Northings | Northings Admin | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/northingsadmin/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Northings Admin'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 1393bb8e7e4b609699c0ef54e2060024 Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/15684/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000 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 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 51f9cd3a485cf9ac83deb14356f69603 6°WEST posted an update: Read Studio International review of 6°WEST at Edinburgh Art […] http://northings.com/activity/p/10233/ Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:23:37 +0000 Read Studio International review of 6°WEST at Edinburgh Art Festival 2012
http://www.studio-international.co.uk/reports/the-edinburgh-arts-festival-2012.asp

]]> 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 378d19244e7858c082557b7535a94d03 John Burns wrote a new post, Choman Hardi, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2004/04/02/choman-hardi/ Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:44 +0000 A Poet in Exile
CHOMAN HARDI is the first poet in residence at the Moniack Mhor Writer’s Centre. JOHN BURNS profiles the poet and her role within the new developments taking place at the centre.
ALL WRITERS are […]

]]> 0 f967e16d2700ef7bed4fe20c3a5580b5 Marcus J Wilson commented on the post, Fund-raising Tea Party at Dingwall's Tea Posy, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/03/20/fund-raising-tea-party-at-strathpeffers-tea-posy/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Mon, 07 May 2012 11:40:27 +0000 Sounds great!

]]> 1035156b4c6b9c5a594b3323531c2ac4 Claire McBain and Kenny Mathieson are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8286/ Mon, 07 May 2012 11:23:14 +0000 0 421023235d329a1b6eeed0f14e5a9d57 Claire McBain and Northings Admin are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8282/ Mon, 07 May 2012 10:32:20 +0000 0 a19f2a5a895657e6fa96b2cc1dbec2e1 Claire McBain and Northings are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8255/ Fri, 04 May 2012 10:10:57 +0000 0 b1de9c613a9108fa181fed97a1f56e59 Claire McBain posted an update: NEOS at Easter Anguston Farm: Artists wanted! For the […] http://northings.com/activity/p/8231/ Wed, 02 May 2012 14:12:47 +0000 NEOS at Easter Anguston Farm: Artists wanted!

For the fourth time, VSA’s Easter Anguston Farm will offer local artists the opportunity to showcase their work while raising awareness of the UK’s largest social care charity.

We would love for local artists to join us, whether you’re old, young, dab-hand or newbie! It’s an ideal occasion to present…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6a7c22e4c6ab767e695779225a57ef5 Claire McBain changed their profile picture http://northings.com/activity/p/8230/ Wed, 02 May 2012 14:11:32 +0000 0 7d3409a0b9f1ae85298fcbbb3097e681 Claire McBain became a community member http://northings.com/activity/p/8229/ Wed, 02 May 2012 14:03:38 +0000 0 bd1c45d7c0cfc8d2627093eb45c3bc5b Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, The Nub, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/06/09/the-nub/ 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 […]

]]> 0 9fc25ae3aa46061d28747a98bbe1e73c John Burns wrote a new post, A Comic's Tale, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/09/18/a-comics-tale/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:54:56 +0000 Stepping into the Light
JOHN BURNS dispenses some sage advice on handling the fear factor inherent in the business of stand up comedy, and reflects on what it all means.
I AM LEANING against a wall in a small, […]

]]> 0 c0da2ec72098fd8ca8630f4a3af6556d Sian Jamieson wrote a new post, Creative Blogging*, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/04/16/creative-blogging/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:18:38 +0000 Creative Blogs

Blogging has become quite the social media phenomenon in the last 2 years. They’re a fantastic tool to be using for both marketing and promoting yourself, your artwork, your organisation, […]

]]> 0 a9b6d5776a5592f341de193b25252bc2 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, From Lochaber to Manhattan, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/15/lochaber-to-manhattan/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:05:32 +0000 Thumbnail

After all the preparation and planning we have finally arrived in New York after an early start, straightforward flight and taxi to the hotel. ‘We’ are a group of twelve Craft curators/officers who are […]

]]> 0 15e7690389861896837f79e5162a654b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, First we take Manhattan!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/16/pamela-conacher-7/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:04:39 +0000 Thumbnail

Before I went on my travels, my son took it upon himself to organise my MP3 player – alphabetically, by genre and with a special section of music for New York! The one song that keeps playing through my […]

]]> 0 bc79784c4c078e312587766256ced087 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Craft overload?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/10/06/craft-overload/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:50:11 +0000 ThumbnailSeptember has been so jam packed with events, I felt it best to chart them from the beginning and work my way through!

