Before 5pm, Talks & lectures

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.

Aleks Krotoski, social psychologist and presenter of Radio 4’s Digital Human, untangles the World Wide Web, asking how much of a revolution it really is. Are we in danger of letting Google and Facebook take over our lives, and can we reclaim control over the machine? Chaired by Robert Dawson Scott. Speech-to-Text Reported…

Jesse Schell, Distinguished Professor of Entertainment Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and technology entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl discuss the gamification of design and its potential for widespread influence. Chaired by writer Ben Hammersley.

Author and journalist James Harkin uses the Moleskine diaries phenomenon to explore what our desire to identify with niche product, media and culture brands can tell us about ourselves. Chaired by Robert Dawson Scott.

In the face of today’s ongoing technological revolution, author and journalist Ben Hammersley examines how we must consider today what we do not know for tomorrow. Chaired by journalist Robert Dawson Scott. Speech-to-Text Reported event.

Course designed for those with some experience of drawing and painting, combining practical work with study of artists and art movements directly related to your work. Taught by Peter Wilson. Prices includes all materials. Ages 18+.

Kate Leiper, who created the art for An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales, talks about how images help to tell stories, with a chance for audience members to try their own hand at illustration. Ages 11+.

The launch of a new novel, The Professor of Truth, loosely based on the Lockerbie bombing. Twenty-one years after his wife and daughter were murdered in the bombing of a plane over Scotland, Alan Tealing still does not know the truth of what really happened. Obsessed by the details of what he has come to call 'The…

At 87-years-old, James Salter has written what is likely to be his final novel, 'All That Is'. The book draws together the great themes of his lifetime's work - war, love, sex, marriage and what it means to write. It is a sweeping, seductive love story set in post-Second World War America. Spanning decades it tells of…

A presentation, using storytelling, song, dance, film and documents, of stories from the lives of hundreds of Orcadians who, during the 18th and 19th centuries, became servants of the Hudson Bay Company. Devised and directed by Fran Flett Hollinrake.

Rekindle your connection to nature in this workshop which uses teaching tools from shamans around the world use to connect with their spiritual guides.

Rock, indie and electro festival with headliners Basement Jaxx, Primal Scream and The Charlatans, plus Public Enemy, I Am Kloot, Mystery Jets, Lightning Seeds, Seasick Steve, British Sea Power, Johnny Marr and many more. The festival also features The Academy in association with the University of Cumbria – a series of…

A project on the practice of Edinburgh artist Lyndsay Mann, featuring you are what you think about most of the time by Chris Dyson & Katherine MacBride; TRANS by Mark Chapman; and 60 seconds the release by Lyndsay Mann.

A series of talks at Langside Library covering a variety of topics.

A weekend of talks, demonstrations and activities that investigate our relationship to the natural world as explored through writing, in celebration of the Year of Natural Scotland. Speakers include Sir John Lister-Kaye, TC Smout, Esther Woolfson, Ian Edwards and Fi Martynoga.

Join poet Jo Shapcott to find out about a new London poetry project. This summer, poets connected with London boroughs are writing new poems contemplating our post-Olympic, mid-austerity, 21st-century city. Each poem is then handed over to an artist - maybe a muralist, possibly a sculptor, perhaps even someone who…

Professor of Communication, Arts and Religion Jolyon Mitchell hosts a discussion with historian, broadcaster and author Bettany Hughes and Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, on the relationships between research and the media and the demands of addressing different audiences.

A series of free talks taking place on Wednesday lunchtimes in various Aberdeen museums. Booking essential for talks at the Maritime Museum.

William Fowler, Curator of Art Film at the BFI takes us on a journey through the life and films of Brighton-based DIY film maker & animator Jeff Keen, who died in 2012. A pioneer of experimental underground film, Keen was, until recently, one of British cinema’s best kept secrets. Tickets include one delightful…

Programme includes: Martin Creed: Face to face with Bach for organ (World premiere) .: Bach: works to be announced Martin Creed is one of the UK's most well known and versatile artists. As a visual artist, he won The Turner Prize in 2001 for his piece Work No.227 - the lights going on and off, and on the morning…

The football experts are coming to Kelvingrove to help assess all your personal memorabilia. Bring along programmes, signed football shirts or other sporting collectibles and find out more about its history from the panel.

Amy Lamé and David Coke have a natter about the Vauxhall and its history and culture.

Cybraphon, the autonomous and emotional robot band, joins the permanent collection of National Museums Scotland, and Alexander Hayward is joined by Professor Simon Kirby of FOUND, Mark Daniels of New Media Scotland, and Alison Taubman of National Museums Scotland to welcome it to its new home.