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A chance to make a documentary for TV

Aspiring film-makers have the chance to produce their own documentaries for broadcast on the BBC Scotland channel thanks to a new collaboration. An exciting tie-up...

Another hit from Scotland’s romantic comedy queen

Jenny Colgan is Scotland’s queen of romantic comedy novels - after all, you don’t become a multiple best-selling author without a degree of talent. What...

Festival Fringe’s official whisky is unveiled

Johnnie Walker has been unveiled as the official whisky of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The partnership brings together two of Scotland’s famous brands in a...

A fascinating story of love, affairs and royalty

This gripping tale of love, exile and conflict tells the story of sisters Isabella and Catherine de Valois. Isabella was married to Richard II, until...

Scottish poetry prize attracting worldwide entries

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

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....


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