Afternoon events, Talks & lectures

A talk that illuminates women's often overlooked contribution to the beautiful sport, with Richard McBrearty, Curator of Scottish Football Museum.

Is this your first time? Edinburgh can be daunting for new participants, so come and meet Fringe Society staff who can support your experience. Also, find out about all the services provided at Fringe Central.

Dr Dominic Paterson, Lecturer in Art History at the University of Glasgow, will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Lisa Le Feuvre – curator, writer and Head of Sculpture Studies at The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds – will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Art historian Andrew Wilton talks about Frederic Edwin Church, one of the greatest landscape painters of the 19th century, and the Hudson River School of painters to which Church belonged.

The Fringe Society chats with comedians at the top of their game. Hear how they started out, what they consider their career highs and lows and what they would do differently. Followed by Q&A.

A once-a-year chance to meet and hear from Fringe Festival Directors from around the world. Join the discussion and get the global insights, hear why they're important and how they differ. A great networking opportunity.

A talk about how to keep your garden looking good throughout the year.

Pollok Country Park Gardener Sean Belshaw dispenses handy tips on how to get the most out of your allotment in the summer months.

Learn how to make a pond.

Jan MacDonald from Glasgow Allotment Forum gives a talk on the best ways to harvest and store produce from your garden or allotment.

Have your senses nourished as you are taken on a visual tour of how to create and sell a great visual concept from Granta Artistic Director Michael Salu and the RCA’s Catherine Anyango. Learn tricks of the trade from this esteemed team. Tickets include one delightful cocktail.

Every summer artists around the globe come to Australia’s biggest open-access arts festival. Find out what, where, why and how you can be part of this four week explosion of art, performance and fun.

The archivists at GWL present their immaculately organised history time capsules and living archives.

Simon Biggs, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts, joins artists and researchers to present interactive media art projects that explore how the ‘glitch’ can be beautiful.

See how green wood is turned and cleaved at this special demonstration.

Viktor Wynd: multidisciplinary artist, curator, collector and the Chancellor of the Last Tuesday Society leads us in an examination of the darker side of the famous German academics, cultural researchers and storyteller authors, the Brothers Grimm. Discover the familiar fairy tales as you’ve never experienced them…

Artists Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou will give an exclusive guided tour of their exhibition at Patriothall Gallery, providing insights into the works on show and the history of the building which the works respond to. All are welcome.

Gusset Grippers / Free Festival. Laughing is no laughing matter for one third of women. This show, written and presented by a physiotherapist, is bursting with clenching comedy which teaches you all about your pelvic floor. PS: Relax, there's no show-and-tell involved! 'A refreshing look at what is usually a one-liner…

A historical chat with Rupert Smith to celebrate the Royal Vauxhall Tavern's 150th birthday.

Authorities can’t work out which tweets will get you a laugh and which will get you directly to jail without passing Go. Social media law expert Paul Motion tries to make sense of things.

Dr Diane Purkiss of Keble College, Oxford, gives a talk subtitled The Place of the Restless Dead in Scottish Witchtrials, concerning the role of folk myths in the history of witchcraft in Scotland.

Get a closer look at some of the best specimens Glasgow Museums has in its collections. Booking is essential.

Organist extraordinaire John Kitchen of the University of Edinburgh describes and demonstrates the technology behind the magnificent four-manual 63-stop Usher Hall organ.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest open festival in the world. Meet Society and venue staff, producers and performers for expert advice on how to bring your own show to Edinburgh.