Date: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
What is the future of broadcasting in Scotland and the UK? Do more media outlets make for a healthier media sector and what are the implications of the Referendum for public service broadcasting in Scotland? Chair Courtnay McLeod from Bauer Media Group and panellists discussed the picture of things to come.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
The Referendum has focussed minds on the short-term choices for Scotland, but what could the future hold? We asked an expert panel drawn from the fields of economics, the media, business and the arts to imagine two scenarios: what will the country be like in six years’ time if the vote is ‘Yes’ and what […]
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
European Union (EU) membership for an independent Scotland is much talked about and raises many questions. Would Scottish accession to the EU be a legal or political process or both? What would be the terms of Scottish membership of the EU? And what would the timescale be? Our panel, chaired by the BBC’s Allan Little, […]
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
Robyn Stapleton, the current winner of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year, entertained and entranced with her own style of the traditional music from her Scottish and Irish heritage.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
What are the key issues for immigration policy in the UK and Scotland? What are the impacts of immigration on the economy and society? Chair Gary Christie from the Scottish Refugee Council and panellists discussed the issues.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
Two of Scotland’s leading political journalists have used their insight to bring something unique to the independence debate: their book Scottish Independence: ‘Yes or No’, is a side-by-side presentation of the case as seen from each camp. Alan Cochrane, Scottish Editor of The Telegraph, presented the ‘No’ side while George Kerevan, economist and former Associate […]
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
Highly acclaimed five-piece band Blueflint, support band to The Proclaimers 2012 UK tour, intertwine banjos, fiddle, double-bass and drums with sublime harmonies.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
Five-piece band Robot Doctors played an energetic set of catchy songs, which will be swirling round our head for days to come. The Dundee based band can boast that songs from their debut album have been hand-picked by English Premier League champions Manchester City FC to soundtrack the club’s website.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
Nations and cities will grapple with entirely new governance challenges in the 21st century. These include automation and technological unemployment; surveillance, privacy and data security; resource conservation; local taxation and many others. Panellists explored these issues and the impact the Referendum outcome will have on local democracy. Chaired by Holyrood Magazine’s Local Government correspondent Kate Shannon.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
The Scottish Parliament was pleased to showcase performance highlights from the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of In Time o’ Strife by Joe Corrie, adapted, designed and directed by Graham McLaren. The production is a powerful re-imagining of Joe Corrie’s classic about a Fife mining community during the General Strike of 1926. Charged with raw […]
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: 16:30 to 17:30
Cost: FREE
Reinventing classics of the prohibition speakeasies, The Gramophone Jass Band are set to entertain. During the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, they ran their own late-night 1920s speakeasy and played shows for the BBC, NoFitState Circus and the British Arts Council.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: to
Cost:
The threat of terrorism has become part of our everyday life. The intelligence services provide a vital frontline defence in keeping our communities and our country safe. Chair Emeritus Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, University of Edinburgh, and panellists discussed the shape of the intelligence services in the future and the role they will play.
Find Out MoreDate: Sunday 17th August
Time: 18.30 to 20:00
Cost: FREE
Rally & Broad is a lyrical cabaret, established in Edinburgh in October 2012 and Glasgow in January 2014. Award-winning poets and performers Jenny Lindsay and Rachel McCrum, were joined in a political debate in verse with Scots Makar and playwright Liz Lochhead & Kieran Hurley focusing on “The Past”, Harry Giles & Alan Bissett on […]
Find Out More
Monday, Friday, Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am to 6.30pm
Telephone: 0131 348 5200 or 0800 092 7600
Text messages: 07786 209888
Email: [email protected]