Talks And Lectures events in Edinburgh
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Events in Edinburgh
Information Lecture: Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path through the teaching of Bruno Groening
A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening is taking place at The Open Door Community Centre, Edinburgh on various dates throughout the year.
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Conservation Hangar Talks
See behind the scenes of the work carried out in the museum’s Conservation hangar with these free talks.
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900 Voices
The voices of Edinburgh’s communities shape an ever-evolving sound installation inside St Giles’ Cathedral's magnificent interior.
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Scottish Geology Festival
Learn about the incredible stories hidden within Scotland's rocks when the Scottish Geology Festival returns for 2024 between September 1st and October 6th!
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The Post Mortem Live
Live autopsy experience, The Post Mortem Live, returns to Edinburgh offering you front row seats into the world of pathology, forensics, true crime and human anatomy!
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In Conversation with Jon Sopel
Explore post-Brexit Britain and what it means to British with Jon Sopel, renowned British journalist, bestselling author, political insider and presenter of the chart-topping podcast The News Agents.
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Costume Society Scotland Events
Come along to the Costume Society Scotland's season of varied talks on fashion, costume, textiles, accessories and related subjects between between October and April at Augustine United Church!
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Dr. Louise Newson: Hormones & Menopause - The Great Debate
Dr Louise Newson, the leading medical expert on menopause and hormones, brings her inaugural UK theatre tour, accompanied by Dublin-based comedian Anne Gildea, to the Festival Theatre on 7th October.
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Global Restaurant Investment Forum
This unmissable industry gathering connects restaurant operators with investors and leading figures from the global restaurant community.
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Ian Rankin – Midnight and Blue
The Portobello Bookshop team welcome Ian Rankin to the Assembly Rooms on 7th October to celebrate the Edinburgh launch of his brand new John Rebus thriller, Midnight and Blue!
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Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Ameca
Artificial intelligence is advancing at an ever-increasing rate. Join novelist Jeanette Winterson on 7th October as she speaks with Ameca, the most advanced humanoid robot!
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Literature is not a Luxury with Bernardine Evaristo
Join Bernardine Evaristo at the Futures Institute on 8th October for this talk on arts provision in the education system and the importance of creativity in young people!
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Heads Together: Social Innovations in Mental Wellness
Join us in the second event in our Social Impact Showcase series as we explore how socially innovative organisations can contribute to our mental health and wellbeing sectors.
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Medical Information Lectures - A Path to a Healthy Body and Soul through the Teaching of Bruno Groening
A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening is taking place at the Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday 10th October.
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Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
The 2024 edition of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF) will take place across Scotland from 10th - 27th October, exploring the theme of 'In/Visible'.
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Author Talk and Puppet Show- Tania Czajka
Join Tania and her Parisian garden friends as they embark on this charming bilingual quest to find the perfect food for Lapin! For ages 3-7.
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Book Launch: Chris Lintott - Our Accidental Universe
In partnership with the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, join us for the launch of astrophysicist and broadcaster Chris Lintott's new book 'Our Accidental Universe' on 14th October!
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Rooting Decolonial Education: Routes for Repair and Liberation
As part of Black History Month, the panellists will engage with Black presence and Black Studies in relation to education in different contexts around the world.
READ MOREEd Peppitt: The Beacon Bike: Around England and Wales in 327 Lighthouses
Ed Peppitt talks about his 3,500-mile cycle ride to explore the onshore and offshore lighthouses of England and Wales as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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Women in Dance: Patronage, Performance, Pedagogy
The European Association for Dance History's annual Conference brings together international research, new reconstructions and critical debate in dance and performing arts history.
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An Audience with Robert Lindsay
Don't miss an evening with Robert Lindsay at the Assembly Rooms, as he shares an intimate look into the experiences and stories behind some of his most iconic roles!
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Harriet Walter & Friends: Shakespeare’s Women Speak!
Live on stage with special guests, Dame Harriet Walter, one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors, will perform pieces from her new book, She Speaks!
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Living Well with Bowel Cancer
Come along to this community support event on 21st October and learn more about bowel cancer from expert-led information and support sessions, so you feel better supported to cope with the disease!
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Russell Watson: In Conversation
Join Russell Watson for this rare opportunity to hear the much loved classical singer's remarkable story of triumph and tragedy!
