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Scottish poetry prize attracting worldwide entries

Culture
This year’s Wigtown Poetry Prize has garnered interest from as far afield as Canada and Ecuador. This year the competition has introduced major changes to...
Dreams Can Come True Ð Joanna Lumley Celebrates Moat Brae Opening Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop applauds agencies, charities and community for giving a new future to the house that inspired Peter Pan The opening of Moat Brae, the house and garden where Peter Pan began, was celebrated with a colourful garden party hosted the trustees of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT) along with Patron Joanna Lumley. Among the guests at Friday afternoonÕs event, which was held to thank supporters and funders and welcome future partners, was Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Tourism Fiona Hyslop MSP. Saved from demolition 10 years ago the beautiful Georgian property overlooking the river Nith, in Dumfries, has been restored and transformed into ScotlandÕs new National Centre for Storytelling and ChildrenÕs Literature. Pic caption: Peter Pan and Tinkerbell played by Morvin Terrace and Jorja Lindsay aged 14 from Dumfries Academy at the official opening

Joanna Lumley celebrates Moat Brae opening

Culture
The newly opened Moat Brae - Scotland’s new National Centre for Storytelling and Children’s Literature - has been declared as absolutely fabulous by Joanna Lumley....
Richard Osman is coming to Bloody Scotland (Photo: BBC)

This year’s Bloody Scotland has a Pointless guest

Books
Scotland's leading crimewriters are to be joined by debut author Richard Osman, from TV's Pointless, as their year's Bloody Scotland festival. David Baldacci, Denise Mina,...

Behind the scenes on complex Scottish murders

Film & TV
A new TV series is to go behind the scenes on the most complex murder and large-scale criminal investigations in Scotland. With unparalleled access to...

Surprise in store with Heather’s family tree

Film & TV
An emotional trip to Orkney is in store for a Scot investigating her family tree. Red Cross volunteer Heather Roy from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, who has...

Shipshape memoir of Scotland’s maritime industry

Books | Reviews | Scotland
Stories of the shipbuilding industry are brought to life in Alexander M M Stephen's book. Covering industrial relations, shipyard modernisation, ship design and contract negotiations,...
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