A team of eight veteran rowers is attempting an open-sea crossing from the south of Scotland to the Isle of Man and back in a ...

The Machars peninsula is littered with stone carvings and other ancient monuments, but this is its only stone circle. It is about two miles from Wigtown and local lore has it that it is the burial ...

Midland couple Gerald and Kim Bruce's bookstore vacation in Scotland turned out to be a trip that, well, they wouldn't mind ...

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There's no easy way to get to Wigtown. Planes and trains stop hours shy of the remote village on Scotland's sea-swept west coast. With so much peace and quiet, it almost makes sense that the tiny town ...

Watch footage of the historic Scottish town, which is preparing to host its annual book festival next month - with speakers including Nicola Surgeon and Sir John Kay. Did you know with a Digital ...

Over 250 events will be taking place in Wigtown as part of the town's annual book festival. One of the largest such festivals in Scotland, the literary celebration has become one of the most well ...

When Meta Maltman saw an advert in The Herald for a competition to regenerate a place by making it Scotland's book town it started a chain of events. It would ultimately see a corner of south west ...

The charming, idiosyncratic Wigtown Book Festival has given the Scottish town back its soul and is a restorative for any reader. Wigtown Book Festival: Joanna Lumley is one of this year's speakers ...

Celebrations are taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of Wigtown being declared Scotland's national book town. The move has been credited with transforming its economy after years of decline. The ...