Northings | Kenny Mathieson | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/kennymathieson/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Kenny Mathieson's friends. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 45da294e50635634584eb70cb97e70bb Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, How do people engage with culture in Scotland?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/31/how-do-people-engage-with-culture-in-scotland/ Wed, 29 May 2013 07:58:40 +0000 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 0 4c064fa30ac1d7c40767feb3438b830b John Burns wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 1: Rody Gorman on translating the songs of Bob Dylan into Gaelic, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2008/02/13/podcast-1-rody-gorman-bob-dyla/ Thu, 16 May 2013 08:47:48 +0000 JOHN BURNS speaks to writer and poet RODY GORMAN about his project to translate the songs of Bob Dylan into the Gaelic language. Recorded in January 2008 on location on the Isle of Skye.

]]> 0 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 781da65feb1c109f61c9c0f9baab3e12 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, sound Festival shortlisted for prestigious RPS Music Award, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/04/19/sound-festival-shortlisted-for-prestigious-rps-music-award/ Wed, 08 May 2013 08:31:51 +0000 “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, […]

]]> 0 87bed649dcf069ff5bdfaff6b0ed33e0 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Invitation for New and Emerging Deaf & Disabled Scottish Film Talent, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/04/12/invitation-for-new-and-emerging-deaf-disabled-scottish-film-talent/ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:26 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 2bec51079dca26785ff74b7e8444ae21 Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Printmaking, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/19/lasting-impressions-contemporary-printmaking/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:43:26 +0000 ThumbnailAn Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 14 April 2013
THE CHAIR of An Talla Solais, Dave Falconer, has been working towards this exhibition for years.

IT CELEBRATES the art of the print, by showcasing work produced […]

]]> 0 831d43e8c96b1e880885edc03893d998 Sandra Ralston changed their profile picture http://northings.com/activity/p/15704/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:19:08 +0000 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 3c08ab8aa9a5dea4f3a25c26eef589bf Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Cape Farewell at the Pier, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/09/cape-farewell-at-the-pier/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:03:18 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, 8 November 2012
CAPE FAREWELL was created in 2001 to ‘ instigate a cultural response to climate change’.

IT’S NOW an international not-for-profit organisation based at the […]

]]> 0 9654185b7eccacc0c87e94a89204f588 Zoe Gwynne posted an update: Very excited to have my first Solo Art Show at IG:LU. […] http://northings.com/activity/p/12579/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:55:58 +0000 Very excited to have my first Solo Art Show at IG:LU. Running Mon – Sat, 10-4pm!

]]> 0 c9501cdfdc194f8aa246dc92936843d7 John Burns wrote a new post, Highland Lives, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/07/20/highland-lives/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:57:15 +0000 Highland Lives, Highland Voices
JOHN BURNS signed up to take part in the BBC Scotland’s Highland Lives project. In the first of three articles tracing his progress, John wonders exactly what he has gotten himself […]

]]> 0 4ede172a37c4aeafd1f93ae590176ca2 Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, The Art of Decoration, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/10/01/the-art-of-decoration/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:10:08 +0000 ThumbnailMandy Haggith explores the mix of art, craft and business at Highland Stoneware
HIGHLAND Stoneware is a unique company that supports the livelihoods of a cluster of artists in the northwest Highands.

THE […]

]]> 0 46c10ec58ea92b3d5ff1c100f54e9be2 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Traces of Nature, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/26/traces-of-nature/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:15:24 +0000 ThumbnailNorthlight Studio, Stromness, Orkney, until 29 September 2012
REBECCA Marr is more than a photographer.

YOU drop by this starry little exhibition on a dreich day, between getting the mince and posting the […]

]]> 0 773a75b5700618284a9a3f937c5385aa Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Derek Williams Collection, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/07/derek-williams-collection/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:30:05 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 17 November 2012
DEREK Williams was a chartered surveyor from Cardiff.

SOUNDS like the start of a particularly British psychological thriller, doesn’t it. Maybe a […]

]]> 0 4a0b355dfbbaf1ddfa7d605a49b1819f Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Gilly Langton, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/01/hi-arts-reflections-gilly-langton/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:04:16 +0000 ThumbnailPamela Conacher explains how jewellery designer Gilly Langton made her move to the Highlands & Islands.
GILLY LANGTON is a highly regarded international contemporary jewellery designer living and working in […]

]]> 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 af3b6af2919febdff7ba9610700ce60c Loch Ness Film Festival and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/10063/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:42 +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 ac3aa2b3d52c57667a2a34db0a408e1a Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Where Two Tides Meet, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/19/where-two-tides-meet-2/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:16:11 +0000 ThumbnailAn Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 9 September 2012
AN Talla Solais is so full of the sea, with two exhibitions on maritime themes, you can almost smell the salt and hear the spray.

