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Thursday 28
Edinburgh
FREE Bawr Stretter! Messages from a Poet \111111\l1l’111-111 1 1111.111. i (11111111111(111w.(‘.11111111__1.111-, 55“ 35511 11.1111 (111111 1111' 11111'111 11111.11}\1.111'\1 1'\111111111111 111.111.\ 1111' 11111'11111: 111 1111' 1111\111\1111j,_'.111 \11111'11'.111111'\1’1 FREE Robin Gillanders \11l|~. 31 (111111111111 \111'1'1. (133 (131111 (1 11111111 1.11111111111 1(1111111(1111.111111'1x‘ 111'“ 11111111 11111111111131.11111} 11111111111' |11;:11|.11111\111 \11111.11111.11111()111111'1.\1111'11'111'1111111\\1'11 1111111'\11111111l1'1111111\11111\ \111111\11 .111111111'} 111 NH
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Friday 29
Glasgow
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Saturday 30
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Glasgow
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Tuesday 2
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‘3, FREE Janet Paisley 1\11\1.11111111;.: 'c‘l 1111.11}. \1\\11111111;_'\|41112111311 55-111‘111 “11111 1111' \1'1\.111|1' \111111 \11111 \'.1111'1.11111'1.11111111.1}\111;_'1111.11111\.11111111 111'1 1.111'\11111\1'1. 111.11/111 /)1.‘11;'11.'1/
Wednesday 3
Glasgow
FREE Burns Talks \1111l11-ll l 1l11.11\. 3111 \111111\111'1'1. :55 I‘M” (1 11111111 1111' 1.1\1|ll.1\1'l11'\1111.111\\ .11‘111111111'11.1l11l\ \11111111\1.11111111.1|111111'1111111'111111111x 1.11111\1.1111-\.111.1\11111111111-111\~
Thursday 4
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
FREE Jack Vettriano \\.111-1\111111-\. .\1(i1'111;_'1' 8111'1'1. 23.5 3-1111. 511111, 1111' 511111141 11.111111'1 111 ;1\1111111111111_1|_\ 111111111.” |.1//) 11.1111'1' \1'1'111'x gym 1'111111'x11l 111x 1\\11111'\\ 11111111\_ 1111111111111/.1111'.11111 1 .1/1HI.\111!I/1/.
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Saturday 6
Edinburgh
FREE Ted Brack \\‘.111'1‘\111111'\. ‘18,“) ()1'1'.111 11'1'111111.11. ()1‘1'.111 |)1'1\1'. 1.1'1111. 55-1 5713. 111111. 11'11 111.11111'1'.111\1111111111\ 1.111‘\l 11111111 .11111111 1111“. //11'I‘1'I\ 11 [111/1111 Ill/’11 /1‘1IIH 5111111“ 11lll/l1'l/I/11‘1 His/111111. ’111/11/1/1111'11/1/'1'111111/.
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Edinburgh
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Monday 8
Glasgow
Conversation Pieces: Robert Jeffery R11}.1l (‘11111'1'1'1 11.1”. 2 8.1111'1111'11.111 ~\‘11‘1'1'1. 35.1 8111111. 111111. 1.5
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Tuesday 9
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
FREE Robert Burns 8. The Dying Art of Poetic Dissent ll11- l<.11 1(1'x1.1111.1111. h“ ‘1l.1111'11111'1\11118111'1'1. 1.1'1111. 113-15 15K ”“11” 5. 11111111 K1'\111 \\1111.1111\1111111\\1'1’1\ \111111'111 1111111\' 1111111' \111111'1\1\ 1' [111111) .1111111111'\111111\ 1.11111'.11111\\1'111 11181'11111\11|1111'11_\ 11111.1}. I111! 11/ (/11 l.1'1//1l1'\11111/.
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Wednesday 10
Glasgow
The Joshua Files: lce Shock (111111111'1'11111(112.1) 1111\1'1\11} .-\\1'11111'. 11115533. 111.311.1111. [-1.1111' l.1\11'\1 \1'1111131 111'11111.111111111 11l 311113..\1(111.1111\ \11111 [/11 ./11\/11111 I1/1'13 //11' /1111\1/1/1' ('111 11'111111\ \11111 1111' \1'11111'1. /1 1' 8/1111 [1. FREE Gordon Brown 11111'111'1'\ 11111111\.
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Edinburgh
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What’s not to love about this year’s Leith Festival programme? Here, Tim Bell waxes lyrical about Irvine Welsh’s famous novel (and subsequent film), Trainspotting, and the images it created of a drug-addled Leith. Check out highlights throughout the magazine for the very best of this year’s festival mayhem. I T110 9.117 0’ 1.1311" Bar; Edinburgh, 8.11 6 Jon.