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Hitlist: Around Town

Hitlist: Around Town

The best talks and walks

2 Oct 2009

Beyond the Corporation: Taking Control of Our Everyday Lives, An Evening with Kevin Smith, Gude Cause: Recreating the 1909 Suffragette March, An Audience with Arun Gandhi, Just a Little Run Around the World – Rosie Swale Pope, Scottish Ballet: Outside In

Glasgow Festival of DIY Culture

Glasgow Festival of DIY Culture

Free and not for profit events take over the city

17 Sep 2009

Strange, wonderful, convoluted and absolutely charming. And that’s just the programme. From wonder walks to guerrilla gardening, time-travelling pub crawls to flash jam sessions on the subway, this festival of free and not-for-profit events is trying to…

‘Diana and Actaeon’ by Titian

One day itinerary: A One Day Stand

1 Dec 2008

It's one of Britain's most expensive cities and to hard-up new arrivals, Edinburgh could seem impossible to enjoy without a six-figure bank balance. But we say, why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free? Scotland’s capital positively heaves with…

Popular events

Arthur's Amble
Date	Location
Learn all about the folk who lived and worked around Arthur's Seat on this gentle walk around Hunter's Bog and St. Margaret's Loch View full details
4 Jun–30 Jul Mon 1–2.30pm	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh

City of the Dead Haunted Graveyard Tour
Date	Location
Black Hart Entertainment. History, horror and a terrifying journey into the lair of the world-famous Mackenzie Poltergeist, the best documented supernatural case in history. 'Terrifying' (Most Haunted). 'The best of Edinburgh's ghost tours' (Lonely Planet). www.blackhart.uk.com. Ages 12+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Jul–2 Sep Mon–Sun 9–10.45pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Outside St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile
Date	Location
Take a short and gentle walking tour and see a little-known side of Edinburgh's Old Town: tucked away behind the historic buildings there's plenty of green nooks and crannies of gardens with a story to tell. Ages 16+. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Jun 11am	John Knox House, Edinburgh
3 Aug–27 Aug Mon–Fri 10.30am–12.15pm; Sun 2.30–4.15pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Outside John Knox House, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 10.30am–12.15pm 2 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Outside John Knox House, Edinburgh

Anthony Schrag: Tourist in Residence
Date	Location
Anthony Schrag's work has a subversive wit; an early video, Stairs, features him walking up the underside of a flight of stars in his block of flats, filmed with an upside-down video camera, so that a person walking down the stairs normally appears to be upside-down. Here he runs a series of participatory tours of Edinburgh which encourage you to interact with the city in different ways. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Booking is essential. View full details
4 Aug–29 Aug To be confirmed	Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh

Close Encounters
Date	Location
A kids' walk on low slopes of Ben Lawers, with the chance to spy some of the lesser-seen animals, plants and wildlife on offer. Wellies and waterproofs advised. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at the car park. View full details
10 Jul 10.30am 24 Jul 10.30am 7 Aug 10.30am 21 Aug 10.30am	Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, Killin

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Glamis, Angus, DD8 1RJ

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0UE

A great place to relax in summer or take a brisk walk in winter, with a programme of events including stargazing, gardening talks and even theatre. Also look out for exotics and exhibitions in Kibble Palace Glasshouse and the vegetable, herb and flower…

Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre

Culloden Moor, Inverness, Highland, IV2 5EU

Through recent archaeological and historical research the National Trust for Scotland discovered that the previous Culloden Battlefield visitor centre and exhibition was sited on the third Government line of the battlefield. With the Trust's resolve to…

Finlaystone Country Estate

Finlaystone Country Estate

Finlaystone House, Langbank, PA14 6TJ

Finlaystone Country Estate is an established visitor attraction managed by the family of the Chief of the Clan MacMillan. The estate is located just ten minutes west of Glasgow Airport and is open all year. With its spectacular views across the Firth of…

Sheriffmuir Inn

By Dunblane, Stirling, FK15 0LN Scotland

The Sheriffmuir Inn is a whitewashed haven on a lonely moor that seems far away from its Central Belt spot on the map. Geoff and Moira Cook took over the 18th-century inn in May 2005, since when the restaurant has been steadily building a decent…