The Secret's Out

BILLY OCEAN first sang "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" back in 1985. It resonates still… read more>>

Back to School for the Arts

AFTER LIVING for 25 years in Catalunya in N E Spain, my sister has strong views on the Spanish school system, particularly when it comes to the arts. On entering primary school, her daughter got little encouragement in painting, music, drama and design.… read more>>

Psychoneuroimmunology?

EVER SINCE I read the headline news "Scientists discover that mother's milk is good for babies" I've maintained a healthy scepticism regarding scientific Eureka! moments… read more>>

Still storming the Castle – a quarter century on!

CELEBRATING its 25th anniversary in the arts is the Castle Gallery in Inverness. Established in 2001 by its founder and owner Denise Collins, this award winning, independent, locally owned gallery promotes original, quality, handmade applied and fine art… read more>>

Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy – 200 up!

THE ROYAL Scottish Academy is celebrating its bicentenary in a big way. This dynamic institution run by artists, for artists, has a brilliant schedule of exhibitions throughout the year at its iconic home on The Mound in Edinburgh, but it also has formed Celebration Together… read more>>

The McBey Story (continued)

WHO WOULD HAVE imagined that one half of the 20th Century’s most glamorous artistic couples hailed from the Aberdeenshire village of Newburgh – or nearby Foveran in fact?… read more>>

Loch Eriboll's Sculpture Croft

The wonderful Ceramic Croft maintained on the shores of Loch Eriboll in the far north by Lotte Glob will have two open weeks this year - from May 20 to June 5 and from August 29 to September 4… read more>>