Logo

Welcome to Northings

Login or Signup to join the conversation, meet new friends, and connect with others on the site.


Sign Up Now

Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the registration form and we'll set up your new account.

Forgot Your Password?

A new password will be e-mailed to you.

Member Login

Not so Jolly Roger

1 Nov 2009 in Editorial

THE INVERNESS WINTER FESTIVAL 2009 got off to a rocky start when a single complaint about a Jolly Roger flying from the flagpole on the Town House led to the removal of the “offending” item, apparently on the grounds that it gave succour and support to Somalian and other latter-day pirates.

by Northings

Speakout: Creative Censorship

1 Oct 2009 in Features, Festivals, Highland

JOLLY ROGER is appalled at the power of a single complaint to force the removal of a promotional gambit for the Inverness Winter Festival, and wonders where it will all end?