26 June 2011
A MOTHER who experienced the feeling of isolation after her first child was born has set up a networking site for Inverness mums. Maxine Williams hit…
19 June 2011
AT 5ft 2in and weighing 13 stone, Kirsten Tulloch thought she resembled a barrel as a teenager. She was constantly battling her weight and, at the…
05 June 2011
AN arts worker who honed her skills as a teenager in the circus has written her own one-woman show. Story-teller Jesse Paul also stars in "Handprints…
29 May 2011
WITH her cracking sense of humour and kind demeanour, Laura Collins certainly brightens up the room. Although she appears to be just like any other…
20 May 2011
With skyscrapping platforms, floral jumpsuits, flared trousers and maxi dresses, the ’70s are back with a bang this summer. Since top designers like…
15 May 2011
AN entrepreneurial mother has set up her own business, thought to be the first in the Highlands, specialising in pamper parties for young girls.
08 May 2011
WITNESSING an eight-year-old girl die on the streets of Kolkata in India and helplessly watching as the child’s mother picked her dead child up to beg…
04 May 2011
Breast is best — at least for a growing health project which helps new mothers experiencing problems. Helen Paterson finds out why it is bucking a national…
04 May 2011
A FAMILY-RUN business which designs and makes Harris Tweed fashion accessories and fabrics for the home has opened its first studio outside Inverness.
04 May 2011
It came as a bolt out of the blue for the practice nurse, who spends much of her working week advising women on how to check themselves for lumps.
25 March 2011
IT is only 45 minutes from Inverness, but Speyside is an area often overlooked by Highland folk as a destination as they head up and down the A9. The…
25 March 2011
APART from whisky, the one thing that Speyside has in abundance is spactacular scenery and an increasing network of walks for outdoor enthusiasts. Offering…
25 March 2011
NO visit to Speyside would be complete without a tour round a distillery – and these will be on offer in abundance over the festival long weekend. Two…
25 March 2011
A LITTLE gem in the crown of the hospitality industry on Speyside is the Mash Tun bar and bistro in Aberlour. Word of mouth is often the best way to guage…
24 February 2011
YOU would never guess the Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh was originally constructed to house the city’s poor and later was used as a lunatic ayslum – because…
07 February 2011
OVERLOOKING the charming Tobermory Bay, the Western Isles Hotel stands proud above the familiar colourful frontage of the Main Street. It's a hotel…
