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The Castle Douglas branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society recently held a celebration evening.

A memorial service for former Dumfries Tory councillor, Lieutenant Colonel John Charteris MBE, is to be held tomorrow at 2pm at the Crichton Memorial Church in Dumfries.

Buckingham Palace has announced that several senior members of the Royal Family will be taking on new military roles. It has been said that the new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the Armed Forces and the Royal Family in King Charles' reign.

The March talk at the West Lothian History and Amenity Society is on local woman, Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982), a writer, botanist, film-maker, Arctic traveller and poet.

Jon Burlingame editor It took the combined talents of four Grammy winners, a symphony orchestra and a choir of African-American opera singers to make “The Woman King” resonate with the sounds of 19th-century West Africa. “This was one of those once-in-a-lifetime films,” says composer Terence Blanchard of director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s project, for which he wrote a powerful score – the likes of which haven’t been heard in a period African film since Quincy Jones’ “Roots” 45 years ago. “All of your experiences lead you to this moment, to work on something like this,” says the two-time Oscar nominee and five-time Grammy winner. “As soon as I saw it, I was floored. I looked at these characters as the founding DNA of all the strong African-American women I experienced growing up.”

2023 is set to be a year of exploration as NYOS announces changes to its classical pathway.

In 1911, two huge personalities and historic ships raced to be the first to lead an expedition to the South Pole.

Avengers star Karen Gillan has wed her American boyfriend in a closely guarded ceremony at a castle in Argyll.

Members past and present of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society’s (RSCDS) Wednesday Class gathered together last month to celebrate the many contributions to dancing in Perth of Christian Catto, who, principally, had taught this class for the past 45 years.

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal tour which today kicked off in Scotland during lockdown. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station on Monday morning as they began their whistle-stop tour of the UK, aimed to thank frontline workers of the pandemic.

Scotland's veterans minister took to Zoom and phone yesterday to hear the extraordinary tales of courage from VE Day heroes.