Jan 8, 2019
Scotland’s renowned The Bookshop Band is touring some of the finest bookstores and libraries across the USA with its repertoire of songs inspired by literature. Folk duo Ben Please and Beth Porter perform across the UK and Europe – and have frequently appeared on...
Jan 7, 2019
A series of festivals and events in Dumfries and Galloway generated more than £6m for the local and Scottish economy in late 2018. The analysis from Dumfries and Galloway Council shows that the 20thannual Wigtown Book Festival had an economic impact of £3.75m, the...
Dec 23, 2018
Cornet’s Lass Krystal Anderson, mounted on a white horse, is set to carry the Lockerbie Standard on a Journey for Peace A rider on a white horse will join young people, parents and grandparents and others, carrying the flags of the nations which lost people in the...
Dec 19, 2018
The real Tinker Bell – a delightful piece of theatrical history will be on display at the new National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling. Moat Brae house and gardens in Dumfries, which opens to the public in spring 2019, was where the teenage JM...
Dec 10, 2018
Artists investigating the story of the Galloway Glens’ dams, reservoirs and power stations are uncovering fascinating glimpses of a colourful cultural past. Ted Leeming and Morag Paterson have been talking to people of all ages across the area about their thoughts,...
