Funding boost leaves group In Stitches
Week: 14 | 6th April 2023 | Community E&L Life Lifestyle NewsLangholm textile sessions to extend to other communities It was set up for people with a love of…
A blaze of colour on the canal
Week: 43 | 27th October 2022 | Lifestyle News ReportersOnce the transport arteries that stoked the fires of the industrial revolution, today Scotland’s canals are home to…
Creation Mill delight at major funding boost
Week: 31 | 6th August 2022 | Community Lifestyle NewsTextile team gears up for more community workshops The Langholm-based Creation Mill is gearing up for a host…
From Dawn to Dusk
Week: 27 | 8th July 2022 | Common Riding Lifestyle NewsThe first of a series of extracts from Betty Little’s classic book about Langholm’s Great Day Introduction by…
‘Wolf-whistles? We’re too busy listening to Radio 4!’
Week: 26 | 30th June 2022 | Lifestyle NewsAs shock research suggests Britain’s macho builders are now embracing their sensitive sides, PENNY JOHNSTONE finds out if…
‘My boy is broken-hearted’
Week: 25 | 23rd June 2022 | Lifestyle NewsLennon, 12, left devastated after ‘despicable’ thieves target his beloved bantams Lad raised birds from eggs A Langholm…
Institute raises a cuppa to 100 wonderful years
Retiring president Nancy McLure welcomed members and guests to the…
Brandon aims to push the right buttons in Langholm
By Penny Johnstone Lovers of traditional Scottish folk music are…
Meeting Van Gogh
by Juliet Weatherstone Designer Anna Cordingley’s newest exhibit “Van Gogh…
Sewn by 1,000 stitchers
WESTERKIRK Guild enjoyed a trip up the Borders to see…
A Modelling career awaits Langholm teen
Sam Cook signs up with London agency and hits the…
Milntown's special brew
A COMMEMORATIVE beer has been launched by the Borderlands Brewery…
Smart ties for the Langholm Town Band's big weekend
Muckle Toon tartan for Cheltenham
Stars set to Keep it Country in Langholm
LIVE country music is coming back with a bang at…
Reconnecting artists and audiences
DUMFRIES & Galloway Arts Festival is moving to July and…
Walking through the lockdown
MY LOCKDOWN walk on day 54, Saturday, May 16, took…
The wonders of walking
CAROLYN Cuthbert and her husband Ian (Cuthy) have made the…
The Rainbow Connection
Following the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided…
Restaurant Review : The Boathouse Glencaple
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Arts and Entertainment Lifestyle ReviewReviewer: Clare Rogerson Boreland We pulled up into a nice large carpark with spectacular views over Criffel and…
Walk the Walk
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Lifestyle ReportersE&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk on as many of Scotland’s islands as possible.…
Holy Isle retreat brings patience and generosity
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | LifestyleDaily distractions abandoned at Centre of World Peace and Health FOUR weeks on an isolated island with no…
Jobs for vital volunteers
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | LifestyleAVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it opened in 2007. Her reasons for volunteering are…
Food parcels are only the start
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsHAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily grow and her view is that delays in…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsBusiness wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors A HOLIDAY park outside Newcastleton has applied for…
Excellent duo top the bill
By Iain Bell LEONARD Brown and Malcolm Ross topped the…
Lighting up Langholm
THE day had everything: a crisp, sunny afternoon; Santa and…
Santa’s little helpers
LANGHOLM teenagers Emily Hislop and Jessica Kenny were in good…
Meet Katherine and her traffic cone hat
CANONBIE Probus Club and visitors from Langholm Probus enjoyed a…
Cumbria's horseman
Penton Discussion Group met at Skitby House Smithfield on Monday…
The vegetables say it all
MARGO and Gerald Smith, the owners of Netherby Hall, Longtown…
Club is taken for a ride
MEMBERS of Langholm Probus Club enjoyed being taken for a…
Heartening music: Aly and Phil give thumbs-up to fundraiser
EVERYONE was in good heart for the Aly Bain and…
Partnership award for young people
A LEADERSHIP award for young people in Eskdale is being…
Artist portrays a hill shepherd’s life
LANGHOLM & District Art Club welcomed Felicite Scott and Lorraine…
Hall looks to future: Eskdalemuir venue will host regular events with its neighbour
WITH changes to the committee last year, a fresh lick…
Sorry, no Christmas pud here
CHRISTMAS and the Common Riding: For many of us, the…
Telling tales through time: End of season stories of Ben Nevis, Ireland, wartime, and knitting
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | LifestyleCANONBIE SWI held the last meeting of the season and Gill Bailey, president, invited members to entertain them…
Egg and bacon, please
Week: 21 | 23rd May 2019 | Lifestyle NewsWORD is getting around about a new breakfast menu at the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm. A full English…
Bra-vo! Moonlit walk amazing
Week: 21 | 23rd May 2019 | Lifestyle NewsWHAT better way to raise money for charity than walking 26.2 miles through London in the dead of…
Ivanhoe at the ready: A lifelong passion with the Armstrongs led to tour business
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | LifestyleBy David McVittie A COMMON sight around Langholm and the surrounding area these days is that of Sir…
Adam’s labour of love: Accordion and Fiddle Club chairman bows out after 30 years
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | LifestyleAFTER being at the helm of the Langholm Accordion and Fiddle Club for 30 years, chairman Adam Grant…
The bluebells of Eskdale
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | LifestyleTHE gardens at Westerhall near Bentpath will open once again for Scotland’s Garden Scheme on Sunday, May 26,…
Capturing history in the spoken word: Langholm voices included in Ewart Library ethnology project
THE recording of voices talking about lost ways of life…
A fresh start in Eskdale
In our final instalment on the life of Janet Armstrong,…
Water births to laptops - a midwife’s life
THE speaker at the Canonbie SWI meeting this month received…
Stunning landscapes
BOB McLure talked to members of the Buccleuch Centre patrons’…
Moonwalkers train
Katrina Kenny and Caroline Jardine of Langholm are training for…