AFTER the success of their […]

]]> 0 942b5fe5d05d28e6b0c0d66ee7fbce6f John Burns wrote a new post, Speakout: Blogs, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/06/16/speakout-blogs/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:49:50 +0000 Blog On
JOHN BURNS looks at the burgeoning world-wide lure of the blog.
IT’S THE figures that scare me. One hundred million on-line blogs, with 100,000 new blogs every day. The biggest blog in the world, by […]

]]> 0 fc2cd38117ad4af67baa4200bfd5ca9a Susan Szymborski wrote a new post, Highland Alternative Music, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/04/15/highland-alternative-music/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:18:22 +0000 Making Sweet Music
SUSAN SZYMBORSKI gets the lowdown on an exciting new scheme to help young local musicians.
IT WAS a sunny afternoon in Dingwall and something was afoot. Almost twenty teenagers had congregated […]

]]> 0 fd60af0317181404e475aa40a77ce876 Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Katy Spong: 37 Red Leaves, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/02/katy-spong-37-red-leaves/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:42:08 +0000 ThumbnailRhueArt, Rhue, near Ullapool, until 15 September 2012
KATY Spong has spent a year taking in the views from her Argyll home, overlooking Cuil Bay, and creating from them a visual diary.

IN IT she has recorded […]

]]> 0 138d9c2e548d81b40f6a90078b73ce66 John Saich wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Maryann Frew, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/01/hi-arts-reflections-maryann-frew/ Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:14:31 +0000 ThumbnailIN the first of a series of HI~Arts Reflections, John Saich charts the achievements of Inverness based singer-songwriter Maryann Frew and asks her about the role of HI~Arts in her story
MARYANN FREW is steadily […]

]]> 0 e62cb5d9eb7c4250fd676fc0766b162a Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Angus – Weaver of Grass, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/21/angus-weaver-of-grass/ Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:25:09 +0000 ThumbnailMacphail Centre, Ullapool, 19 July 2012, and touring
IF YOU see one piece of theatre this year, see this.

IT IS a compassionate performance, telling the life story of Angus MacPhee, who was born and died on […]

]]> 0 9f7e44f6e135208925c3b7f632289310 John Burns wrote a new post, Andrew Lawrence, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/04/20/andrew-lawrence/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:45:49 +0000 ThumbnailOneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 18 April 2012
SOME comedians are instantly recognisable by their voice alone. 

FOR example Joe Pasquale, sounding like a budgie on helium.  Reginald D Hunter, with his […]

]]> 0 4e151057f86a95de9dddd20db3154271 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Diana Lesley and Other Exhibitions, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/13/diana-lesley-and-other-exhibitions/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:17:13 +0000 ThumbnailNorthlight Gallery, Stromness, Orkney, until 16 July 2012, and elsewhere
SPIT in Stromness these days and you hit an artist.

THEY’RE all here doing stone pictures (mostly awful – take my tip, just visit the […]

]]> 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 7590698bb0ada97216ec9e68566512b8 John Burns commented on the post, Highland Author Wins Mountain Writing Competition, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/12/19/highland-author-wins-mountain-writing-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-3681 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:11:32 +0000 Check out my new Blog.

The Unacceptable Voice of Hill Walking
Mountains, middle age and much much more.

http://johndburns.wordpress.com/

]]> 0b4f17f30f09645ff7b55e872a59b9e8 John Burns wrote a new post, Podcasting, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/08/03/podcasting/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:19:39 +0000 Here Comes the Revolution
JOHN BURNS recommends joining the Podcast revolution
 
PEOPLE ARE TALKING – in bedrooms, in kitchens, in garages, fields, garden sheds and just about anywhere else you can think of. […]

]]> 0 031e189fe13bc316e85154583fb51409 Morag MacInnes commented on the post, A New Way to Contribute to Northings, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/01/a-new-way-to-contribute-to-northings/comment-page-1/#comment-3673 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:19:51 +0000 good thinking!

]]> 28759d8a756b406d61819d119ee8322a Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, St Magnus International Festival 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/29/st-magnus-international-festival-2012/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:10:11 +0000 ThumbnailVarious venues, Orkney, 22-27 June 2012
THE exuberance of this year’s festival is obvious from the programming – it’s bursting out of the straight-jacket that’s a week.

EVENTS start before the opening […]

]]> 0 055b0e0a5016c4385f14b77a2644615d Katharine Douglas posted an update: Classical Composer and musician James Douglas will reach his […] http://northings.com/activity/p/8920/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:24:39 +0000 Classical Composer and musician James Douglas will reach his 80th birthday next week, early in July. This award winning composer will mark the day privately in a small gathering of family and friends. However, on Friday 6th July everyone is invited to the launch of an exclusive exhibition in Ullapool Library at 11am which will feature rare photos,…[Read more]

]]> 0 c5e06d93dffbe04e3b84ca5612e93259 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Christine Borland and Gunnie Moberg, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/25/christine-borland-and-gunnie-moberg/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:17:33 +0000 ThumbnailPier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 18 August 2012
THE PIER is hoaching with folk asking where the toilets are and why there isn’t a café.

