Author: Kathryn Lamont Smith

Are you an artist, or someone working in the Creative Industries in the Outer Hebrides? An Lanntair is compiling an online directory which will feature a listing of artists and makers working across the islands. The listing is open to any artist, maker, musician or writer based in the Outer Hebrides and there is no… More…

Storm Caroline update: An Lanntair is currently planning on being open tomorrow and both shows of the wonderful Rapunzel the Pantomime at 10.30am and 7pm, and the open meeting of Board not Bored at 7pm will go ahead as planned. We’ll keep monitoring the weather situation and if anything changes our plans, we’ll update on here immediately.… More…

An Lanntair hopes you will join us to mark Scotland’s National Days of Celebration: St Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night. This year for the first time An Lanntair will host a week-long programme of events surrounding St Andrew’s Day. Download the full Scotland’s Winter Festivals Programme, or view all the events on-line Activities include a specially… More…

Review- AN LEABHAR LIATH OR The Light Blue Book 500 years of Gaelic Love and Transgressive verse, Eds Peter Mackay and Iain MacPherson Reviewed by Ella Macaulay AN LEABHAR LIATH, presents a collection of bawdy, erotic and ‘blue’ Gaelic love songs and poetry including new English translations and was the winner of the Donald Meek… More…

HEBRIDEAN BOOK FESTIVAL SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS One of Britain’s most remotely-situated book festivals begins next week in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis with the aim of taking its audiences beyond the borders of the known world. Headline writers at this year’s Faclan, which takes place at arts centre, An Lanntair, Stornoway, from Wednesday… More…

Jan Patience, co-author of Arrivals and Sailings: The Making of George Wyllie is speaking at Faclan on Thursday 26 October at 5pm.  We caught up with Jan to hear a bit more about George Wyllie. Year’s Faclan Theme is Ultima Thule: a place beyond the borders of the known world or the “unknown”, Tell us a little… More…

The Epic of Everest – A place of mortal danger can also be a place of eternal peace. By Nick Smith The eight British expeditions to conquer Everest between 1922 and 1953 were a series of attempts to assert the superiority of Empire planning and technology over the planet’s most inaccessible place. Self-financed by the… More…

It is 50 years ago that writer Adam Nicolson first visited the Shiant Isles with his father, and the experience has stayed with him to this day. “I will never forget the dazzling, entrancing moment when he first showed me the bird colonies there.” “The sheer density of them, the way in which in a… More…

From the comfort and safety of An Lanntair’s auditorium Faclan audiences are invited to join renowned mountaineer Doug Scott on a journey around some of the world’s most dangerous peaks. He’s survived Everest and the 7,285 metre “Ogre”, negotiated hostile mountain ranges never tackled before, climbed in every climate zone and season – and survived.… More…

We caught up with Carolyne Larrington, Author of “Winter is Coming: the Medieval World of Game of Thrones” in advance of her event at Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival on Friday 27 October at 8.15pm This Year’s FaclanTheme is Ultima Thule: a place beyond the borders of the known world or the “unknown”, Tell us a… More…