A lone piper, a Sunday Times best-selling author, and the world-premiere of Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham’s new song cycle celebrating St Ninian, and other early Scottish saints, will provide the stylish launch line-up for Wigtown Book Festival. This...
The new Elizabethan Age has been transformative, according to Andrew Marr, and as it draws towards its end the whole of the UK faces huge uncertainties about its future. Marr, one of the best-known names in British political journalism and broadcasting, is among the...
From herons and ravens to the harvest of the sea – Wigtown Book Festival is preparing to stage three online exhibitions highlighting nature, culture and community in south west Scotland. Where are the birds taking me? features original prints of nine different birds...
Two new sculptures and a £1 million suite of workshops and studios intended to support traditional arts and crafts in Scotland have been unveiled at Marchmont House. The team which has restored the magnificent 1750 Palladian mansion in the Borders is determined that...
Spring Fling is bouncing back – with artists and craft makers across Dumfries and Galloway gearing up for an eight-day digital event. It is hoped that a range of studios will open their doors for three days but if that is not possible, organisers, Upland Arts...
Wigtown Book Festival has launched its online festival programme with a promise to bring the sights, sounds and tastes of Scotland’s National Book Town to the world, while showcasing a host of well-known writers. The festival, which in 2019 brought in some 20,000...
Today sees the launch of a new service enabling Scottish artists and craft makers to support each other by redistributing everything from paint to plinths. CAN (Circular Arts Network) is the latest innovative scheme from Glasgow’s Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) and...
A 12-year-old school student had a huge surprise when she was taken to Redford Barracks and presented with a professional recording made by Army musicians of her rap inspired by the Windrush generation. Leila McPhate, from Larbert High School in Stenhousemuir,...
From fading Victorian photographs to WWII cartoons – research into an astonishing collection of pictures and memorabilia is revealing the forgotten of one of the Army’s most remarkable regiments. The Artists Rifles, whose members included everyone from William Morris...
Nearly 40 artists and makers have responded to the challenge to create small-scale artworks for an online exhibition called A Postcard From D&G. Organised by Upland Arts Development CIC, the idea was for them to come up artworks that showcase and celebrate what’s...
