"I saw there was a move afoot to develop a Scottish book town," she said. Listen to all the latest from Wigtown at 25 on BBC Sounds 'I started as a Girl Guide, now I run the festival' "The ...

Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation. In their defeat, the Creeks ...

Ken Mann explores how an area facing the ‘grim’ reality of unemployment became a vibrant and nationally respected literary hub Edinburgh might have cornered much of the international limelight ...

To mark 25 years of the Wigtown Book Festival we look at the impact the festival has had on the town over that time. We speak to the people behind the original bid to become Scotland's Book Town ...

Belted Galloway exhibitors were out in force for the breed's National and Centenary event, held at Wigtown Show, where the Adams family from Town End, Derbyshire not only lifted the breed championship ...

Wigtown Show continued a cracker of a week – and show season overall – for the Goldie family of Newbiemains, Annan, as their Simmental cow, Newbiemains ICandy was tapped out champion of champions.

Events will be available both in person and streamed via the internet from Wigtown over the next 13 days. Artistic director Adrian Turpin admitted it was "not exactly the festival as normal".

The Bookshop Band, from Wigtown, is set to release a brand-new album produced and recorded by The Who guitarist after he was ‘blown away’ by their material. Townshend decided he wanted to work ...

Actor Alan Cumming has been revealed as one of the highlights on the programme for the Wigton Book Festival next month. Performance poet Pam Ayres, singer Cerys Matthews and novelist Irvine Welsh ...

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