Whithorn

A cultural blog about the town of Whithorn in Galloway, that lies on the very edge of southern Scotland. Whithorn is, “The first in Scotland’s past”, and ”The cradle of Scottish Christianity”.

Thursday, 13 January 2011

The Whithorn Textile

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Camouflaged Soldiers, 1943, Oil on canvas, 70 x 35 cm William Scott was born in Greenock in 1913. In 1924, his family moved to his father’s...

Monday, 10 January 2011

Goodhart-Rendel’s Inspiration

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The recently published Burgh Survey, ‘Historic Whithorn’, which is reviewed elsewhere in this Blog, describe the St Martin and St Ninian’s C...

Monday, 14 December 2009

Frederick William MacMonnies - a son of Whithorn

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William MacMonnies was a native of Whithorn. He emigrated to the United States and made a fortune in the grain business which he lost during...

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Oskar Kokoschka and "Doris and the Cat"

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Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), was one of the greatest figurative painters of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Oskar Kok...

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Hew Lorimer's sculpture in Whithorn

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Hew Lorimer (1907 – 1993) is one of Scotland's best-known sculptors though his work at Whithorn is often overlooked. The creator of som...

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Whithorn Library

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Whithorn Library, opened in 1911, was designed by the Newton Stewart architect, Alexander Young. The front elevation, in an Arts and Crafts ...

Friday, 23 October 2009

Modern Dance from Whithorn

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“There has yet to be a comprehensive survey of modern British dance as a continuing tradition…The result of this neglect could be interprete...

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