Join Catherine Maxwell Stuart and Alasdair Allan on a walk from Toll Wood and hear about his book exploring the history, language and literature of the Scottish Borders

All of the Main Tent events will be streamed in the Walled Garden Clouds Marquee. You can also enjoy music, exhibitions, food and drink, market stalls and Youth Climate Summit events! See more:

Literary Walk: Tweed Rins Tae the Ocean with Alasdair Allan and Catherine Maxwell Stuart

Morning Meditation with Rajesh Rai

Lunchtime Music Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes: Songs of Separation

Youth Climate Summit

Market Stalls

Enjoy a selection of local produce, including:

• Gin Tasting from Selkirk Distillers
• Whisky Tasting from Borders Distillery
• Lyne Organics
• The Wee Souk
• LoveLiveGive Art
• Cammafi Teas and Accessories

There will also be a stall featuring work from local writers, focussing on Green Recovery and Health.

Exhibitions

New York Times: Carbon’s Casualties

Josh Haner has travelled across the globe to document the effects of climate change. Dramatic drone footage coupled with still photography on the ground captures diverse environments as they are reshaped around the world, weaving a visual narrative of the ultimate legacy of climate change: the loss of our planet’s heritage.

Against All Odds: Scottish Women Can Paint (High Gallery)

“Women can’t paint,” was a statement made by Georg Baselitz when asked why women were so underrepresented in art museums and major exhibitions. This exhibition and series of interviews with and about seven prominent Scottish women artists sets out to disprove that belief and try to understand how a group of dedicated women painters have managed to create some of the best paintings produced in Scotland during the last half of the 20th century.

The Youth Climate Summit  will give young people a space to convene, express their passions, discuss future climate related projects, and raise awareness about some of the solutions to climate change. In particular, the Summit will focus on sustainable fashion and plant-based diets, through informative stalls and interactive activities, including:

• Youth Climate Summit Discussion Forum
• Sustainable Fashion: Clothing Swap Shop and Screen printing workshop;
• Bicycle-powered smoothie making;
• Climate-focussed poetry workshop and walks;
• Plant-based diets information and collective recipe book

Listen as Edi Stark unravels the journey of Scottish women artists in the 20^th and 21^st centuries with Joyce Cairns, the first female President of the Royal Scottish Academy and Alice Strang, curator of the National Galleries of Scotland’s landmark exhibition ‘Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965’. They will be joined by Andrew Brown, whose filmed interviews with seven female Scottish artists will premiere at Beyond Borders, accompanied by an exhibition at Traquair House. Callum Stark introduces. Sponsored by Creative Scotland.

Join Allan Little as he talks to British-Turkish novelist, Elif Shafak, about her book How to Stay Sane in the Age of Division and writer and journalist Sarah Helm, as they explore the truth about divided societies, including in places like Turkey and Gaza.

Listen to Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes as they perform an enchanting selection of Songs of Separation.

Listen as Stephen Gethins and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs’ Juliet Kaarbo debate Scotland’s foreign policy footprint and where it steps next. Allan Little asks the questions.

Watch veteran BBC journalist Jim Naughtie as he delves into the remarkable life of best-selling author of Murder on Mustique Lady Anne Glenconner as she recounts her time as Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret and her life and marriage to Lord Glenconner of the Glen.

Alasdair Allan MSP reads from his book Tweed Rins to the Ocean and takes part in a Q&A session about the history, literature, and language of what he contends is the oldest national land border in the world.

The Youth Climate Summit will host a discussion forum to give young people the space to convene, share their experiences as climate activists and think up future climate-related projects. This event will be open to the public for the first 20 minutes to allow the public to engage with the youth climate activists.

Round off the day with a selection of tunes from the Micro Band!