Brave.
For decades the artist Ken Currie has produced some of the most ominous images in the contemporary canon.
Is Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting a fair, honest portrait of the time and place, serious literature, or scurrilous punk, junk, transgressional entertainment that got lucky? Did th…
Let battle commence! Raise the standard as this brand-new story marches into the world.
Trends.
It’s time to hear the truth.
Do you know your unicorns from your Union of the Crowns? Or your William Wallace from your James Watt? Even if you don’t, join Barbara Henderson, author of newly published To War…
Jonathan, winner of the Buxton Fringe Solo Instrumentalist Award 2024, is back with a new show at St Columba’s by the Castle with its superb acoustics.
Scots played a major role in the anti-fascist struggle in Spain from 1936-39.
We have our own problems, why should Scotland care about Irish unity? With a former Unionist advocating for a United Ireland, anything is possible.
Best-selling author Clifford Thurlow relives the passion of his new novel We Shall Pass – love, loss and sacrifice among the volunteers who crossed the seas to fight fascism with…
Another day, another crisis.
Hugh McMillan returns with the only Scottish History that counts.
From selkies to sprites, Scottish folklore inspires fiction.
Screaming train rides, red-hot buses, Tartan Army, boxing ring, Botox, love.
Join Scottish supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE as she discusses what you wear says about you – the dos and don’ts, sustainability, greenwashing, brands gone rogue and backstage real…
Were Scottish witches handmaidens of the devil or was the imagined demonic presence merely the fevered obsession of the Kirk? Fed by stories of female sexual excess, did Kirk minis…
Over centuries Scotland’s writers and storytellers have sparked a light rather than be overwhelmed by the darkness.
Archie Macpherson has been writing and broadcasting on the beautiful game for 60 years.
Can fans fix football? Yes, they can! You too can be part of a community enterprise with your local FC at its heart.
Join poet Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, in conversation with two of Scotland’s finest contemporary artists, Alexander Moffat, RSA, and Ruth Ni…
Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries.
Join Duo Malvina for an afternoon of beautiful classical guitar music for two. Featuring premieres of pieces that have never been heard in public.
For Edinburgh Festival and Fringe legend Richard Demarco, the history of Scotland begins in the words of the great medieval poets Henryson and Dunbar, the composer Henry Carver and…
Join Scottish supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE as she discusses everything you want to know about the fashion industry – do’s and don’ts, sustainability, greenwashing, brands gone r…
Close a pit, kill a community.
Why did four young men put their lives on the line to fight fascism in Spain with the International Brigades in 1936? How did they end up in the same prison cell? James Maley, Dona…
Well, hello there, Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie! With award-winning author, storyteller and drama teacher Barbara Henderson, the Stuarts leap from the page in this…
The iconic red railway bridge has spanned the Forth since 1890.
The Ruthwell Cross is Scotland’s oldest Anglo-Saxon Christian monument.
Sharing his beautiful guitar playing once again, Jonathan brings another dazzlingly varied programme from around the world, including Tarrega’s Spanish Capricho Arabe, the beauti…
Prepare for an adventure into the mystical depths of Scotland’s ancient past with Stuart McHardy.
Scotland’s other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries.
Join Professor Alan Riach, author of Scottish Literature: An Introduction (‘magisterial’ (Times)), for a dynamic encounter with literary luminaries! Explore creativity, unravelling…
Once bleakly satirical masterpiece on totalitarianism, now Scots Language Book of the Year, George Orwell’s Animal Farm still casts its shadow over everything we think we know ab…
When Edinburgh’s pandas go missing on their journey back to China, suspicion falls on the ferocious Glasgow gangster Big Urqy.