Beyond Borders Events
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17 June 2012
 Sunday, 17 June 2012 to Saturday, 23 June 2012 Following in the footsteps of Edinburgh-born Orientalist painter David Roberts, Joseph Maxwell Stuart will exhibit a series of some 80 paintings, in... |
21 June 2012
 Thursday, 21 June 2012 18:00 – 20:30
The first decade of the 21st Century saw an unprecedented rise in non-state diplomacy within the cultural sector both at home and abroad.
Beyond... |
25 June 2012
 Monday, 25 June 2012 to Saturday, 30 June 2012 Following in the footsteps of Edinburgh-born Orientalist painter David Roberts, Joseph Maxwell Stuart will exhibit a series of some 80 paintings, in... |
1 July 2012
 Sunday, 1 July 2012 to Sunday, 30 September 2012 Traquair House opening hours
A series of installations and accompanying print works reflecting the heritage of Traquair House, its contents and gardens.
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17 August 2012
 Friday, 17 August 2012 18:30pm - 19:40pm
In February 2005 a BBC journalist was murdered in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Her name was Kate and she was Rebecca’s big sister.
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18 August 2012
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 to Sunday, 19 August 2012 9:00am - 11:00am
Scottish storyteller John Nichol takes you on a cycling odyssey around the Borders landscape with historical tales and mystery.
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 Saturday, 18 August 2012 to Sunday, 19 August 2012 Ongoing
100 flags to be flown together throughout the Books, Borders and Bikes Festival, created in collaboration between Delfina Foundation artist Dillwyn... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 to Sunday, 19 August 2012 10:00am - 11:00am
Traditional stories from the mists of time told amongst the trees and burns in the magical grounds of Traquair House. Meet local storyteller Mary... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 10:00am – 11:45am
Join local writer Fiona J. Houston as she leads Raja Shehadeh and Mark Thomas on a literary walk through the Traquair landscape as they discuss... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 to Sunday, 19 August 2012 Ongoing
A selection of photographs from UK photographer Guy Martin documenting the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya.
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 Saturday, 18 August 2012 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Prizewinning author
James Meek talks about his new book, a rich and intricate novel about everything that matters to us now: children, celebrity,... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 13.00pm - 13.45pm
A literary walk in Palestine with Orwell Prize winning author Raja Shehadeh as he discusses his new book with comedian writer and broadcaster Mark... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 14.00pm - 14.50pm
Allan Little in conversation with Former Secretary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Paul Van Zyl, and President de Klerk’... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 15.10pm - 16.00pm
The haunting songs of celebrated Indian singer, Vidya Shah, while William Dalrymple creates a journey through the poetry and intrigues of India’s... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 15:10pm - 16:00pm
Listen to the haunting, classical Indian music of Vidya Shah while William Dalrymple creates a journey through the poetry and intrigues of India’s... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 16.20pm - 17.10pm
Join a discussion with Cengiz Çandar, senior political columnist of the liberal Turkish daily Radikal, Kerim Yildiz, Director of the Democractic... |
 Saturday, 18 August 2012 17.25pm - 18.15pm
Join Allan Little as he talks to Channel 4 News International Editor and author of Sandstorm Lindsey Hilsum and photographer Guy Martin, who has... |
19 August 2012
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 9:30am - 11:00am
Local writer Fiona J. Houston leads an exploration of the bounty that the Borders hedgerow and hills have to offer.
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 Sunday, 19 August 2012 11.00am - 11.45am
Local writer and foraging expert Fiona J. Houston discusses a new guide for wild food enthusiasts.
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 Sunday, 19 August 2012 12.00pm - 12.45pm
Meet one of the world’s leading conductors, Maestro Valery Gergiev, as he talks to James Naughtie about his life, the power of music to uplift and... |
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 13.00pm - 13.45pm
Veteran diplomat and former UK Special Envoy, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, discusses his experience of Afghanistan and Pakistan with the Scottish... |
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 14:05pm – 14:55pm
Join International Criminal Tribunal judge Ben Emmerson QC, former head of UNDPA, Sir Kieran Prendergast, Roelf Meyer and Lindsey Hilsum as they... |
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 15.15pm - 16.05pm
James Naughtie, Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Tam Dalyell and Magnus Linklater discuss the likely effect of the referendum and the Leveson enquiry on the... |
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 16:25pm - 17:15
Join Steve Crawshaw Pamela Hogan, Richard Demarco and Paul Van Zyl as they discuss with resident Colombian philosopher Dr. Oscar Guardiola Rivera how... |
 Sunday, 19 August 2012 18:00pm - 19:00pm
Shylock has always divided opinion. Is he a villain or a victim? Or is he someone even more intriguing.
There is no doubt Shylock is hard done by in... |
21 August 2012
 Tuesday, 21 August 2012 19:00pm (52 mins)
When the Balkans exploded into war in the 1990s, reports that tens of thousands of women were being systematically raped as a tactic of ethnic... |
 Tuesday, 21 August 2012 20:45pm
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the astonishing story of the Liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator Charles Taylor in the... |
22 August 2012
 Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:30 (80 mins) Introduced by Gwynne Roberts and followed by a Q&A session
Kulajo was one of the thousands of Kurdish villages targeted by Saddam Hussein during his murderous Anfal campaign in 1988. This documentary allows... |
23 August 2012
 Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:30pm (89 mins)
A documentary on the influential photojournalist Don McCullin, his life and work. Acclaimed as one of history’s most important war photographers,... |
 Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:00pm (90 mins)
Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie... |
24 August 2012
 Friday, 24 August 2012 14:00pm – 15:30pm
How do small nations maintain their cultural and political independence in a world of rising global powers in the 21st Century?
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25 August 2012
 Saturday, 25 August 2012 To be confirmed
What now for the Responsibility to Protect? After NATO’s successful intervention in Libya and the UN faltering peace plan in Syria, a panel of... |