HOW does Al Murray The Pub Landlord follow last year's twice-extended Barrel of Fun tour? He serves up The Only Way Is Epic tour which includes a just-announced string of dates across the Highlands and islands this summer.

IT'S taken the better part of 25 years for actress Kay Gallie to reach the age of The Steamie's Mrs Culfeathers. For the 25th anniversary tour of Tony Roper's play about a wash house in 50s Glasgow,Kay's back as Mrs Culfeathers - only with one difference this time around.

THERE'S worrying news for the Highlands - robots are about to run amok here, if we're to believe the taster for the new adventure from teen agents comic Team M.O.B.I.L.E The digital series from ROK Comics - created by ROK founder Jonathan Kendrick - comes to you with the knowledge of John Freeman, a man who knows his comics inside out after a career doing everything from writing and editing to moving comics on into the digital future. Regular readers of the series - where teenage agents have their minds temporarily merged with everyone from sports stars to geniuses to help them go about saving the world - might be interested to note that Team M.O.B.I.L.E HQ is based somewhere in the Highlands.