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The Dumfries artist described as ‘the new Scottish colourist’
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Linda Marshall: My Dumfries & Galloway Life
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors
Popular Dumfries hair salon closes after 33 years of business
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Jon Evans on his favourite things about Dumfries & Galloway
Meet the headmasters who are changing our schools for the better
Meet the Great British Bake Off contestants for 2024 - from a nurse to a farmer
Emma Porteous on her role at the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
Kirkcudbright local Jack Finlay on transforming the former creamery
The traditional crafters who love nothing more than dressing up
Actor Sam Heughan on the Outlander TV show and creating his own gin
The fake food that features in Hollywood movies
A look ahead to the 2024 BBC Proms season
Artist Liz McQueen on her love of Eskdalemuir
Nip Nebs author Susi Briggs on being appointed Galloway Scots Scriever
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition ‘open to all artists of merit’
How the historic Dumfries Savings Bank was transformed
Scottish village’s ‘pivotal’ role in secret preparations for D-Day landings
D-Day: How to find out what your ancestors did in the Second World War
How NSPCC’s Childline saved my life
The wedding of Jessica Wilson and Adam Puech at Auchen Castle
Why the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm is a triumph of community spirit
Nominations open for the 2024 Dumfries and Galloway Life Awards
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Meet the Dumfries & Galloway Life’s 2023 Visual Artist of the Year