From Skye to London via Inverness, I have seen work that has ranged from community knitting […]

]]> 0 edaa99f19d5683c01af9780e1bfdeb60 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travels through the Highlands (and beyond!), on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/07/travels-through-the-highlands/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:40:49 +0000 ThumbnailOne of the many great plus points about my job as Craft Development Coordinator for the HI-Arts is that I get out and about throughout the Highlands and Islands to meet many inspiring and positive people.

On […]

]]> 0 8c87ca6e1e5442bdb88522069590a45a Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, I think I am having a dream!, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/17/having-a-dream/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:57 +0000 Thumbnail

After being overwhelmed by SOFA on Wednesday evening it was great to return yesterday and actually meet some of the makers and talk to people involved. We still came to the conclusion that the European and […]

]]> 0 450875a3a1f6a500159c6f789284cf3d Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, The Highlands in NYC, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/04/21/highlands-in-ny/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:41 +0000 Thumbnail

When I was a girl growing up in Arisaig, a friend of my mothers came to stay. Norma Morgan was an artist from NYC who was on a sabbatical to the UK as she was fascinated by moors and mountains and wanted to […]

]]> 0 5d956890abf477e3fd3f4c4b92957321 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, HI-Arts invasion of Mull, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/05/08/hi-arts-invasion-of-mull/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:25 +0000 Thumbnail

In the depth of winter, we planned a Makers Day with An Tobar on Mull.

May would be lovely we agreed, as we battled against snow and gales and thought of spring, sunshine and calm seas! Little did we know […]

]]> 0 ecdd83c736b675acd23dc2346ece883b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2009/05/19/collect-saatchi-gallery/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:39:11 +0000 Thumbnail

I always look forward to visiting Collect – ‘the international art fair for contemporary objects’- in London. For the past 5 years it has been held at the V&A and at the beginning of the year, around the end of […]

]]> 0 e038d879e2cae9c119c45111ccea2291 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Taking Time, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/02/19/taking-time/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:07 +0000 Thumbnail

Taking Time
 

Taking the West Highland train home from Edinburgh takes around 6 hours compared to 3 ½ hours in the car. It is a spectacular journey in daylight and one I have done numerous times since […]

]]> 0 2c014f9492641f2a3b273c5a486190d5 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Travelling Makers, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/05/04/travelling-makers/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:37:15 +0000 Thumbnail

Travelling Makers

From Shetland, Westray, Iona, Lochaber and Inverness, we arrived by trains, ferries, buses, taxis, planes and in some cases, all five!

Organising Highland invasions like this seems to be an […]

]]> 0 0c52b34535767c0eec507fa7f0249698 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Collect, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/05/19/collect-2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:43 +0000 Thumbnail 

Collect

Our group visit last week was for makers who aspire to participate at Collect in the future. It was good to have a group who, once more spent time together catching up, discussing their own practice […]

]]> 0 a60ee595811678e98746d9424eb87a5b Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Making Progress, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/06/11/making-progress-2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:27 +0000 ThumbnailEileen Gatt, beaker

On the 4th June we had our afternoon event to Celebrate Craft and our Mentoring Project, Making Progress. It also saw the opening of our exhibitions, Made It! and Laura West’s Spotlight.

 As […]

]]> 0 0f452960ff200a49c6424934522d5356 Pamela Conacher wrote a new post, Assemble, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2010/06/24/assemble/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:36:11 +0000 ThumbnailAssemble

 

On Tuesday I was in a very hot London for the Craft Council Conference, Assemble. Set in the lovely surroundings of LSO St Lukes, I had high expectations for the day, hoping to come home inspired and […]

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