UPSTAIRS there’s a chap looking after a visiting celeb. He waves […]

]]> 0 b72fb938e0ebd8f49a0b7f12cb8d1666 John Burns wrote a new post, Speakout: The Creative Office, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/01/01/speakout-the-creative-office/ Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:02:02 +0000 Creative Thinking in the Business World
JOHN BURNS ponders the relevance of creativity in the hard-nosed world of business.
RECENTLY I was sitting in a Royal Bank of Scotland seminar about creativity in business […]

]]> 0 34822ad37868ebbe270de031348d8cb1 John Burns wrote a new post, The Perfect Spot 2, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2005/09/20/the-perfect-spot-2/ Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:26:37 +0000 Can you tell what it is yet?
JOHN BURNS reflects on HI~Arts Showcase and the Edinburgh Fringe
 
I KEEP ASKING myself the question, “Why am doing this?”. It is the evening of the last day of the Edinburgh […]

]]> 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 688c8616b1501dbfb7cb4321d11e8411 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Looking for ways to boost your online sales?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/15/looking-for-ways-to-boost-your-online-sales/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:36:18 +0000 Improve your online sales with these 21 Tips

If you are selling directly from your website as an artist or crafts maker then you might be wondering how you can increase your traffic, improve your website […]

]]> 0 9b51ac6badfcd51219cadf756bc25d94 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, RockNess 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/12/rockness-2012/ Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:53:54 +0000 ThumbnailDores, Loch Ness, 8-10 June 2012
NOW in its 7th year, and attracting more than 20,000 revellers, RockNess has fast become a major landmark on the map of British music festivals.

WHILE other festivals may boast […]

]]> 0 d1140b64f4532df2b3933b010a640fa8 Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, An Leabhar Mor and LK243 UnderSail , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/14/an-leabhar-mor-and-lk243-undersail/ Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:55:55 +0000 ThumbnailAn Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 20 May 2012
THE TALL SHIPS are back in Ullapool, or it seems that way, thanks to an exhibition called LK243 Undersail at An Talla Solais, which evokes the 2011 race from Waterford […]

]]> 0 20cb9d0cba9b8b47ee3b12906e57e5e0 John Burns wrote a new post, The Boy With Tape On His Face, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/06/the-boy-with-tape-on-his-face/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:17:47 +0000 ThumbnailOneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 4 June 2012
THE DROLL Northern comedian, Bernard Manning, one said, “Once you are on stage all you’ve got is that,” pointing to his mouth.

SAM WILLS has taken the […]

]]> 0 be544d38d12526395c2bb4c1ee01aaed Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Matching Loch Shiel's Grandeur in Music, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/01/matching-loch-shiels-grandeur-in-music/ Mon, 28 May 2012 15:47:49 +0000 ThumbnailViolinist Charles Mutter is artistic director of the Loch Shiel Spring Festival.
THIS unique festival is set amongst the stunning scenery around Loch Shiel, west of Fort William, and Charles says his aim is to […]

]]> 0 b3196e768024d87fa0ab92ea7016b8d2 John Burns wrote a new post, Happyness, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/28/happyness/ Mon, 28 May 2012 15:14:44 +0000 ThumbnailInverness, 23-2 May 2012
SOONER or later there had to be an eruption. Bill Bailey is a comedy volcano.

OVER the last four or five years the build-up of comedy in the Highlands has been steady and unrelenting […]

]]> 0 84d1bc24fd9d571de781e00e2c90aa4d Mandy Haggith wrote a new post, Reach and Impressions, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/28/reach-and-impressions/ Mon, 28 May 2012 11:44:08 +0000 ThumbnailAn Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 17 June 2012.
IT IS hard to imagine two more different forms of art being exhibited together than the two shows currently on display at An Talla Solais.

TWO rooms are filled […]

]]> 0 691d0581824816c94618e344cbfe9499 Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, Breakin' Convention, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/23/breakin-convention/ Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:17 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 22 May 2012
EDEN COURT held its first ever break-dancing event last night as part of Breakin’ Convention; one of the biggest international festivals of hip-hop theatre. […]

]]> 0 204fb02fc4e8576b6e33c4d67939903d Rowan Macfie wrote a new post, A Sporting Chance, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/22/a-sporting-chance/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:46:18 +0000 ThumbnailCraigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit, 21 May 2012, and touring
CARTOON Theatre’s latest production brings the company’s trademark blend of live performance and animation together in tribute to this year’s big event: […]

]]> 0 023f14c6029777444d133138fa75aac1 Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Digital Participation in Scotland, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/05/18/digital-participation-in-scotland/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:04:48 +0000 We are working online, networking online and promoting online more and more these days. Most of my work revolves around online marketing and audience development, partly because there is a learning curve involved […]

]]> 0 050bf8e2f0efadf29db511e07bcc3c71 Marion Boddy-Evans and Kenny Mathieson are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8455/ Fri, 18 May 2012 10:32:25 +0000 0 4930a7c13b96be06c295ad6149aa0154 Marion Boddy-Evans posted an update: My "Moods of the Minch" painting exhibition runs at […] http://northings.com/activity/p/8452/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:28:53 +0000 My “Moods of the Minch” painting exhibition runs at Skyeworks Gallery in Portree (in the Old Wool Mill, above the Isle of Skye Baking Company, off the Dunvegan Road) until the third week in June.

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