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(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...

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)

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 tae abidy fae the Scots Radio Team!

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...