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The Future of Education: Crisis
This is the first conversation in the series 'The Future of Education' and will focus on education through the crises of war, emergency, unrest and exclusion.
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Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night
Join Jon Ronson at the Usher Hall for an electrifying journey into the enigmatic world of psychopaths and the perplexing concept of normalcy!
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Nurses and Doctors 1660-1820: An Uneasy Alliance
Join Professor Alannah Tomkins at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to explore the unstable working relationship between nurses and doctors in the time before nursing reform.
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Libertus Interactive Event
Libertus, an Edinburgh-based charity, will host an interactive event on the 24th of October to officially launch its Positive Futures Services Project at the Canalside, Wester Hailes location.
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Fireside Stories: Local Lore
Join professional storyteller Fiona Herbert inside Abbey Strand on 25th October to hear tales of Edinburgh’s past, from folk tales to tales of terror!
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The Festival of Social Science comes to IKEA
Join us in IKEA Edinburgh's customer restaurant to explore the fascinating world of digital communication and online interactions on Friday 25th October!
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Ant Middleton - CANCELLED
Best Selling Author, TV front man and podcaster Ant Middleton has announced a brand new tour for autumn 2024 including a date at the Usher Hall on Saturday 26th October!
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The Future of Education: Utopia
The second in the series 'The Future of Education' brings together a group of high-profile academics, activists and creatives to debate what kind of alternative education futures are desirable.
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The Psychology of Narcissism with Dr Ava Green
Unravel the enigma of narcissism: from psychology to society with Dr Ava Green at the Assembly Roxy on Tuesday 29th October!
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Higgs Halloween - ‘A Bloody Good Crime’
Please come along to our blood splattering Higgs Halloween on Thursday the 31st of October at the Medical School, University of Edinburgh!
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Video Games: Play and Pedagogy
In this panel event bridging video games and education, our guest speakers will the role of video games in shaping our world and human development, and the gamification of education.
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Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 And All That
Ned Boulting, ITV’s lead Tour de France commentator, returns to The Queen's Hall with his brand-new one-man stage show, Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 And All That.
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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz, the star of Netflix's Pretend It's A City, will be live in conversation at the Usher Hall on Monday 4th November!
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Higgs Lecture 2024: Elusive - The story of Peter Higgs and his elusive boson
The School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh presents the 2024 Higgs Lecture with guest speaker Frank Close on Tuesday 5th November.
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The Science of ADHD: Navigating Neurodiversity in a Neurotypical World
Join Seed Talks at the Assembly Roxy on 5th November for this engaging talk about ADHD, exploring the neuroscience, symptoms, the positives, the struggles + much more. Followed by Q+A.
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An Evening with Angie Spoto and Lorraine Wilson
Join Angie Spoto and Lorriane Wilson on Thursday 7th November as they discuss their new fantastically woven and sometimes haunting tales, The Bone Diver and We Are All Ghosts in the Forest.
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Professor Lorna Dawson: Natural Justice: The Evidence of Soil Science
Soil forensic specialist Lorna Dawson examines evidence from the earth and its role in bringing about natural justice as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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Nomadik Blessings : In the Footsteps of the Wisdom Keeper
Join Nomadic Blessings for this weekend event and receive the ancient messages and wisdom that resonate with what is deeply within You already!
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Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures
This discussion at Edinburgh Futures Institute considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.
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Derek Forbes - a Very Simple Mind
Following the recent release of his autobiography ‘A Very Simple Mind’, Derek Forbes is now on tour promoting it! Catch him at The Voodoo Rooms on 12th November!
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Slavoj Zizek at 75- A Celebration
Join the rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek for a celebration of his life and thought. Expect dialectics, psychoanalysis, and jokes!
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Celebrating Robert Louis Stevenson
Calling all Robert Louis Stevenson fans! Luxury floating hotel Fingal in Leith is celebrating the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson with a special event on Saturday 16th November.
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An Evening with Guenther Steiner
Don’t miss a hugely entertaining access-all-areas conversation with former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit docuseries Drive to Survive.
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Frankie Boyle meets George Monbiot
How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? Legendary environmentalist George Monbiot joins comic Frankie Boyle to take on the ideology that controls our lives.
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Technomoral Conversations: What the Majority World Can Teach Us about AI
In this Technomoral Conversations panel, hear from leading voices from the Majority World on what they have learned from and about AI, and the issues and visions they would like to see taken up.
