Mar 17, 2025
More than 4,000 visitors flocked to the McInroy & Wood Border’s Art Fair to see work by over 70 exhibitors who came from as far away as Caithness and Kent. Art sales totalled more than £210,000 at the annual weekend event which ran from 14-16 March at the Borders...
Feb 7, 2025
Prize honours journalist and book festival chair Anne Brown Wigtown Book Festival. Wigtown Book Festival has launched the annual Anne Brown Essay Prize for Scotland. The £1,500 prize is awarded for the best literary essay by a writer in, or from, Scotland. Each year...
Jan 30, 2025
Festival is vital to success of Scotland’s National Book Town Creative Scotland support will enable development of year-round programmes and secure the future of the Festival Today’s announcement of a three-year Creative Scotland funding deal has been welcomed by...
Jan 27, 2025
Studios from Stranraer to Moffat throw open their doors Chance to enjoy the beauty of Dumfries and Galloway Scotland’s leading contemporary art and craft open studios event has unveiled the list of artists and makers selected to take part in 2025. Among the more than...
Jan 27, 2025
Park offers major investment, jobs and business opportunities Warning that opposing a National Park could be damaging The decision by South Ayrshire Council’s to support the creation of a National Park has been warmly welcomed as a “vote for a better future”. The...
Jan 23, 2025
From Borders landscapes to images inspired by a life in Greece Weekend will feature more than 70 artists, studios and galleries Two artists from the same village, but with very different styles, will be among more than 70 exhibitors at the 2025 McInroy & Wood...
Jan 9, 2025
Raising the profile of Scotland’s rural artists and makers Artists praise role of visual art and craft champions Upland – a bold champion of the arts in Dumfries Galloway – is launching a special exhibition for the start of its 10thbirthday celebrations. Despite tough...
Jan 8, 2025
Respected Ayrshire estate owner says new Park would bring a brighter future for nature and our communities Mark Gibson OBE believes ownership brings responsibilities to the environment and to future generations One of southern Scotland’s most respected estate owners...
Dec 23, 2024
Was Chicago-born magician’s uncle a hitman called The Knife? New generation magicians including Edinburgh’s Dan Bastianelli Chicago-born Tim Licata learned magic from his favourite uncle – but Sal had more secrets than just how to make cards disappear. Now living in...
Dec 17, 2024
Kevin Quantum at the Carnegie Hall where he first trod the boards in Some Like It Hot Fifteenth MagicFest kicks off in Edinburgh and Dunfermline As a 17-year-old acting in a youth theatre version of Some Like it Hot, Kevin McMahon could never have imagined he would...
