Jennie Macfie has been, amongst other things, the gardening columnist for the Sunday Herald since 2001. Hopelessly addicted to the performing arts, she feeds her habit by writing reviews, many of which have been published on the Hi Arts website and elsewhere, and are now being collected here.
Jennie chairs two organisations: the Promoters Arts Network (PAN) with 100 members across the Highlands, Islands, Argyll & Bute; and David Hughes Dance. She manages a film archive (Cultural Fantasists), co-owns a new Highland-based television production company (Ortha), and promotes concerts in her village hall in the Highlands. She writes funding applications, proofreads theses and edits stories for friends, family and clients. She dabbles in websites and maintains five.
All this may possibly be a clue as to why her own garden is not what you might call immaculate.
In a past, London-based, life, Jennie at various times produced and distributed feature films, television series, music videos, concert films and rockumentaries, as well as three sons. She has worked in theatre and managed a restaurant, having left Edinburgh University with a degree in Psychology and a passion for dance. As you do.