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Kat Jones talks about circumnavigating the 11 designated Green Belts around Greater Glasgow as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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An Evening with Anita Manning and her Antiques Specialists
Join us at Grassmarket Community Project on 21st November for an exceptional event with everyone’s favourite Scottish antiques expert and TV personality, Anita Manning, and her team!
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DIGIT Expo 2024
DIGIT Expo is the largest annual technology event in Scotland with a packed conference programme featuring keynotes, interactive workshops, panels and much more!
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Future Library and Futures Literacy: Making Futures from Where We Are
Join us at Edinburgh Futures Institute for a panel event marking the 10-year anniversary of Katie Paterson’s 100-year artwork, Future Library!
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Digital Scotland 2024
Welcome to Scotland’s largest digital transformation summit for public sector policy and technology leaders, taking place at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 26th November.
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The Future of Education: AI
Artificial Intelligence is the latest in a long series of high-profile technology ‘disruptors’ of education. What futures for education does it promise, and are these desirable?
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Unco: LGBT+ Scots Glossar
This event marks the launch of the lexicon with a specially-commissioned spoken word and music performance from Harry Josephine Giles and Malin Lewis.
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Puccini Festival
Opera Caledonia is delighted to present Puccini Festival 'In Memoria', a day of concerts & events marking the centenary of Puccini's death, on Saturday 30th November at Institut français d'Écosse!
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An Audience with Monty Don
Join BBC Gardeners' World presenter and gardening writer, Monty Don, as he shares his passion for gardens and the unique role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing.
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The Future of AI at School
This event at Edinburgh Futures Institute will bring together key figures from the Scottish education landscape to talk about AI in schools and our education futures.
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Christmas Charity Lecture: Wild Medicine in Scotland
This year, The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Christmas Charity Lecture will explore Scotland's wild medicine, through the eyes of veterinarian Prof Simon Girling.
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Ex Silens: From the series ‘I Am Your Body’
Ex Silens is an experience into a radically alternative sensorium through the entanglement of multiple bodies, multiple agencies.
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An Evening With Alan Cumming - Sold Out
Join us for an evening with Alan Cumming, in aid of The Lyceum, hosted by beloved broadcaster, Kirsty Wark on Monday 9th December!
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James Martin Live
Celebrity chef James Martin is heading back on the road with his all new LIVE tour for 2025 and stops off at the Usher Hall on Sunday 9th March!
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John Barrowman - Laid Bare
John Barrowman is back, unwavering and uncensored, with his newest show Laid Bare, don't miss him live at the Howden Park Centre on Saturday 15th March!
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How To Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
For the first time EVER, your favourite podcast is going on a nationwide tour. Join creator and host Elizabeth Day for an uplifting, hilarious, moving and unforgettable evening!
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John Barrowman is back, unwavering and uncensored, with his newest show Laid Bare, don't miss him live at the Assembly Rooms on Friday 21st March!
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An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen
Spend an evening with the Queen of History, Lucy Worsley, as she delves into the fascinating life of Jane Austen at the Assembly Rooms on 28th March!
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Dr Rangan Chatterjee: The Thrive Tour
Join Dr. Rangan Chatterjee on 29th March for two hours that will transform the way you feel about your own life!
READ MOREGordon Buchanan - Lions and Tigers and Bears
Award winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan will hit the road in 2025 with his biggest ever live tour. Join him at Assembly Rooms on Saturday 29th March!
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Chris Hadfield: A Journey into the Cosmos
Join Colonel Chris Hadfield for a captivating journey into the majesty of our planet and the vast universe beyond at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on Wednesday 18th June!
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The Night Sky Show
The Night Sky Show comes to Edinburgh Playhouse to take you on an epic journey from our celestial back yard and across the cosmos!
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Adam Frost
Award-winning British garden designer and BBC Gardeners’ World presenter, Adam Frost, is leaving the garden and heading back out on tour, with a date at Assembly Rooms!
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Talks And Lectures Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Busby & Clarkston Horticultural Society Meetings
The Busby and Clarkston Horticultural Society is a gardening club for all who enjoy growing and learning about plants, why not join them for their exciting range of talks by knowledgeable speakers!
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Dead Good October: Author Talk And Q&A With C.S Robertson
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure will welcome former journalist, turned best-selling Scottish author, C.S Robertson to Giffnock Library for a talk and Q&A on Thursday 10th October!
