WHAT'S ON 23rd - 24th AUGUST
23-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 4.30-6pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 The Power of Cultural Diplomacy and the Power of Small Nations in Overcoming Conflict - This event will explore the power of cultural diplomacy in overcoming cultural conflict. - www. festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 11.30am-1pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 The Future of Europe and Small Nations - With the European Union (EU) soon to increase in size to 28 Member States, what ability does the EU have to further absorb new members? - www. festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 1-2.30pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 Independence and Economic Issues - There is little doubt that economics will play a crucial part in determining the views of people voting in the referendum and this session will help explore this. - www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 2-4pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 Culture and Broadcasting - In partnership with the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy and forming part of the series Enlightening the Constitutional Debate, this event will focus on the impact of constitutional change on the culture of Scotland. - www. festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 3.30-5pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 Public Attitudes to our Constitutional Future - This session will focus on people’s attitudes towards independence both in Scotland and the rest of the UK. - www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 5-7.30pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 Identity and Community –The Happy Lands - The Happy Lands is a unique film focussing on Fife’s mining communities around the time of the great strike in 1926. - www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk 24-Aug-2013 JOHN GRAY CENTRE : 10am-3pm Lodge Street HADDINGTON 01620 828200 Tales of the Riverbank - A linear walk from Haddington to East Linton: from medieval castles and monasteries to death in the Neolithic and murder at Abbey Mill, the walk partly follows the path along theTyneand covers everything from 7500BC to World War Two! (7 miles, approx 5 hours) Return to Haddington by bus from East Linton (X6 or 253, 15 minutes). Shorter route option: Join the tour as far as Abbey Mill and return by the riverside path to Haddington (2 miles, approx 2 hours). - £5 - www.johngraycentre.org 24-Aug-2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : 6-9.30pm Holyrood EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 348 5000 Politics and Art - Join in the discussions about how artists create art in a social and political context, and what happens when art challenges the political status quo. - www.festiva ??]X????Z? ? P]Y?L? L????T?T?PSQS?0??? N\p?? \???0?QS??T?????? L?H ?
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