Sep 12, 2022
Back in the 1950s-60s, when winter came to Deception Island in the Antarctic, the small group of scientists based there faced long months of total, freezing darkness. Visitors to this year’s Wigtown Book Festival can step inside a replica refuge hut and glimpse what...
Sep 4, 2022
The second annual Music at the Multiverse weekend saw Glasvegas and the Bluebells take the Main Stage while revellers packed the new Dance Tent. Rain showers did nothing to deter the audiences for the opening day of this weekend’s event at the spectacular Crawick...
Aug 30, 2022
The fabulous players from The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (SFO) will be returning to Wigtown, the old stamping ground of one of its founders John Mason MBE, for the first time in 10 years. They will open A Concert for Scotland’s Year of Stories, in the Festival Marquee...
Aug 29, 2022
Mallorca Lee (ultra-sonic x Public Domain), Malcolm X and a host of other DJs are gearing up for a mind-blowing weekend in the new Dance Tent at this year’s Music at the Multiverse. At the same time there will be a stellar line up of live bands – from Glasvegas to the...
Aug 25, 2022
Any idea how to sex a beaver, or the role of hot water bottles in taking samples of their blood? Since the reintroduction of these marvellous semi-aquatic mammals to Scotland, and elsewhere in the UK, these have become essential skills for Edinburgh-based exotic...
