Events
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Liz Niven is an award winning Poet with a great catalogue of work. Like many excellent writers Liz lives and works in Dumfries & Galloway. Many thanks to BDS in Dumfries for organising this great interview. Find out all about Liz and her work at 1.30pm today on the Friday Magazine Show. After the interview is […]
Welcome to today’s Style Council! Spring is here, well and truly… We like happy and jolly rooms and colour is a big part of that. So yellow.. Yellow gives a room a feeling of warmth and happiness, as it reminds us of sunshine. A word of warning though, use yellow very sparingly in a room that […]
We have a fabulous competition with Hollywood Carpets down at Kingholm Quay. Pauline Jack, who does our Style Council feature every second Wednesday has a fab rug and metal wall art to give away. In fact they are in this picture. The rug pictured and the beautiful butterfly wall hanging could be yours. We have […]
Just after the 1 o’clock news on the Friday Magazine Show, catch Military Wife Annie Fraser talking to host Cameron Murray. The Military Wives are a choir apart, they have inspired across the nation, their single “Where-ever you are”, the Christmas Number one became the fastest selling single in the 21st century, their album is number One across […]
Koko’s Star Cage Koko, the stylish gift boutique in Queensberry Street, Dumfries is two years old this week and shop owner Gail Kempsell is celebrating by offering an excellent competition this week with Alive FM. This great gift box of goodies could be yours. If you can identify the […]
Today at 1.30pm this afternoon Fiona Blackwood spoke to Sally Hinchcliffe about her novel Out of a Clear Sky. Editor of Dumfries and Galloway’s Poetry sheet “The Fankle”, Sally is also a stunning psychological thriller writer. Sally makes not only interesting reading but great listening too. Why not check out Sally’s website http://sallyhinchcliffe.net/ […]
Plans are underway for regional celebrations to mark The Queen’s diamond jubilee in June of this year. A large number of national and local events are being organised, primarily for the weekend of 2 June 2012. In Dumfries and Galloway, events are being organised by the Council, Lord Lieutenants, and community groups. These include: Concert, […]
It is International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women Partnership has organised a free screening of ‘Killing Us Softly 4’ at the Robert Burns Film Centre, Dumfries. It starts at 6.30pm. The film provides a very interesting insight into the role of gender stereotypes in connection with gender-based violence […]
Independent retailers in Dumfries town centre are being encouraged to enrol in the ‘Let’s Talk Shop’ programme, a free course of specialised Shop Doctor support which is being offered for the first time in Scotland. Bill Smith, the Shop Doctor, will be delivering his informative and motivational retail master-class, ‘Let’s Talk Shop’ workshop to retailers […]

