Edinburgh lectures & talks

Best known as the robot in sci-fi series Red Dwarf, but gaining increasing recognition for his electric…
Climate change is without doubt the defining issue of our age. For many, the Paris Agreement on climate…
Launched in 2011, "Previously" is a volunteer-driven local history festival. In 2015, the programme runs over…
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet, man of letters, novelist and travel writer,…
Just when everyone involved in the Festival is catching their collective breath, lurking round the corner…
Comedian Bryony Kimmings today gave the official Fringe Central Opening Address, the third of its kind.
The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) has announced a high profile array of performers for its Edinburgh…
InnovationNation, a year long series of public lectures, announces InnovationHealth in March 2015.
InnovationNation, a year long series of public lectures, will launch on Wednesday 18th February 2015 with…
InnovationNation, a year long series of public lectures, bringing together some of Scotland’s leading…
InnovationNation, a year long series of public lectures, bringing together some of Scotland’s leading…
A family, nature festival on the 134 hectare Levenhall Links park in Musselburgh – just behind the racecourse…
The Edinburgh International Science Festival (4-19 April, 2015) wants visitors to see it as "The Ideas…
Alison O’Donnell will explore the history of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, in this free history of nursing…
The third phase of Desire Lines, an open conversation about the cultural and creative future of Edinburgh,…
Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, the distinguished scholar and statesman, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, will be a keynote…
On Thursday 11 September the National Library of Scotland (NLS) hosted an event sponsored by Bibliography of…
On the eve of the referendum on Scottish Independence, National Theatre of Scotland is leading a live twelve-…
The role of Women in Theatre in Scotland was the topic of discussion for the marking of the 2014…
The MacTaggart Lecture is the keynote speech given at the start of the Edinburgh Television Festival.