Serving soldiers and veterans of recent conflicts who are involved in the arts are bringing their experiences of peace, war, discrimination, healing and military life to Army@TheVirtualFringe. All have perspectives, expertise and insights they hope to share with the...
Dumfries & Galloway and its famous Belted Galloway cows will take centre stage at next year’s Royal Highland Show. Plans had been well advanced for the region to host this year’s event which then had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In normal times...
Army@TheFringe has been transformed for 2020 and will offer a richly varied three-week programme of online workshops, readings, performances and discussions for the arts community and the public. Rebadged as Army@TheVirtualFringe its focus will shift from hosting...
After months on hold, the Scottish heritage sector is looking to rebuild. A major part of the challenge will be to raise awareness and bring in visitors. SFPR is offering heritage attractions and organisations a free half-day media and marketing health check. These...
Heritage and cultural attractions across Scotland face major challenges as they plane for the future. Raising their profile will be vital if they are to bring in visitors and make up for months of lost business. The SFPR team has long experience in helping heritage...
A great tradition of the Arts & Crafts movement is being saved and given a flourishing future as two young chairmakers prepare to open a workshop at Marchmont House in Scotland. Lawrence Neal, thought to be the last UK craftsman earning his living from making...
The ospreys which migrate each year from Africa to breed at the National Trust for Scotland’s Threave Gardens and Estate, in Dumfries & Galloway, are to be the focus of a film project. Environmental video artist and filmmaker John Wallace has been named as the...
John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps, Dorothy L Sayers’ The Five Red Herrings and the inventor of the pedal bike could all play a role in Dumfries & Galloway’s post-pandemic recovery. The Wigtown Festival Company, based in Scotland’s National Book Town, is...
Wigtown Book Festival has commissioned a new book celebrating the salt marshes that have shaped the history of Scotland’s National Book Town. The Saltmarsh Library, a work of creative nonfiction to be published in 2021, will be written by one of the country’s most...
WATSON: The Final Problem – an audio interpretation of the classic story, prior to a solo stage adaptation, when allowed! John Watson is alone. London seethes with false reports and rumour and it is time to set the record straight… “I alone know the...
