A Queen’s Jewel Box: The 1566 inventory of Mary Queen of Scots’ jewellery – National Records of Scotland

Thursday 25th November 2021 at 5pm on Zoom

In 1854 an inventory of Mary Queen of Scots’ rich collection of jewellery, annotated in her handwriting with bequests to her relatives and courtiers, was discovered in General Register House. This talk will look at the contents of the inventory and what it says about Mary’ style during her personal reign and the personal networks she valued and relied on. …

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Festival of Science, Wisdom & Faith at Greyfriars Kirk

22-24 October 2021 online and in-person

There are those who say that science supersedes religion, rendering faith redundant. But reverence for the natural world, finding the answers to help humanity flourish and sustain the earth community, in all its diversity, are spiritual pursuits too and many scientists attest urgent questions cannot be answered by science alone. As we look forward to the 26th UN Climate Change …

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“Haunted Scott” – Museums & Galleries Edinburgh

Friday 29th Oct 2021 at 2pm on MS Teams

For Hallowe’en, Prof Penny Fielding will give an online talk for Museums & Galleries Edinburgh about ghosts, visions and prophecies in Scott’s novels and poetry.  We will learn how Scott included traditional folklore beliefs in his ballad collection The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, and how different kinds of apparitions feature in his novels, including Waverley and The Bride of Lammermoor. …

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“India in Edinburgh in the long 19th century” – The Old Edinburgh Club

Wed 13 Oct 2021 at 6.45pm in person and online

In this first Old Edinburgh Club talk in a physical venue since early 2020 Prof Roger Jeffery will discuss “India in Edinburgh in the long 19th century.” Formerly Professor of Sociology of South Asia at the University of Edinburgh (from 1997-2020) Prof Jeffery was also a co-founder of of the University’s Centre for South Asia Studies and is Associate Director …

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Edinburgh Association of Community Councils AGM

25 November 2021 at 7pm

The Edinburgh Association of Community Councils aims to provide support, advice and give a collective voice for community councils when facing the challenges community councillors encounter on an almost daily basis. All of Edinburgh’s Community Councils are invited to send a representative to the Association’s regular meetings. Booking information and other details can be found at the link below.

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Edinburgh Association of Community Councils Meeting

16 December 2021 at 7pm

The Edinburgh Association of Community Councils aims to provide support, advice and give a collective voice for community councils when facing the challenges community councillors encounter on an almost daily basis. All of Edinburgh’s Community Councils are invited to send a representative to the Association’s regular meetings. Booking information and other details can be found at the link below.

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Edinburgh Association of Community Council Ordinary Meeting

Thurs 21st October 2021 at 7pm online

The Edinburgh Association of Community Councils aims to provide support, advice and give a collective voice for community councils when facing the challenges community councillors encounter on an almost daily basis. All of Edinburgh’s Community Councils are invited to send a representative to the Association’s regular meetings. Booking information and other details can be found at the link below.  

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Slower Speeds Safer Streets – Edinburgh Summit on Speeding

Sat 23rd October 2021 from 10am to 12.45pm online

Edinburgh Living Streets are hosting a free online public summit which will bring together community representatives, campaigners, councillors and government to look at how speeding on the city’s streets can be reduced. The aim is to make ‘Vision Zero’ – zero deaths and serious injuries – a practical reality for Edinburgh, not just a theoretical commitment. Speakers will include Lesley …

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“By Leaves we live” Seeding grassroots climate strategies in Edinburgh – A Cockburn Conference

Sat 30th October from 11am on Zoom

After a century and a half of discussion, planning and apparently endless piecemeal strategies about environmental ambitions the current climate emergency demands immediate achievable actions. This latest one-day FREE online Cockburn Conference on Saturday 30 October will discuss some of the many well-intended environmental and sustainability schemes, policy documents and political initiatives that have been produced over the last few decades …

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Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days Weekend

Sat 25th and Sun 26th September 2021

The Cockburn Association has been organising this beloved annual free event in Edinburgh for over thirty years and for the last five in East Lothian. This year’s weekend will see over one hundred venues, businesses and organisations fling open the virtual OR actual doors to the public once again. Visit our specially created Doors Open Days page where you will …

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