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National Librarian Amina Shar sits next to poet Jackie Kay. They are talking and Jackie is holding an item from her archive in her right hand.

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In conversation with Jackie Kay: The archive and the journey

Saturday 25 January 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

George IV Bridge

The printing devices of Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar, National Library of Scotland.

Talk

Edinburgh: the birthplace of printing in Scotland

Thursday 30 January 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

City Art Centre

A Renaissance-era map of the world.

Talk

Treasures: Mapping space, time and Christendom

Thursday 20 February 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge

A renaissance painting of one man and seven women. One woman is in a dress covered in closers and plants, and another is blue and has their blue hair blowing.

Talk

Renaissance women's beauty secrets

Thursday 6 March 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge

An illustration of Isabella Bird riding a horse.

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Treasures: The travels of Isabella Bird

Thursday 13 March 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge

A photo of Murrayfield Stadium. Seats form the colour and shape of the Scottish flag and there is a pipe band playing on the field.

Talk

100 years of Murrayfield

Thursday 20 March 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge

An old black and white photo of two women in long skirts scaling a rock face in Scotland.

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Women in sport through the national collections

Thursday 27 March 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge

A black and white illustration of the inside of the Advocate's Library from the 1700s or 1800s. There are columns around the room and chairs that some people are sitting on and a table in the middle that three people are standing around.

Talk

The Library of the Faculty of Advocates in the Scottish Enlightenment

Friday 2 May 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

City Art Centre

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