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A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

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A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G…
 

Who Will Be Remembered Here

Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

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2025 marks 30 years since the first major Pride event in Scotland, yet queer histories have existed for as long as Scotland has. who will be remembered here enlivens these histories through performances, films, and an anthology…
 

Madeleine Thien & Priya Basil: Objects Talk Back

Sunday 17 August 16:00 - 17:00

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The Humboldt Forum's 'Objects Talk Back' project invited authors to select an object from the museum's collection and write about it however they wished. Novelist Madeleine Thien chose the painting, 'Three Uyghur Princes'. She talks with project curator…
 

Marianne Brown & Joni Buchanan: No Woman is an Island

Monday 18 August 10:30 - 11:30

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Dive into history, the environment, and the Scottish Isles in this conversation with environmental journalist Marianne Brown and Gaelic Literature Awards­-shortlisted Joni Buchanan…
 

Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History

Monday 18 August 11:00 - 12:00

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Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richness, depth, and diversity of Scotland's story…
 

Will Hutton: National Remedies

Monday 18 August 20:30 - 21:30

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How Britain has gone wrong is a frequent conversational gambit, but it's seldom followed up with concrete solutions. These are just what political economist and former Observer editor­-in-chief, Will Hutton, offers in This Time No Mistakes…
 

Alistair Moffat: Scotland in a Lifetime

Tuesday 19 August 12:45 - 13:45

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Prolific social historian and Edinburgh favourite, Alistair Moffat returns to discuss To See Ourselves: A Personal History of Scotland Since 1950. Through this latest work, Moffat chronicles the radical changes seen in every aspect of Scottish life over…
 

Kate Kennedy: The Sound of Four Strings

Tuesday 19 August 13:45 - 14:45

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The cello is regarded as the warmest of string instruments and for those who play it, the instrument is like a character in their lives. In Cello, Kate Kennedy illuminates that deep companionship between musician and instrument via a biography of four…
 

Kate Anderson, Rosemary Goring & Jade Scott: The Captive Queen and Her Son

Wednesday 20 August 12:45 - 13:45

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Rosemary Goring's Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots and Jade Scott's Captive Queen shed remarkable new light on the duplicitous years of Mary's English imprisonment. Meanwhile, Kate Anderson's Art & Court of James VI & I reconsiders Mary's…
 

Lucía Lijtmaer & Monika Radojevic: Fuelled by Rage

Wednesday 20 August 17:30 - 18:30

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Sharp writing and incisive perspectives are the hallmarks of Lucía Lijtmaer (Cautery) and Monika Radojevic (A Beautiful Lack of Consequence). Join them for a vital conversation about the pressures and the possibilities of female experiences…