Nov 3, 2021
The world premiere of a song cycle by Jonathan Dove will be at the heart of a concert in Wigmore Hall to celebrate the Samling Institute’s 25 years of inspiring musical excellence in young people. The special event, on 7 November, will feature a wide variety of music...
Oct 26, 2021
The highly successful Elements Festival – Scotland’s biggest celebration of jewellery, silver and gold – is staging its first ever event in Aberdeen this weekend. While most of this year’s festival is digital, due to COVID-19, a series of pop-ups are taking place...
Oct 4, 2021
Primary pupils call on world leaders for real change at Glasgow conferenceChildren use their creative skills to show the way forwardNational Museums Scotland hosts new display from Ostrero Scottish schoolchildren have called on world leaders meeting at COP26 to bring...
Sep 27, 2021
Dani Garavelli’s writing praised as ‘brilliantly observed’ and ‘emotionally astute’Commendation for Jemma Neville’s heartbreaking essay on losing a newborn babyAward aims to be Scotland’s bold champion for the best non-fiction writing and writers Scotland’s newest...
Sep 23, 2021
A woman whose compassion led her to set up the country’s first animal hospice is now concerned that too many dying humans lack the love and care they deserve. Some years ago Alexis Fleming was bedridden with a severe chronic illness and wanted to end her own life –...
Sep 22, 2021
Let’s hope a massive success this year will secure its future – Val McDermidWe have to remind ourselves of the importance of the of the arts – Alexander McCall SmithIt deserves our support – Gavin Hastings As Wigtown Book Festival gets underway authors have spoken...
Sep 16, 2021
Recollections of childhood in a southern Scottish mining villageOne of the most important Scots language publications of the last 20 yearsPart of a poetry bonanza at Wigtown Book Festival 2021 At the age of 86 Josie Neill, described as one of Scotland’s “most...
Sep 6, 2021
The seventh annual Elements Festival – Scotland’s biggest celebration of jewellery, silver and gold – is underway. The event has begun with the launch of an online gallery and shop featuring 350 pieces ranging from earrings, rings, brooches and cufflinks to Christmas...
Aug 31, 2021
One of Scotland’s biggest and brightest arts events returns this week with 200 artists and craft makers welcoming visitors at 143 venues across Perthshire and Kinross-shire. The return of Perthshire Open Studios, which runs from 4-12 September, will be a fantastic...
Aug 30, 2021
Art and craft to reconnect society with natureCreative talents being nurtured at a great stately homeOffsetting the digital revolution with a new drive for the hand-made An open studios weekend at Marchmont House, in The Borders, gave visitors the chance to meet...
