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Celebration o the Scots Leid an culture tae start
(Credit: Culture Perth & Kinross) The Soutar Festival of Words is set tae kick aff this Friday, wi events running across Perth an Kinross this weekend in a celebration o stories inspired by an created in Scotland. Inspired by poet William Soutar, the festival...
Congratulations Scots Radio
It's just been announced that Scots Radio has once again been nominated for an excellence award at this year's Celtic Media Festival in Quimper, Brittany. (Credit: Celtic Media Festival)
MacWordle – New Scots version o Wordle released
A new version o Wordle – the online wird game – his specifically been designed for Scots spikkers an learners who want tae practice the leid. MacWordle wis designed bi the Dictionaries of the Scots Language in collaboration wi Vasilis Karaiskos, wi the aim o testin an...
New documentary on the struggling Atlantic salmon tae be be screened
'Scotland - The Big Picture' are set tae release a new documentary aboot the current struggle o Atlantic salmon in Scotland. 'Riverwoods' will stairt screening this month in Edinburgh on the 18th o March, afore touring aroon Scotland. The feature-length documentary...
Congratulations tae Eryn Rae!
Congratulations tae fiddle player Eryn Rae who wis announced as the winner o BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition on Sunday. The 21-year-old fae the Borders wis jined bi five talented musicians in the 2022 finals, including Breanna Wilson...
‘Sunset Song’ celebrates its 90th Anniversary
Lewis Grassic Gibbon's 'Sunset Song' celebrated its 90th anniversary on the 29th January, with the Press & Journal detailing cultural impact which Gibbon's maist famous wirk had. Journalist Neil Drysdale commented on Twitter: "It’s a book which has become...
New Writers Awards 2022 winners announced
The New Writer Awards hiv helped mair than 140 creative fowk since 2009. (Credit: Creative Scotland) The ten winners o the Scottish Book Trust's New Writers Awards 2022 hiv been announced. Wi the funding o Creative Scotland, the awards provide an opportunity for ten...
The words o Aberdeen poets will feature large in the Festival of Light
Located in Liverpool Cathedral, ‘Gaia’ hangs majestically in the Grade I listed building. (Credit: Gareth Jones) A festival of light will be returning to Aberdeen next month, with SPECTRA featurin the wirks o some o the city's maist talented poets, including the...
Audiences tae be Permitted at Celtic Connections 2022
Changes in the Scottish Government's Covid-19 restrictions will allow this month's Celtic Connections tae take place wi full capacity audiences. The annual event runs fae Monday 24th January tae Sunday 6th February, wi oer 50 shows celebratin Celtic music scheduled...
Celtic Connections Festival Update
Credit: Celtic Connections With this year's edition o the Celtic Connections Festival stairting at the end o this month, the organisers hiv released the followin update in relation tae Covid-19 disruption: "It is with a heavy heart that we confirm a number of shows...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year tae abidy fae the Scots Radio Team!
“Haud gaun’ still time for film festival” – P&J Article
By Scott Begbie, The Press and Journal Entries for the Doric Film Festival 2022 close on the 15th December. Entries are flooding in for the Doric Film Festival 2022 - with organisers urging budding moviemakers to "haud gaun" (stick at it) and submit their ideas before...