Oct 7, 2020
Many Spring Fling artists and makers take inspiration from nature – but for Sue Thomas and Jennie Ashmore the plants, flowers and seeds they gathered in the Scottish countryside have become the art. And Sue, from near Dalbeattie, has used her art to put climate change...
Oct 5, 2020
For the first time the results of Scotland’s international poetry prize – which celebrates the country’s three indigenous languages – will be revealed live to a worldwide audience. The ceremony, on 4 October at 7.30pm, will be the finale for the Wigtown Book Festival,...
Oct 5, 2020
Over 80 artists and makers across Dumfries & Galloway have thrown open their digital doors for an online, autumn edition of Spring Fling Open Studios. They include 15 new participants such as the potter Joshua Williams who returned to Galloway with his wife and...
Oct 1, 2020
Three leading arts organisations have welcomed Dumfries and Galloway Council’s ongoing commitment to support major events and festivals. Spring Fling Open Studios, run by Upland CIC, and the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, are two of the region’s Signature...
Oct 1, 2020
This weekend a series of Wigtown Book Festival films and online events will celebrate the Solway and its saltmarshes as wonderful places for wild birds, animals and swimmers. The festival has been exploring the human and natural history of the area as part of...
Sep 30, 2020
Few of those present when a tall, young widow stepped ashore at Leith in August 1561 could know that she would make more of a mark on history than any other Scottish woman before or since. The story of Mary Queen of Scots, her brief, turbulent reign and eventual...
Sep 28, 2020
Spring Fling photographers have shared some of their favourite pictures that illustrate what makes Dumfries and Galloway such a special region of Scotland. Phil McMenemy and Alistair Hamilton are stalwarts of the annual open studios event – which this year has been...
Sep 25, 2020
This year’s Wigtown Book Festival aims to be an event for every age and interest – using digital technology to make it more accessible than ever before. It features Wigtown YA, the UK’s largest YA literature festival, which sees some of the best young adult authors...
Sep 23, 2020
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...
Sep 18, 2020
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...
