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Wednesday 19 June
- 12:30 – 14:30
- Curator's Favourites
Talk by Prof David Gaimster called 'The Rosetta Stone – Breaking the Code'.
- 17:00 – 18:30
- The First Ladies of Football
- 18:00
- Pecha Kucha 18: Fashion
- 19:00 – 20:30
- Unstated: Writers on Scottish Independence
Thursday 20 June
- 18:00 – 19:00
- Karen Campbell: Fact v Fiction
Friday 21 June
Saturday 22 June
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Natives, Aliens and Re-introductions
Sunday 23 June
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Natives, Aliens and Re-introductions
Monday 24 June
Tuesday 25 June
Wednesday 26 June
- 12:30 – 14:30
- Curator's Favourites
This week it's a look at a painted Islamic ivory box made in the 12th century Norman Sicily.
Talk by Dr Neil Clark: 'Bone Breccia: Whose Bones Were They?'
This session focuses on Sonny Rollins' quirky 1957 classic Way Out West, in which Rollins for the first time recorded with just bass and drums. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Thursday 27 June
This session is about Ella Fitzgerald's memorable 1965 encounter with Ellington, Ella at Duke's Place. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Friday 28 June
- 14:00 – 15:00
- Archive Show and Tell Sessions
Suffragette Collection: uncover an inspirational woman amongst the suffragette postcards and pamphlets as part of the Illuminated Letters project.
A listening session with Dave Brubeck's irresistible 1959 Time Out, the first jazz album ever to go platinum. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Saturday 29 June
This session is devoted to John Coltrane's magnificent 1964 A Love Supreme, and is sure to be a popular one. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Explore Lambert, Hendricks & Ross' scintillating 1957 album Sing a Song of Basie. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Sunday 30 June
This listening session is Audience Choice: vote for your favourite jazz album on the Festival's Facebook page and maybe you'll get lucky. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
The final session is devoted to a groundbreaking classic of British jazz, the 1965 Under Milk Wood by Stan Tracey, about whom Sonny Rollins once asked 'Does anybody here know how good he really is?' Pop down to the Old Fruitmarket by 8pm and you can hear him in person. Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Wednesday 3 July
Dr Stuart McDonald talks about 'Hunter and Blood Circulation'.
Friday 5 July
- 19:00 – 20:30
- Your Big Question with Sister Jayanti
Sunday 7 July
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Garden Talk: Allotments
Wednesday 10 July
Talk by Peter Black: 'Portrait of Dr William Harvey (1578–1657)'.
Saturday 13 July
Sunday 14 July
Wednesday 17 July
Talk by Dr Sally-Anne Coupar: 'The World Uncovered – William Hunter's "Artificial Curiosities"'.
Wednesday 24 July
Talk by Peter Black: 'Titian's Portrait of Vesalius'.


