Before 9pm, Talks & lectures, History

Prof Peter Abrahams gives this Heritage Society Festival Lecture about the original Renaissance man's career as an anatomist and his extremely detailed drawings, which came from the study of 23 corpses that the artist personally dissected. Prof Abrahams discusses how the unique concepts found in these ancient renderings…

Memory always distorts. Theatre is inherently un-real. Is this the perfect combination, or fraught with difficulties? This panel discussion explores the tensions between theatre, history, memory, preservation, and politics; between that which has been left to us and that which is absolutely new. Leading artists…

The modern piano is as different from Mozart’s piano as a Mercedes from a horsedrawn carriage. But what effect did changes in the instrument have on the music written for it? Concert pianist Kenneth Hamilton, Professor of Music at Cardiff University, offers insights into three centuries of music at the keyboard. Chaired…

A two-day conference organised by Glasgow Natural History Society, featuring a series of talks, workshops, and excursions about the influence of ecology on wildlife conservation in Scotland. In celebration of the British Ecological Society's 100th anniversary.

Learn about the fascinating four hundred year history of the country park.

Find out about how Scotland shaped the growth of world football at this informal talk, with Richard McBrearty, Curator of Scottish Football Museum.

Learn more about a specific component of Glasgow Museums' vast collection from an expert on the subject. Booking is essential.

Learn more about some of the key objects in the exhibition from George Dalgleish, Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology.

A series of free lunchtime talks accompanying the Hunterian's exhibition of its earliest catalogue. Attendance at the talks qualifies you for free entry to the exhibition.

A talk on the great Victorian art collector and patron Thomas Fairbairn with Richard Byrom.

Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse’s history, influence and future. Further details: www.traversethroughtime.com.

Explore the Traverse Theatre’s dynamic 50-year history through a series of talks by theatre practitioners and scholars, illuminating founding days and reflecting on the Traverse’s history, influence and future. Further details: www.traversethroughtime.com.

A table chat about why the lives of gay people are more likely to be affected by drugs than that of their straight comrades.

The historian discusses his book The Return of a King, a substantial and analytical new account of the first Afghan War.

Guest curator Deanna Petherbridge talks about the Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition and how she came to be interested in the history of the representation of witches.