Talks & lectures

Improve your French conversation in a small group with an experienced tutor.

An illustrated talk by George Dalgleish, Keeper of Scottish History & Archaeology, on the work and lives of some of Scotland's historic goldsmiths from the 16th century to the present.

A talk about how to keep your garden looking good throughout the year.

Pollok Country Park Gardener Sean Belshaw dispenses handy tips on how to get the most out of your allotment in the summer months.

Jan MacDonald from Glasgow Allotment Forum gives a talk on the best ways to harvest and store produce from your garden or allotment.

Learn how to sort the weeds from the daffs in this plant id workshop.

This diverse and peace-promoting festival joins Edinburgh's cultural line-up in August with a generous programme of over 400 activities ranging from top-quality speakers and conversations to performances, film, food, exhibitions, family activities, workshops and art.

A talk that illuminates women's often overlooked contribution to the beautiful sport, with Richard McBrearty, Curator of Scottish Football Museum.

For the first time, see the Forward Prizes awarded to poets live on stage. The annual Forward Prizes are regarded by poets internationally as the highest of accolades. Past winners include Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Carol Ann Duffy. As a prelude to National Poetry Day and for the first time in the…

All audience members share in the reading aloud of Ken Smith's Fox Running. This is the second of three intimate shared readings which celebrate the range of poetry in the Poetry Library's collection as part of the library's 60th-birthday celebrations. Saison Poetry Library at Royal Festival Hall

Dr Dominic Paterson, Lecturer in Art History at the University of Glasgow, will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Lisa Le Feuvre – curator, writer and Head of Sculpture Studies at The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds – will give a talk on the exhibition Mostly West: Franz West and Artist Collaborations. Free admission, booking essential: ihevents@rbge.ac.uk or 0131 248 2971.

Fraser Ross talks about the inspiration behind the work in his current exhibition, Senses.

A variety of different speakers, from artists to historians, at these monthly talks.

A symposium exploring the history of organ transplantation.

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

Bees and other pollinators are responsible for the pollination of one third of our shopping basket. There is now an urgent need to understand how the complex interaction of the multiple pressures faced by pollinators (habitat loss, climate change, pests and diseases and environmental chemicals) currently threatens their…

All manner of spacey things are discussed at these monthly meetings, with the aim of promoting science to the general public (i.e., those of us without PhDs).

Learn how to make a pond.

A one-day course to help you persuade your under ten to get into the garden.

Although he went to Antarctica as an on-base medical doctor, Gavin Francis ended up spending a lot of time amongst emperor penguins during his fourteen months on the most icy and isolated of continents. Hear him talk about his life-changing experience amongst the birds.

The artist Gavin Turk has had a lifelong interest in the cult of personality and the construction of artistic myth. A major new book assembled under his direction showcases more than two decades of extraordinary sculptures, paintings, prints and installation pieces. Jarvis Cocker is widely regarded as one of the most…

Join geneticists from the University of Glasgow to discuss the ongoing revolution in Genetics.