From left - Anne MacLeod, Hamish MacDonald and Cynthia Rogerson at the La Tortilla Asesina book launch. Hamish MacDonald and Cynthia Rogerson book launch | La Tortilla Asesina, Inverness by Margaret Chrystall PAELLA, performances and introductions to two new books written in the Highlands turned a launch event last week from Hamish MacDonald and Cynthia … Continue reading Review: Paella launch night serves up books with big subjects
Football poet solves mystery of Great War grandad’s Scottish match call-up in 1917
Inverness writer Hamish McDonald ... research about grandad after 1917 faded photo found. by Margaret Chrystall Football poet Hamish McDonald launches his new book in Inverness on Wednesday, (Oct 29) and shares the story of his mission to solve the mystery of his footballing grandfather’s First World War. Writer Hamish, a long-time Clydebank FC fan … Continue reading Football poet solves mystery of Great War grandad’s Scottish match call-up in 1917
Hometown invitation to The Joshua Hotel Rapture Party
The Joshua Hotel: Rapture Party debut album launch An Seomar, Inverness: September 27, 2025 Joshua Mackenzie in the frame at The Joshua Hotel's An Seomar gig on Saturday. Picture: MC By Margaret Chrystall HERE we are again at a landmark Joshua Hotel gig. It’s the big one, the launch of the *cliche-warning* - long-awaited – … Continue reading Hometown invitation to The Joshua Hotel Rapture Party
REVIEW: The Testament Of Gideon Mack – Dogstar Theatre Company
by Margaret Chrystall Dogstar Theatre Company's tour programme. by Margaret Chrystall It was good to see Dogstar Theatre Company’s new play sold out for every show in its three-night run at Eden Court last week. Slightly earlier last year, Dogstar had jointly set up the Spark Festival there which encouraged young theatre-makers and playwrights to … Continue reading REVIEW: The Testament Of Gideon Mack – Dogstar Theatre Company
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Laura Walker: 'We're ... at this really exciting stage where we're about to really change up our model for how we make work' Vivid Roots Collective's CEO and creative director Laura Walker talks about stage productions past and future, Highland theatre and festival Roots 24. Picture: Alexander Williamson Questions by Margaret Chrystall QUESTION 1 Looking … Continue reading INTERVIEW
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Roots 24 returns to Inverness with four days of theatre festival events Last year's festival expands with panels, workshops and performances. Roots Theatre Festival 2024 October 16-19 by Margaret Chrystall The Roots festival is back and this year the second theatre festival based in the Highlands is a four-day programme of digital and in-person events … Continue reading PREVIEW
REVIEW: The Black Loch by Peter May
BOOK REVIEW/ New crime novel returns to Lewis/ Author event by Margaret Chrystall There’s a quote that often appears on the front of the crime novels of Scottish writer Peter May “… a writer I’d follow to the ends of the earth”, the New York Times reviewer once wrote. I know what they mean. May … Continue reading REVIEW: The Black Loch by Peter May
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Can it really be 20 years since a sunny August day at Belladrum near Beauly launched a festival the Highlands have come to love ..?
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Phillip Jon Taylor and Heidi Browne - two styles, one showcase Phillip Jon Taylor + Heidi Browne | Under Canvas, Eden Court, Inverness | July 5 by Margaret Chrystall I’d be surprised if there were any more contrasting pairings in the Under Canvas double bills this summer than Phillip Jon Taylor and Heidi Browne. Or … Continue reading REVIEW
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Peter Noble's sounds of time travel Peter Noble's adventures in sound take him somewhere new with latest album and future plans. by Margaret Chrystall When Peter Noble tells you his latest album is going for time travel, maybe his experiment is one you should have predicted. And possibly it was an inevitable next step on … Continue reading INTERVIEW
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