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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    Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, How do people engage with culture in Scotland?, on the site Northings 11 years, 11 months ago

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    Each year the Scottish government conduct a Scottish Household Survey that gives us an insight into the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviours of Scottish households and individuals. The […]

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    Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 3: Highlands and Islands at Edinburgh Fringe, on the site Northings 12 years ago

    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 […]

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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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    Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, sound Festival shortlisted for prestigious RPS Music Award, on the site Northings 12 years ago

    “sound’s 2012 edition opened up the world of music theatre to creators and audiences who feel inhibited by opera’s institutional conventions and gave us a whiff of the creative zeitgeist”
    opera magazine
    sound, […]

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    Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent, on the site Northings 12 years, 1 month ago

    Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent to a 2 Day Film Workshop
    At the Edinburgh International Film Festival 
    Delivered by 104 Films in partnership with Edinburgh International Film […]

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    Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, The End of This Road, on the site Northings 12 years, 1 month ago

    ThumbnailTHE DEMISE of Northings is, I believe, a severe blow to the arts community in the Highlands & Islands.
    AS THE only editor of the journal since its inception ten years ago, I would say that, wouldn’t […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Northings No More, on the site Northings 12 years, 1 month 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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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Rambert Dance: Labyrinth of Love, on the site Northings 12 years, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailEmpire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 19 March 2013
    COMBINING dance with digital media is often attempted but rarely succeeds as well as it does in Labyrinth of Love, the work which opened Rambert’s welcome […]

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    Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Upcoming events at Universal Hall, on the site Northings 12 years, 2 months ago

    Fri 15th March, 7:30pm

    One The Road (Film)

    Based on the classic Jack Kerouac novel, On The Road is the story of Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, and Dean Moriarty, a charming ex-con, married to the […]

  • Profile picture of Kenny Mathieson

    Kenny Mathieson 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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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, BalletBoyz The Talent 2013, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailEmpire Theatre. Eden Court, Inverness, 20 February 2013
    AN EXCITED buzz filled the Empire Theatre, thronged with an audience which, while still predominantly female, had a healthy leavening of males by comparison […]

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    Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Inverness College Drama Degree, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 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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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sorren Maclean – new:voices , on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailCeltic Connections, Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow, 3 February 2013
    SORREN Maclean spent much of his childhood in and around An Tobar, Tobermory’s renowned arts centre where his father Gordon is Artistic […]

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    Bogbain Farm and Profile picture of Barry GordonBarry Gordon are now friends 12 years, 3 months ago

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    Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Celebrating Natural Scotland, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailTHE  latest flagship pseudo-festival from the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland is upon us.
    THE Year of Natural Scotland 2013 event launched with the opening performances of Infinite Scotland at Eden […]

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    Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailEmpire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 29 January 2013
    THIS contribution to the Britten centenary celebrations may have been only a semi-staged performance of the opera, but it was a memorable one.

    THE latest […]

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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Duncan Chisholm’s Strathglass Suite, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailCeltic Connections, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, 26 January 2013
    THE elaborately corniced, portico’d and vaulted hall of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery soars high above row upon row of chairs.

    SOLD out for […]

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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 40th Anniversary and Students’ Concert, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailCeltic Connections, City Halls and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 19 January 2013
    AT Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s birthday party the honour of playing the first notes was given to a native of that well-known […]

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    Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Kilmarnock Edition, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    ThumbnailCeltic Connections, Glasgow Art Club, 23  January 2013
    FIRST on stage in the vaulted hall at the Glasgow Art Club was folk singer Ian Smith, originally from Kilmarnock but now resident in Donegal.

    One […]

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    Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Classic Rock Show to visit Aberdeen and Inverness, on the site Northings 12 years, 3 months ago

    After the success of their critically acclaimed 2012 UK tour and as a testimony to the immense popularity of classic rock music, The Classic Rock Show is back – bigger and even better!

     

    Featuring the music […]

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