Jobless, a baby on the way – Joyce and Ian gambled everything on a new life in Scotland’s National Book Town Two decades of festivals, community action plus the occasional alpaca and turkey Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner...
What will be left to tell the story of humanity’s time on Earth in 10,000, a million or even a billion years? Professor David Farrier will be leading an event at Wigtown Book Festival where he uses 10 items that were saved from landfill by being donated to the town’s...
The launch of the first stage in NatureScot’s public engagement process for a new National Park in Galloway has been warmly welcomed by the teams behind the bid. An online portal is now open, giving clear, factual information about the process, the timetable and how...
New event has ambitions to grow into south of Scotland’s main annual environmental festival Discover and help protect Southern Scotland’s wonderful waterways, landscapes and wildlife Have fun at the festival and take part in lots of nature-based activities and citizen...
Upland’s fourth annual visual art and craft fair will feature 40 stands – giving shoppers the chance to buy beautiful handmade gifts direct from superb exhibitors. Upland made once again takes place at Easterbrook Hall, The Crichton, Dumfries and is on the...
Wigtown’s charity-run Open Book Airbnb bookshop is 10 this month – having become an international sensation since welcoming its first holidaymakers in August 2014. Nearly 450 guests have enjoyed the chance to take time out of their lives to have the highly unusual...
Deaf creatives and young people have called on Scottish Government and Creative Scotland to guarantee a fair deal for Deaf Arts. The third annual Edinburgh Deaf Festival (9-18 August), which runs in tandem with the Fringe, is currently in full swing but organisers...
See video here It’s a party on stage, with top sounds from music’s greatest decade, an hour of spectacular silliness, laughter and fun – comedy hypnotist Matt Hale’s TOP FUN! 80s Spectacular Remix. Every night is different as the high-octane Aussie entertainer is...
Gloriana, The Virgin Queen, destroyer of the Spanish Armada – Elizabeth I has become one of the greatest icons of female power. But who was the woman behind the legend, ruling alone and sometimes lonely, for decades in an age of warfare, treachery, misogyny and...
Step into the haunting presence of Alexander Blackwood – and meet other historic Scottish heroes of world-wide deaf community. Saturday (10 August) sees the world-premiere of The Ghost of Alexander Blackwood, created and performed by an all-deaf team, and performed...
