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...
Aug 30, 2021
Music at The Multiverse shows site’s future potentialPerformers and audiences revel in the return of live gigsPerfect setting to enjoy rock, folk, trad, opera and harp The Music at the Multiverse festival saw performers and audiences from across Southern Scotland...
Aug 25, 2021
Opera singer and harp player serenade artwork’s arrival Pop, rock and reggae in the Sun Amphitheatre on SaturdayFolk, trad, opera and harp take centre stage on Sunday Kelton the spectacular one-tonne wicker Beltie bull has arrived ready for his starring role at this...
Aug 24, 2021
A 27-tonne concrete and steel Floating Head sculpture has been floated up the Clyde and put back on public display some 33 years after it was created for the Glasgow Garden Exhibition. The dramatic sculpture was the work of artist Richard Groom and was made with the...
Aug 22, 2021
Life-sized busts of Jesus and the apostles, created from crockery fragments joined together in gold, are on display on the High Altar of Edinburgh’s Episcopalian cathedral. The Last Supper, by multi-disciplinary artist Silvy Weatherall from Irongray in Dumfries and...
