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Friday 21 June
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
- 18:00 – 22:00
- Flab to FAB – The Workshop
Books are available for sale on the night. Dinner for Gold and VIP Ticket holders begins from 8pm onwards.
- 19:00 – 21:30
- Midsummer Evening Picnic
Saturday 22 June
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Be a Product Designer
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Natives, Aliens and Re-introductions
- 10:30 – 14:00
- Open University Open Day
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Regency Garden Picnic
- 19:00 – 22:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
This is a chance to hear directly from the installation's creators and to ask any pressing questions you may have about its themes and execution.
Sunday 23 June
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Natives, Aliens and Re-introductions
- 11:00 – 13:00
- Falls of Clyde Victorian Grand Tour
- 11:00 – 16:30
- Regency Garden Picnic
Monday 24 June
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
- 14:00 – 17:00
- Edinburgh Tarot Group
Tuesday 25 June
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
- 14:30 – 15:30
- Specialist Tours at Glasgow Museums
Today: Highlights of the Contemporary Art Collection, including paintings and works on paper.
- 20:00 – 22:00
- Big Ideas
Tonight, the question is 'What sort of things are numbers?' Oxford lecturer Alexander Paseau tackles the abstract concept, determining whether numbers are subjective products of mental processes or if they in fact belong to a 'separate realm of ideal existence', as Plato believed.
Wednesday 26 June
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
- 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
- 09:00 – 18:00
- Chair – A Life Backwards
- 10:00 – 11:00
- French Conversation with Yakety Yak Language Cafe
