IAIN Macrae has a particular reason for looking ahead to the final date of his latest theatrical tour. Macrae takes on the title role in "Calum’s Road",…
BACK in the early days of the Belladrum Festival, when former Squeeze songsmith Glenn Tilbrook was playing a solo acoustic show, he found himself fighting…
THERE might be a certain gender imbalance in the audience for her Eden Court show, but star Carol Smillie reckons the blokes should not be put off. Even…
TWO of Scotland’s most reverved jazz musicians are joining forces in an intimate setting in the The Stables, Cromarty. Trumpeter and composer Colin…
A CRASHED World War II aircraft site high above Loch Ness is playing its part in helping Britain remember those fliers who gave their lives for their…
A CHALLENGING new play is aiming to get into Highlanders’ heads — and their gardens. "Dark Matter", performed by Inverness actress Emma Anderson and…
AS programmer of the ninth Inverness Film Festival, Paul Taylor’s job is not getting any easier. "This is probably the hardest year I’ve had," he acknowledged.
PERHAPS it is only fitting that Jan Baird has settled in the Highlands. Though Ayrshire-born and bred, she had an early introduction to Highland culture…
GUY Masterson will be earning his money when he performs "Under Milk Wood" on Sunday at Eden Court. Never mind Alec Guinness’s eight roles in "Kind…
IF there is something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? Well, if you happen to be in Inverness, the answer to Ray Parker Jnr’s question…
THE new album from Dundee’s Hazey Janes has been a long time coming, the band’s Andrew Mitchell admits, but it looks as though it was worth the wait. …
A DEGREE in ecology might not be the most obvious background for a chief executive of Highland Hospice. However, Kenny Steele, who took over the role…
IN an acting career that has spanned the West End stage, television and films, Scottish actor David Hayman (pictured)had never appeared in a one-man show…
UNLIKE some other artists, Irish singer Eleanor McEvoy never finds it much of a hardship to go a bit further afield than the Central Belt when she comes…
SHOULD you wander downtown next week and spot Elvis sweeping the pavement or have a bunch of elderly women roar past on souped up shopping trollies, there…
IT used to be said that every school boy wanted to grow up to be a train driver. That was certainly the case with Jock Hay. He remembers being asked…
I’VE just been flying a Tornado!" Pauline Sanderson cheerfully declares when she meets me. "And I only crashed twice!" Fortunately for the British…
Starting tonight on BBC Alba, a new Gaelic language series, "Mnathan-glùine (Midwives)", joins staff and mothers-to-be at Raigmore Hospital’s maternity…
WITH a name like hers, Jane McDonald should certainly expect to feel at home in the Highlands when she visits Eden Court next week. Once described…
A BOOK offering to help its readers discover the secrets of success seems to be living up to its name with local readers. "The Story of Stuart and…
