Date: Saturday 15 August
Time: 10:30 to 12:00
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
Join Chair Mandy Rhodes, Editor, Holyrood Magazine and panellists to talk about freedom, femininity and faith for Muslim women, featuring journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown who advocates and reclaims female human rights and freedoms in her book Refusing the Veil. They are joined by Smina Akhtar, Director of Amina, the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre. Book signing – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will be […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 11:00 to 12:30
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
Join Chair Sarah Smith, presenter of Scotland 2015 on BBC2 Scotland and former Washington Correspondent for Channel 4 News and panellists for an analysis of the current state of the Democrat and Republican campaigns and the likely outcomes of the U.S. elections in 2016. Panellists include Jason Boxt, U.S. pollster and communications and political strategist; […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:30 to 15:00
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
In association with Beyond Borders How do we build peace, unity and reconciliation in a region when genocide has taken place? Join Chair Mark Muller Stuart QC, human rights lawyer and founder of Beyond Borders, and our panel who will explore impacts of genocide through their experiences and examine the paths towards forgiveness, restoration and a new peaceful future with […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 11:30 to 13:00
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
Is terrorism being used as an excuse to curtail our personal liberties? Are we content that our intelligence services are operating within laws that are fit for purpose? Join Chair Professor Alex Danchev, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, to discuss these issues with panellists Luke Harding, Guardian journalist and author of The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 18:30 to 21:30
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
There will be a film screening of All the President’s Men followed by a short discussion. Panellists include Robert Moran, U.S. pollster and political strategist; Jason Boxt, U.S. pollster and communications and political strategist; Glenn Thrush, Chief Political Correspondent for POLITICO and White House correspondent; and Sean Martin, film-maker, author academic with Screen Academy, Edinburgh Napier University All the […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:30 to 15:00
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
In the aftermath of the attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo this year which themselves triggered worldwide verbal, written and physical attacks, defenders of freedom of speech were challenged to redefine and reconsider whether that position does have its limits. Join Chair Peter MacMahon, Political Editor, ITV Border and panellists Terry Anderson, Scottish Cartoon Art Studio; Jason Boxt, U.S. pollster; […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 15:30 to 17:00
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
In association with Beyond Borders In 2011, the social and economic realities of the Middle East caught up with the static political system and led to what has come known as the Arab Spring. Four years later, how has the Arab Spring affected the social and economic realities of the region? Join our Chair, former BBC special correspondent Allan Little […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 16:00 to 17:30
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
With Scottish universities establishing branches across the globe, students referred to as ‘customers’ and thousands of former students ready to dig deep, has education taken one step too far into the world of big business and what does it mean for future Scottish students looking to enter higher education? Join Chair Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Principal, Robert Gordon University and panellists Robert […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 16:00 to 17:30
Cost: £8.00/£6.00
30 extra tickets released - book now to avoid disappointment! In association with The John Smith Centre for Public Service at University of Glasgow and Carnegie UK Trust Hailed as the most popular political philosopher of his generation and a legend in the lecture hall who regularly draws audiences of thousands, Professor Michael J Sandel will give a […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:00 to 13:30
Cost: Free
Come along and join Terry Anderson, a leading cartoonist and caricaturist from the Glasgow Scottish Cartoon Art Studio in this bite-sized class and learn from the best on how to develop your cartooning skills.
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:30 to 14:00
Cost: Free
Are you one of Zoella’s or Pewdiepie’s millions of followers? Do you want to learn how to vlog to get your message out to the world? Come along to one of our workshops and learn about the pros and cons of vlogging, top-tips and how to start creating your own vlog.
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 14:00 to 14:30
Cost: Free
This taster session will release the talent of any budding Sofia Coppola or Ron Howard wannabees. Find out how to combine simple technology with fun techniques and communicate through film and animation, courtesy of this educational workshop. You will also get the opportunity to meet one of Into Film’s young film-makers to find out how […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 16:00 to 16:30
Cost: Free
Come along and join Terry Anderson, a leading cartoonist and caricaturist from the Glasgow Scottish Cartoon Art Studio in this bite-sized class and learn from the best on how to develop your cartooning skills.
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 14:30 to 15:00
Cost: Free
Are you one of Zoella’s or Pewdiepie’s millions of followers? Do you want to learn how to vlog to get your message out to the world? Come along to one of our workshops and learn about the pros and cons of vlogging, top-tips and how to start creating your own vlog.
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 15:00 to 15:30
Cost: Free
This taster session will release the talent of any budding Sofia Coppola or Ron Howard wannabees. Find out how to combine simple technology with fun techniques and communicate through film and animation, courtesy of this educational workshop. You will also get the opportunity to meet one of Into Film’s young film-makers to find out how […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 15:30 to 16:00
Cost: Free
Come along to this one-off workshop on how to be a performance poet. Learn from the best as Rally & Broad aka Jenny Lindsay give a 30 minute master-class on the top-tips of performance poetry.
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 14:00 to 15:00
Cost: Free
Cathy MacPhail was born and brought up in Greenock, Scotland, where she still lives. Before becoming a children’s author, she wrote short stories for magazines, comedy programmes for radio and two romantic novels. Cathy was inspired to write her first children’s book after her daughter was bullied at school. Cathy writes spooky thrillers for younger […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 16:30 to 17:00
Cost: Free
This taster session will release the talent of any budding Sofia Coppola or Ron Howard wannabees. Find out how to combine simple technology with fun techniques and communicate through film and animation, courtesy of this educational workshop. You will also get the opportunity to meet one of Into Film’s young film-makers to find out how […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:00 to 14:45
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
When the Scottish Parliament was created 15 years ago, Scotland was given full control over key services from health to education and increased control on finance and services. Join Chair and BBC journalist Glenn Campbell and our panel of experts to examine the challenges faced by the public services in a post-referendum Scotland. Panellists include […]
Find Out MoreDate: Saturday 15 August
Time: 13:30 to 14:30
Cost: £6.00/£4.00
Join the Presiding Officer in conversation with Brian Cox as they explore his hugely successful career on stage and screen. Brian’s career ranges from his critically acclaimed portrayals of Titus Andronicus, Petruchio and King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company to television, radio and many movies including Manhunter, Braveheart, Troy and The Bourne Supremacy. Next […]
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