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Art Meets Science: Creating the Genome

Come hear the results of a multidisciplinary project between two geneticists, two poets, a design artist and a photographer, initiated by the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum. With Pippa Goldschmidt, Lisa Matthews and Matthias Wienroth in discussion.

Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 557 2876

  • 18:00

Ian Mitchell: Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers

Author Ian Mitchell talks about the Highlands back in the days when bandits, poachers and illicit distillers camped out in the mountains.

National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 623 3918

  • 18:00

Modernist Magazines 1880–1940 Symposium

Symposium and book launch examining the avant-garde magazines of the inter-war period. Booking is essential.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 624 6268

Symposium from 3–6pm: book launch from 6–7pm.

Be Receptive: Art/Science Symposium

A multidisciplinary afternoon of discussion and debate by artists, clinicians, medical researchers and carers, investigating personalised medicine, genetics, asthma, and issues of child health. A private view of the Be Receptive exhibition of artwork, follows this event. This exhibition is held at the Royal Alexandra…

The Audrey Emerton Building, Brighton

Tue 21 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Libraries Change Lives: Weaving Words, Threads of Learning

A panel – comprising Glasgow Women's Library reader-in-residence Magi Gibson, with Elizabeth Bryan (WEA), Jim Crowther (University of Edinburgh) and Sarah Forteath (Edinburgh Libraries) – discuss the role of libraries to mark Adult Learners' Week.

Central Library, Edinburgh

Tue 21 May

Free / 0131 242 8100

The One-Eyed Men: Cookin' Up Trouble!

These loveable scruffians inexplicably change vocations from comedy to cookery. A culinary masterclass that'll stir-fry your brains and oven-melt your heart. ‘Weird and wonderful and really, really funny’ ★★★★ (The Skinny). Suitable for ages 18+.

Caroline Of Brunswick, Brighton

Tue 21 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Zombie Science: Worst Case Scenario

An interactive multi-media spoof tutorial, with Theoretical Zombiologist Doctor Austin, teaching you how to survive a hypothetical Zombieism outbreak using science. Supported by Wellcome Trust and University of Glasgow. “Superbly entertaining… Doctor Austin is quirky and engaging, a delicate mixture of innocence and…

The Warren, Brighton

Tue 21 May

£9 (£7.50) / 01273 917272

Friends 2 for 1 Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.