Jun 23, 2020
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...
Jun 16, 2020
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...
Jun 8, 2020
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...
Jun 8, 2020
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...
May 25, 2020
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...
May 15, 2020
The next Wigtown Book Festival will take place online, organisers announced today. Maintaining its pre-announced dates (25 Sept – 4 Oct), the 2020 festival will have two main themes: Resilience and Connection. Creative director Adrian Turpin said: “A key aim...
May 15, 2020
From making masks to creating self-portraits – details have been unveiled of a series of online workshops with Spring Fling artists. These will appeal to a range of ages and can help with home schooling, there will even be the chance to build your own miniature...
May 12, 2020
A consultation is being launched on whether a bid should be made to take the building used as the Wigtown Festival Company HQ into community ownership. Number 11 North Main Street is the heart of the annual Wigtown Book Festival and the festival company, which runs a...
May 11, 2020
The organisers of Spring Fling are launching SF | At Home – a new programme of digital activities. The initiative is to support Spring Fling audiences and artists though this period of isolation and fill some of the gap left by the postponement of Scotland’s leading...
Apr 30, 2020
Spring Fling artists are migrating to the internet to help others, explore new ideas and to strengthen their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Right now 87 specially selected artists and makers were expecting to be hard at work preparing paintings, photography,...
