WHEN Verity Walker decided to do some fund-rasing for her Black Isle music project, she turned to her family for help — her great-great-great-grandmother…
FOR the best part of a decade Iain Chalmers has been carving quite a reputation for himself — quite literally. Tomorrow Iain will be defending his…
THERE is good news for fans of veteran Scottish rock star Fish. The singer is back in good voice after two operations to remove a cyst and aggravated…
OVER half a century ago, Douglas Campbell started work at Tomatin Distillery. Fifty years on, though now semi-retired, he still works for the distillery,…
EVERY workplace large enough has an in-house first aider trained to treat cuts, bumps and maybe more serious injuries. But what if the problem is mental…
HIS debut Highland show as musical director has not been without its challenges for Paul McLaughlin, but these may be physical as much as creative. Eden…
FOR the third time in 70 years the Highlands stands on the brink of an energy revolution. In the post-war years the hydro-dam programme gave us power…
LIVING in Scotland’s oldest university town, Shirley McKay does not have to look far for inspiration. McKay, who appears at Inverness Book Festival…
WHEN ill health forced Isobel Grigor to take a two year break from work, her return to employment taught her two valuable lessons. Thanks to her qualifications…
THERE is a lot of work to be done in packing up one of Britain’s finest collections of military history. That is the task Mick Low has been given…
KEITH Jack went from unknown supermarket worker to established Scottish star when he was picked for reality show “Any Dream Will Do” in 2007.
NOT so long ago Shannon Hindmarch’s job involved trying to make fraudulent companies stump up what they owed to the Canadian authorities. These days…
IF Keith Jack is the bright young newcomer to "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat", Henry Metcalfe is at the opposite end of the scale. Now…
MERKINCH artists are making an exhibition of themselves. The area’s Summer Arts Festival is showing some of the best art work produced in Merkinch…
THOUGH not quite going as far as to promise "the greatest show on earth", Paul Archer believes the greatest show ever seen in Britain is coming to Inverness. Archer…
AS snooker rides the crest of a wave following the exciting emergence of young star Judd Trump and new tournaments being arranged all over the world,…
AFTER a decade of nurturing new talent and entertaining visitors and locals alike, it looked as though the Caledonian Ceilidh Trail was set to sink without…
BRUCE Fummey is getting to know the road between Inverness and Perth pretty well. Having recently appeared at the RockNess comedy tent — an event he…
PERHAPS it was travelling to the far side of the world that gave Glen Campbell a new appreciation of the place he regards as his home town. He moved to…
SHAKESPEARE seems to have lost none of his appeal among Britain’s amateur actors. When the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) launched its Open Stages…
