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FREE PICTURE: Royal Highland Showcase Wicker Beltie and Tunnel Mural, Edinburgh, 14/06/2021: Royal Highland Showcase Celebrates Dumfries and Galloway with One-Tonne Willow Bull: A one-tonne wicker Beltie bull, hand sculpted in Dumfries and Galloway, has arrived in Edinburgh where it will be a centrepiece of this weekā€™s Royal Highland Showcase - at the Royal Highland Showground on the fringes of Edinburgh Nearby, the famous underpass where the finest livestock are led in and out of the Ingliston showground arena, has been painted with a magnificent mural depicting farm animals, horses, wildlife and scenes from south-west Scotland. The Royal Highland Showcase runs online from today (Monday) 14th to (Sunday) 20th June (2021) and replaces the annual Royal Highland Show which cannot take place due to COVID-19 restrictions - see: https://www.royalhighlandshow.org Each year RHASS invites a different region to act as ā€œhostā€, allowing it to highlight the best of its rural economy. This year itā€™s the turn of Dumfries and Galloway which prides itself on its thriving creative community. Pictured with the beltie is artist Trevor Leat (correct), whose sculptures are familiar from Edinburghā€™s Hogmanay celebrations, the Wickerman music festival and a variety of National Trust for Scotland properties. And artworks project leader Cathy Agnew (correct). For more information see accompanying press release or contact Matthew Shelley at Matthew@ScottishFestivalsPR.Org - 07786 704 299. Photography for Royal Highland Society of Scotland (RHASS) from: Colin Hattersley Photography - www.colinhattersley.com - cphattersley@gmail.com - 07974 957 388.

New trustees join the Wigtown festival board

Books | Culture
Wigtown Festival Company has welcomed two distinguished new trustees to its board. The organisation makes a highly significant contribution to the community, culture and economy...

Mysteries as people vanish on a Scots island

Books
The fictional island of Bancree, a place inspired by the authorā€™s trips to the Scottish isles, plays host to a story of mystery and intrigue...

Celebrating Scots best-selling writer Alistair MacLean

Books | Culture
A documentary marking one of the planetā€™s best-selling authors is being shown tonight. April 2022 sees the centenary of the birth of Scottish novelist and...

A fresh look at a Scottish hero – Robert the Bruce

Books | Reviews | Scotland
Robert the Bruce, by James Robertson, is a fresh perspective on one of the most celebrated Scots. It's a captivating and visually striking book. Vibrant...

An in-depth look at the Battle of Bannockburn

Books | Reviews
No matter whether the only history you know is from Commando Comics or Horrible Histories, if there is one fact that almost every Scot knows,...

The communities taking ownership of their land

Books | Reviews
In recent years, communities in the Scottish Highlands and Islands have taken ownership of more than half a million acres ā€“ an area equivalent to...
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