Jul 13, 2021
Wigtown Book Festival announced today the launch of a new national essay prize for Scotland in association with the BBC. The £1,500 Anne Brown Essay Prize will be awarded for the best literary essay, published or unpublished, by a writer in or from Scotland. The...
Jul 7, 2021
Two artists have set out on a voyage of creative discovery aboard – exploring the remote and beautiful coasts, islands and seas around the Inner Hebrides. Geraldine van Heemstra will be turning the physical experience of sailing aboard the 50ft yacht Whimbrel into...
Jul 7, 2021
Army@TheFringe is returning to the stage at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, after going digital in 2020, welcoming audiences back inside the historic Hepburn House drill hall in Edinburgh’s New Town. As ever it aims to present bold, high-quality, independently produced...
Jul 5, 2021
The names of the makers have been unveiled for the seventh annual Elements festival – Scotland’s biggest celebration of jewellery, silver and gold. Organised by the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, in partnership with Lyon and Turnbull auctioneers, it will feature a blend...
Jun 14, 2021
A one-tonne wicker Beltie bull, hand sculpted in Dumfries and Galloway, has arrived in Edinburgh where it will be a centrepiece of this week’s Royal Highland Showcase. Nearby, the famous underpass where the finest livestock are led in and out of the Ingliston...
Jun 9, 2021
A herd of multi-coloured life-sized Belted Galloway is appearing all round Dumfries and Galloway with an invitation for visitors and locals to snap a “Selfie with a Beltie”. The cut-out cows, created from sustainable materials, are intended to highlight some of the...