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Heritage Talk: Eastwood House Fashions from 1835 - 1914
Join Tracy Harrison Butler for a journey through the highlights of the history of dress as would have been worn by occupants of Eastwood House, and other grand mansions of the time.
READ MORETalks And Lectures Events in Fife
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Ed Peppitt: The Beacon Bike: Around England and Wales in 327 Lighthouses
Ed Peppitt talks about his 3,500-mile cycle ride to explore the onshore and offshore lighthouses of England and Wales as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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An Evening With Rangers Legends
Enjoy an evening with Rangers Legends Mark Hateley, Terry Butcher & Ian Durrant and host Graham Roberts at the Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline on Friday 31st January!
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Joe French: Everest Avalanche and a Barefoot Running Recovery
Filmmaker Joe French talks about running barefoot through the forests and glens around his house to find a return to health and peace of mind.
READ MORETalks And Lectures Events in Glasgow
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Arika - Episode 11: To End the World as We Know It
Episode 11 brings together five days of film, music, discussion and study to think through our collective incompleteness to practice how we might exist otherwise, right here and now.
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Luisa Hendry: The Geology of Scotland
Geologist Luisa spends her time sharing this world in an understandable way through social media platforms and her geology tour company.
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Black History Month Talk: Diaspora Discs
Join curator Neil Johnson-Symington at the Riverside Musuem to hear about 80s & 90s record shops that specialised in African, Asian or Caribbean music.
READ MORETalks And Lectures Events in Lanarkshire
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Kenton Cool - K2
In this new show, Britain's most successful Himalayan climber, Kenton Cool, takes audiences on a roller-coaster history of one of the world's most notorious mountains!
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An Evening with Jeff Stelling
The Town House hosts an exclusive evening of football nostalgia, fun and entertainment with Sky Sports legend Jeff Stelling anchor man of Sky Sports Gillette Soccer Saturday for over 30 years!
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An Evening with Shaun Ryder
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure, Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder will bring his new, spoken word tour to Airdrie Town Hall on Sunday 27th October 2024!
READ MORETalks And Lectures Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Tannahill’s Trauchles - Through Letter and Song
Celebrating the life and work of Paisley weaver poet Robert Tannahill, join Professor Fred Freeman at Paisley Central Library for this engaging talk on Saturday 12th October.
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Gee Atherton - Hold Fast
Mountain biking legend, Gee Atherton, will be live on stage at Paisley Town Hall on Saturday 16th November to tell the remarkable story of his riding life!
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ABC - An Intimate Evening With Martin Fry
Beacon Arts Centre has announced 'An Intimate Evening With Martin Fry' on Saturday 12th October!
READ MORETalks And Lectures Events in Stirling
Here's a selection of Talks And Lectures Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots
Join us at Bridge of Allan Library on Thursday 14th November as we chat to Dr Jade Scott about her new brilliant biography of Mary, Queen of Scots!
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Shaun Ryder
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure, Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder will bring his new, spoken word tour to The Albert Halls on 26th October!
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Gordon Buchanan - Lions and Tigers and Bears
Award winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan will hit the road in 2025 with his biggest ever live tour. Join him at Macrobert Arts Centre on Saturday 22nd February!
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Highlight Talks
On selected days throughout the year the team at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and volunteers hold a Highlight Talk exploring the life and works of Robert Burns!
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Kat Jones: A Journey through Glasgow’s Green Belts
Kat Jones talks about circumnavigating the 11 designated Green Belts around Greater Glasgow as part of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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A Blether O Books: Scotland Through Literature
Join the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum this October as they welcome a selection of authors in this celebration of Scottish literature!
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Mark Wedgwood: Cycling Every OS Map. In Numerical Order!
Mark Wedgwood cycled 7,300 miles across all 204 Ordnance Survey Landranger maps, in numerical order. He shares his journey as part of Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Inspiring People programme.
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Kirsty Fisher: The Journey West: Sailing Around the World
In January 2022, young geographer Kirsty set sail from Antigua on board a 72ft sailing yacht bound for a circumnavigation of the world.
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Luisa Hendry: The Geology of Scotland
Geologist Luisa spends her time sharing this world in an understandable way through social media platforms and her geology tour company.
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Dr Adrian Webb: Churchill’s Secret Chart Makers
Author and researcher Adrian records the trials and tribulations of staff in the UK Hydrographic Department.
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