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Book Lovers Run Shop At Unique Bookshop Airbnb In Scotland‌

Guests live out their dream of owning a bookshop by the sea in Wigtown, Scotland, through Airbnb's first bookshop holiday experience.

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Baillie Gifford cancels all remaining sponsorships of literary festivals

Cambridge, Stratford, Wigtown and Henley festivals say firm ended deals after protests over its links to Israel and fossil fuels

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Albums, tours and Oscar nominations: The Scottish band who have done it all

BEN Please and Beth Porter have just about done it all as musicians. They’ve released 13 studio albums, been on tour and performed

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Major Scottish book festival launches appeal for pictures and memories

Wigtown Book Festival organisers are asking visitors to share photos for a 25th anniversary exhibition.

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The Scottish glass memorial dedicated to a young woman with a tragic history

The Wigtown Martyrs Monument in Stirling is one of the most unique and striking memorials in the country, dedicated to a young woman called Margaret Wilson who was sentenced to death.

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Conservatives claim victory in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West by-election

Richard Marsh saw off the challenge of Ian Gibson of the SNP to take the seat that had been held by Labour's Sandy Whitelaw

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Galloway Association of Glasgow celebrates 230th anniversary dinner

The Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown and guests from as far afield as Somerset and Inverness came along to mark the occasion

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Dumfries and Galloway councillor quits less than six months after being elected

Sandy Whitelaw has stood down from representing Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, with a by-election set to be held in the coming weeks

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Scottish writers find success in international poetry competition

THE winners of Scotland’s international three-language poetry prize have been revealed at an event at Wigtown Book Festival.

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Wigtown Book Festival returns to celebrate literature in Scotland's Year of Stories

ONE of Scotland’s most beloved book festivals is set to get underway on Friday.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's national book town inspires campaign for Irish equivalent

INSPIRED by a Scottish book festival, a campaign has been launched to establish the rural community of Granard as Ireland’s first ever Book Town.

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Galloway Mountain Rescue Team members awarded Queen's Platinum Jubilee medals

Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown, Mrs Aileen Brewis, made the presentation at the team’s base in Newton Stewart

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MSPs urged to improve maternity services and stop rural babies being born at roadside

Megan McCrone from Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, is just one woman who had to give birth on the roadside.

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Rob Richardson's cycling distillery tour of Scotland begins at Bladonch near Wigtown next week

His Whisky Ventures Ride will raise funds for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance and Cash for Kids.

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St Cuthbert Wanderers midfielder ruled out for rest of season

Paddy Callaghan will mis the remainder of the South of Scotland League campaign after suffering an injury against Wigtown & Bladnoch

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Wigtown home carer heading to Kenya on one-woman mercy mission

Ann Todd is heading to Nukuru and Nairobi after spending two years fundraising to help people in the country

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