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Entries sought for visual arts mentoring award

Arts & Antiques | Culture
Visual Arts Scotland is now accepting entries for its 2019 Inches Carr Mentoring Award. They are looking to hear from early to mid career makers,...
Richard Holloway, writer, broadcaster and former Bishop of Edinburgh, pictured in Edinburgh, (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

The facts of death come to Wigtown Book Festival

Books
An agnostic bishop, a scientist and a ex-atheist with a fascination for a clerical killer will be exploring the many faces of death at Wigtown...

Book review – Great Angling Disasters

Books | Scotland
Funny stories, bizarre events and curious anecdotes come together in this rich collection of fishing tales edited by Tom Quinn. The product of research into...

Book review – The Walrus Mutterer

Books | Scotland
Green activist Mandy Haggith marks the beginning of her new Stone Stories trilogy with an adventurous novel taking the reader back to the Iron Age....
Volunteers at the Book Festival are of all ages (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

Celebrating the volunteers at book festival’s heart

Books | Scotland
A special event has been held to thank the army of volunteers who make the Wigtown Book Festival possible. Ahead of the 20th annual event,...
Blackness Castle featured in Outlander, and drew a large crowd last weekend (Photo: Historic Environment Scotland)

Outlander castle drew in a large crowd for event

Film & TV
A Scottish castle which has featured in hit TV Outlander was back in focus last weekend. Blackness Castle, near Linlithgow, had its status as a...
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