Evening events, Talks & lectures

Researchers from the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit discuss health and sexual health and how they are represented in the media, followed by a Q&A.

Contributors to Unstated: Writers On Scottish Independence talk about the impending referendum in 2014.

Join Alasdair Gray, Scottish author and artist most acclaimed for his first novel Lanark, which was described as 'one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction' by the Guardian. Join him here, in conversation with the BBC’s Head of the Arts, Jonty Claypole. Gray has been described by Will Self as 'a great writer…

An illustrated talk by authors Roy and Lesley Adkins, followed by an informal Q&A session.

The omnipresent guitarist Earl Slick, whose most recent project was David Bowie's The Next Day, discusses his new book.

A look at the work of Janet Henderson, who helped to establish the organic, local sourcing and healthy eating scene here in Scotland, and a glance at the future of food culture in the country. Booking is essential.

Science on the Fringe!? Yes! Science, controversy, myth-busting, debunking and debate all at the Fringe Festival. Featuring different speakers every night discussing the issues, evidence and controversies in everything from alternative medicine to Sharia law and beyond. This is our fourth year at the Fringe so we…

Chaired by Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton and fellow witty and loquacious panellists try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Discover why this show has been attracting the best comedians for 45 years. <p style="margin-top: 0"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0">…

Listen to a classic jazz album on a top-range sound system in company, and hear insights into its musical context and how it came to be made.

Learn to find your way around in the countryside on this orienteering course for all the family.

Get your multidisciplinarity on at this night of 'psychogeographical exploration', featuring a screening of May Mile Thomas' 'The Devil's Plantation, a film about Harry Bell, who searched for secrets within Glasgow's cityscape, along with some tunes from the Psychogeographical Commission and sound artist Caroline…

Learn to break free of that self-constructed prison known as guilt.

Talk and meditation on the benefits of being a guest in your own life.

The political columnist presents his new book, a companion to the three-part television series of the same name. Booking is essential.

Hear from the instantly recognisable but always believable actor about a life in film, from Begbie to Renard and beyond. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The author and founder of Wild Women Writing Workshops talks about finding your voice, the mysteries of creativity and writing poetry and young adult fiction.

Author and broadcaster Paul Mason outlines the ways in which technology has enabled global protest movements and asks how the old political models of ruling and resisting are being undermined. Chaired by Professor William Sweeney. Speech-to-Text Reported event.

Psychiatrist Andrew Powell explores the ways that technology affects relationships. As depression rapidly becomes the greatest burden of illness in developed countries, he examines safeguards for emotional and spiritual well-being. Chaired by Reverend Richard Coles, writer of TV comedy Rev. Speech-to-Text Reported event.

The author of This Is Where I Am talks about her book, which focuses on a refugee family, and speaks with Joe Brady and Wafa Shaheen of Refugee Council Scotland.