Talat Yaqoob, Helen O'Shea, Esa Aldegheri, Catherine Murphy, Muminah Koleoso
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n Building a Feminist Nation, social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob, modern historian Helen O’Shea, and Law professor Kim Barker commissioned bold new writing on the intersection of feminism, human rights, advocacy, and policy to prompt vital discussions about Scotland. Esa Aldegheri talks with them and contributors Muminah Koleoso (writing on young women and misogyny) and Catherine Murphy (exploring poverty and the economy), considering the political shifts required to deliver a more equitable, feminist Scotland.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral masterpiece is performed for the first time at the Festival, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and conductor Rafael Payare.Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's monumental cantata...
John Curtice, David Torrance, Liz Lloyd, Nicola McEwan
The votes are counted, and 2026’s Scottish Parliament election has delivered a winner – but has it delivered a workable government? Will Scotland see stable leadership, or a parliament shaped by deals, compromises,...
As part of Scotland to the World, we bring you a unique fusion of Japanese and Scottish culture. Rarely experienced outside its home country, Noh is a 600-year-old form of classical Japanese musical drama, into which...
As part of Scotland to the World, we bring you a unique fusion of Japanese and Scottish culture. Rarely experienced outside its home country, Noh is a 600-year-old form of classical Japanese musical drama, into which...
Eating with the seasons is one thing, but have you ever tuned your ear to them? Dr Hannah French did while writing The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi. Today the BBC Radio 3 presenter and...
The road to modern China began with the 1912 abdication of the final emperor Puyi and the establishment of the People’s Republic, ending half a millennium of imperial rule from the mysterious Forbidden City....
Smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul and the genre-crossing Scottish Ensemble explore Celtic music and mythology.Brìghde Chaimbeul (pronounced Breech-huh Campbell) has set the world of Celtic music alight. She pairs...
Scotland’s best new voices in science, technology and engineering will each have just three mins to convey a scientific concept to you and our expert panel of judges, before a winner is chosen to represent Scotland at...
Our pals at the Scottish Book Trust – inventor of the New Writers Awards – know all about writing, and what you need to take that next step to publication. In this interactive session, they’ll be offering top tips,...
100 years ago, Scottish literature was crackling with new energy. In this lively panel chat, Kirsty Gunn, Alan Riach, and James Robertson revisit the Scottish Renaissance through landmark works including Hugh...
Talat Yaqoob, Helen O'Shea, Esa Aldegheri, Catherine Murphy, Muminah Koleoso
In Building a Feminist Nation, social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob, modern historian Helen O’Shea, and Law professor Kim Barker commissioned bold new writing on the intersection of feminism, human rights, advocacy,...
