Northings | David Pollock | Activity http://northings.com/members/davidpollock/activity/ Activity feed for David Pollock. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 60c32c184b89a3b357c509cc50f9096d David Pollock wrote a new post, James Yorkston, Pictish Trail and Seamus Fogarty, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/19/james-yorkston-pictish-trail-and-seamus-fogarty/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:37:04 +0000 ThumbnailTolbooth, Stirling, 16 March 2013, and touring
“WE sacked Seamus (Fogarty),” quipped Pictish Trail Johnny Lynch when he and James Yorkston emerged together following the interval, “he didn’t sell enough […]

]]> 0 b2cc2ee6923e2fc391efea909fe4b48e David Pollock wrote a new post, Hall Tales, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/15/hall-tales/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:19:46 +0000 ThumbnailDavid Pollock talks to Euan Martin about the latest Right Lines project
THE LOCAL community centre, in popular imagery, is a traditional space which is under threat, a hub for people to congregate around and form […]

]]> 0 dcec89efd3ba178ff8a4a8a1dd3a8706 David Pollock wrote a new post, Air Falbh leis na h-eòin | Away with the birds, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/13/air-falbh-leis-na-h-eoin-away-with-the-birds/ Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:01:41 +0000 ThumbnailTramway, Glasgow, 9 March 2013
THAT this show had only been initiated five days before within the rehearsal space of the Tramway, with three days for the vocalists to perfect their parts, made it all the more […]

]]> 0 bd5985155085b2bd12a2c15af44ebba7 David Pollock wrote a new post, Ignition, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/02/08/ignition/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:38:04 +0000 ThumbnailDavid Pollock investigates the National Theatre of Scotland’s Ignition project in Shetland
ALTHOUGH a large-scale theatrical project which attempts to use the length and breadth of the Shetlands as its stage and […]

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THE repertory success of My Name is Rachel Corrie around the globe can surely be attributed to a number of factors, not least its impetus as a piece of drama […]

]]> 0 6d7119c9de1cd736f9d0bf85bbb8b17a David Pollock wrote a new post, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Celebrate at Celtic Connections, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/03/sabhal-mor-ostaig-celebrate-at-celtic-connections/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:47:18 +0000 ThumbnailRISING star of Gaelic song Julie Fowlis has one overriding memory of her time as a student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the Gaelic-language college at Sleat on the Isle of Skye whose contribution to the cultural life of […]

]]> 0 d81f66441ec8a9d634a5283f47180a6f David Pollock wrote a new post, Struileag / Shore to Shore, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/01/struileag-shore-to-shore/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:31:43 +0000 ThumbnailDavid Pollock reports on a major outreach project focusing on the contemporary Gaelic diaspora
ALTHOUGH it had its detractors at the time, the first national Year of Homecoming in 2009 was deemed such a success […]

]]> 0 e8432e6afe3e38c1d81170e35bd59b74 David Pollock wrote a new post, Loopallu, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/26/loopallu/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:26:16 +0000 ThumbnailVarious venues, Ullapool, 21-22 September 2012
REGARDLESS of who the organisers book to appear every year, Loopallu is a special festival.

COME the end of September, Ullapool still catches the last scraps of […]

]]> 0 a1a7a68c66163e9fb10e32df56317feb David Pollock wrote a new post, John O'Groats Transformation, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/01/john-ogroats-transformation/ Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:49:14 +0000 Thumbnail“John O’Groats is part of the English language,” says Carol Gunn quite simply. “The journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End is recognised wherever you go in the English speaking world.”
HER problem, however, is […]

]]> 0 8535f99ac1128a392a6b39f8746a5a3b David Pollock wrote a new post, Katnes Folio, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/11/13/katnes-folio/ Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:21:40 +0000 ThumbnailAxolotl Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, until 30 November 2011 IN REVIEWING a group show at a commercial gallery, it’s often hard to find a thematic through-line beyond the fact you’re viewing a bunch of works which have become available at once. At least in selecting the work of a variety of artists over different media who are […]

]]> 0 12ea7a41f451fa4b806dc9d4de8bfac5 David Pollock wrote a new post, Is a thing lost… Bheil rud caillte... , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/10/28/is-a-thing-lost%e2%80%a6-bheil-rud-caillte/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:38:24 +0000 ThumbnailECA Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, 21-28 October 2011 TIMED to coincide with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2011, this linked exhibition and storytelling performance have both been compiled by Stornoway wordsmith and sailor Ian Stephen, whose voice runs through each of them. At Edinburgh College of Art’s gleaming new Tent Gallery, S…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c17c012fcb28b734a4edf618d9ca286 David Pollock wrote a new post, Archive Trails, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/10/20/archive-trails/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:44:33 +0000 ThumbnailScottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, 16 October 2011 THE existence of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Scottish Studies’ archive isn’t common knowledge, and only the fact that Emily Roff of Glasgow promoter Tracer Trails used to study there has brought about this eye-opening project. Once you’ve been made aware of it, though, this newl…[Read more]

]]> 0 0c59af9a7a5d2a87ad80db0cee382284 David Pollock wrote a new post, RSAMD Making Connections in the North, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/07/01/rsamd-making-hi-connections/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:13:30 +0000 ThumbnailEVER since it earned its own degree-awarding powers in 1994, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow has borne in mind its Gaelic-speaking constituency of students. THAT was the year they first offered the choice of writing a dissertation in Gaelic, for example, and since then their course in Scottish traditional music has meant […]

]]> 0 0331df6e3e7363f02fcf4ab294eb0033 David Pollock wrote a new post, RhueArt: Perception, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/04/09/rhueart-perception/ Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:33:47 +0000 ThumbnailDovecot Studios, Edinburgh, until Saturday 16th April 2011 IT’S A shame this capital showcase exhibition of artists connected to Ullapool’s RhueArt Gallery should only be on display for so short a while, because there’s such a wealth of work here that a relatively lengthy visit or even a repeat viewing might be deserved. However long you have to […]

]]> 0 086e9fd3cf0641387fc3744bca2e3359 David Pollock became a registered member http://northings.com/activity/p/4167/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:08:15 +0000 0