Tag: Festival of Politics

This year's online Festival of Politics hosted by The Scottish Parliament is all about the climate emergency.The festival runs from 20 to 24 October 2021 and every event is free to attend. With...

The Festival of Politics opens at Holyrood promising a few days of films, talks and some music.With more events taking place than ever before, this year’s Festival will include talks from Professor Mary Beard,...

The Scottish Parliament will host the Festival of Politics next month from 10 to 13 October, and will become the first parliament to host a recording of the BBC's Question Time.The other parts of...

 Harry Benson CBE is a rare breed. He inspires adoration from press photographers across the world, but none more so than here in Scotland where he was born.He started his working life with the...

Two key things were immediately apparent as yesterday's Festival of Politics panel discussion got under way. Firstly, Shetland was actually on the map—the day prior, at a similar panel, the cartoonish map of Scotland gracing the introductory...

If "Balancing The Books" were a Fringe event, you'd walk in and find face-painted jesters gleefully and precariously posturing paperbacks on their noses, foreheads and any other suitable extremities. An audience can only dream. No...

The ninth Festival of Politics gets underway today examining ‘Scotland’s Place in the World’.  The three day festival takes place in the unique setting of the Scottish Parliament and explores what has defined Scotland’s...

Creativity, change and history dominate at Festival of PoliticsAn opportunity to put a stitch in time and be part of history will be on offer at the Scottish Parliament as part of events taking...

The world’s premier photojournalism exhibition will open at the Scottish Parliament for its sixth year running from Saturday 6 August until 27 August.Holyrood is one of only two venues in the UK, and the...