easy making theatre in the Highlands.

    EVEN though a full house in a village hall […]

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Barry GordonBarry Gordon are now friends 12 years, 4 months ago

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Zenwing Puppets, on the site Northings 12 years, 4 months ago

    ThumbnailRoss-shire-based Zenwing Puppets may have started small, but with the launch of Creativity in Care this month their work takes an exciting new direction. Robert Livingston talked to Karrie Marshall about Zenwing’s […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Wanted: Alive or…, on the site Northings 12 years, 6 months ago

    At a recent meeting of members of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network, a colleague from the Edinburgh-based company Stellar Quines gave a fascinating presentation on the company’s experiments with live […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, How to come third and win, on the site Northings 12 years, 8 months ago

    We are binary creatures, cursed by our bilateral symmetry to think in terms of pairings and oppositions: black and white, right and wrong, formal and informal, incomer and native. We are (no pun intended) […]

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Eleanor CarlingfordEleanor Carlingford are now friends 12 years, 9 months ago

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    Loch Ness Film Festival and Profile picture of Eleanor CarlingfordEleanor Carlingford are now friends 12 years, 9 months ago

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Alice StrangeAlice Strange are now friends 12 years, 9 months ago

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Speakout: Memory and Legacy, on the site Northings 12 years, 10 months ago

    Engagement from the Inside
    ROBERT LIVINGSTON recalls the most important formative experience in his career in the arts at Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre, and ponders the lessons to be learned from its fascinating […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, The Shock of the Neuk, on the site Northings 12 years, 10 months ago

    Before moving to the Highlands we lived for twelve years in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. In the mid 90s Anstruther and its smaller neighbour Pittenweem were sad places: empty shops along the harbour […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, ‘A Great Summer of Art’, on the site Northings 12 years, 10 months ago

    I hate sport. All sport and any sport, from tiddlywinks to Premier League Football. So, this dismal summer has held a particular horror for me, what with Wimbledon, Euro 2012, wall-to-wall golf tournaments, and […]

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Mayanne MacGregorMayanne MacGregor are now friends 12 years, 11 months ago

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, HI~Arts Awards Preview, on the site Northings 12 years, 11 months ago

    Great Oaks from Little Acorns
    Sometimes even a small amount of funding is all that’s needed… Northings asked HI~Arts Director ROBERT LIVINGSTON to introduce their suite of awards schemes for individuals, in […]

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Moira AitkenMoira Aitken are now friends 12 years, 11 months ago

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Sausages, trains and Old Spice, on the site Northings 13 years ago

    We’ve been to the lands where everyone eats sausages and drinks beer, where the trains run on time and are spacious and clean, and where culture still seems to be funded—and supported—to a remarkable degree. We’ve […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Month in the Life: Robert Livingston, HI-Arts Director, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

    Our behind-the-scenes look into the lives of arts people in the Highlands and Islands continues as ROBERT LIVINGSTON, Director of arts development agency, HI~Arts, records his hectic May 2003.
    May 2

    To Huntly […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Whaar is da snaa o fernyear?, on the site Northings 13 years, 2 months ago

    We spent part of the Easter weekend in Ullapool and, even if there hadn’t been a persistent drizzle of that fine rain that soaks you to the skin, we’d certainly have visited, as we always do, the village’s two […]

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    Robert Livingston commented on the post, BBC SSO, on the site Northings 13 years, 2 months ago

    Dear James

    I respect your opinions on so many subjects that it pains me to take issue with you, but to dismiss the cheery and ebullient First Symphony of Shostakovitch as ‘cacophony’ is grossly unfair. Is […]

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