• Programme
  • Music
    • An Evening with JJ Gilmour
    • Creativity and Social Change
    • Mull Historical Society
    • Young People's Band Night
    • The Future of the Music Industry
  • History
    • An Incredibly Brief History of Political Satire
    • A Stitch in Time
    • An Audience with History
    • Scottish Political Thought
    • The Attempted Restoration: Wallace's Support of King John, 1299-1302
    • Sir William Wallace, Scotland and the wider world
    • Creating a Community, Cabinet of Curiosity
  • Arts
    • Sounds, Voices and the Parliament (10:30-12:30)
    • SCOTLAND - is there a THERE here?
    • Art in Focus - George Wyllie
    • Linking Scotland to Europe Through Arts
    • Sounds, Voices and the Parliament (13:30-15:30)
    • Literary Legacies: The House that Canongate Built
    • Scotland's Bookshelf - Politics and Society in Scottish Writing
    • Preserving our Culture, Shaping our Future?
    • What Place for Poetry in Politics?
  • Theatre
    • Singin I'm No a Billy He's a Tim
    • The Walking Theatre Company - S'Misa Macbeth (11:00-12:30)
    • Scottish Youth Theatre - The Magic Porridge Pot
    • The Walking Theatre Company - S'Misa Macbeth (13:30-15:00)
  • Young People
    • The Talent of our Young People
    • Is participation in sport a level playing field?
    • The importance of reading to children and to society
    • Untangling article 31 - Children's Right to Play, Culture and the Arts
    • Young People's Day
  • Politics
    • Scottish Irish Conversations on Sectarianism
    • Libraries in the Digital Age
    • Scotch Whisky - Local Hero or International Ambassador?
    • What has been the most creative force in Scottish Politics?
    • Making the Law Work for You - How Would You Improve the Justice System?
    • The Power of Small Nations
    • Inventors, Innovation and Sustainability
    • Scotland's Futures Forum - The Campbell Christie Lecture
    • UK-Russian Relations Today
  • People
    • Humanising the Workplace
    • Scotland's Missing Wood Cabins
    • Viva Cunninghame Graham! Global Scot, political radical, writer's writer
    • Who are 'Jock Tamson's Bairns'? - Attitudes Towards Migration in Scotland
    • NGOs Against Modern-Day Slavery
    • The Sounds of Silence - Complacent Scotland, Undemocracy and Unspace
  • Tours
    • The Scottish Parliament: Scotland's Story
    • Sculpture and Parliament Garden Tour
• Exhibitions
• Media
• Sponsorship
  • Festival Partners
• Links
• Contact & Information

Arts and culture are inextricably linked. Our Arts programme this year tackles a range of topics. What place is there for poetry in politics? Does Scotland do enough to promote its arts and artists throughout Europe? How has Scottish writing reflected our politics and society over the last century? Does contemporary architecture and planning respond to a unique sense of the place or reflect an international art that crosses national boundaries? These are just some of the questions we will be seeking to answer.

Art In Focus will consider the life and work of the late sculptor George Wyllie MBE, with the opportunity to view some of his work in the unique setting of the Scottish Parliament's Garden.