Sep 15, 2022
Inspired by Wigtown – a campaign was launched last night to establish the rural community of Granard as Ireland’s first ever Book Town. It’s hoped that the 800-strong community in County Longford can reap similar benefits to those experienced by Wigtown, 200 miles...
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...
Aug 19, 2022
In their masks they take us back to the Trojan War, and the tragic fate of Mighty Hector and his wife Andromache Unmasked they appear on stage as Bea and Alec – an Army officer’s wife facing the trauma of her husband’s declining mental health and the risk of death he...
Aug 15, 2022
The spirit of David Bowie has returned to his old haunts in the city where he once lived and gigged and which helped shape his road to stardom. Rebel, a high-octane critically-acclaimed live music Bowie-inspired circus, entertains audiences with hits from five decades...
Aug 9, 2022
The art is just the start at the Marchmont House Open Studios Weekend – visitors can meet artists and craft makers, watch circus performers, browse stalls and take tours of the magnificent stately home and its gardens. Taking place on 27-28 August, at Marchmont...
Aug 9, 2022
Fantastic food will be at the heart of the Galloway Country Fair with everything from cookery demonstrations and tastings to a bake off contest. One of the highlights of the event, which takes place at Drumlanrig Castle on 20-21 August, will be the chance to join Nick...
