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upcycled furniture, artisan jams, gourmet pet treats and other goods. FREE Greyfriars Kirk Festive Fair Sat 2 Nov, 11am–4.30pm. Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, greyfriarskirk.com Get your paws on handmade Christmas presents at this 35-stall fair. Antiques Fair Sat 9 Nov, 10am– 4.30pm. Sun 10 Nov, 10am–4pm. £3. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. Pictures, jewellery, glassware and more.
Sport The Sick Kids Friends Foundation Freaky Friday Monster March Fri 1 Nov, 6–8pm. £7. The Meadows, Melville Drive, 668 4949. Practice your best Frankenstein march for this sponsored walk around the Meadows. The Masters Darts Tournament Fri 1–Sun 3 Nov, 6.45pm. £20–£30. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. The top 16 players from the PDC’s world rankings face off. MoRunning Edinburgh 2013 5k/10k Sat 9 Nov, 10am. 5k entry £16; 10k entry £22. Holyrood Park, Holyrood, 652 8150. See Glasgow, Sport. Talks FREE Edinburgh Skeptics in the Pub Thu 17 Oct, 7.30–9.30pm. The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 07896 745991. Tonight, psychotherapist and comedian Elaine Miller talks pelvic floors and incontinence in ‘Laughing Can Be No Laughing Matter’. Malala Yousafzai Sat 19 Oct, 10am. £tbc. McEwan Hall, Bristo Square. The student activist and proponent of girls’ rights launches her memoir and speaks about the cause. Everest Uncovered with Kenton Cool and Lakpa Rita Sherpa Tue 22 Oct, 7.30–9.30pm. £10. George Square Lecture Theatre, George Square, 01572 772504. A discussion with the mountaineers who have completed 28 Everest summits between them. Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man – Special Event with the Department of Anatomy Sat 26 Oct, 10am–noon. £8 (£6.50). University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, 650 1000. A talk about the history of anatomy in Edinburgh from the Renaissance to the present. Booking essential. FREE War: Unheard and Forgotten Voices Sat 26 Oct, 11.45am. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. A no doubt taut but engaging discussion of war from the perspectives of a journalist, a photographer and a solider. Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair. FREE The Black Fish: Working For the Oceans Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Presentations and discussion on the work of conservationists – plus, a screening of Finding Nemo. The Critics’ Panel Sat 26 Oct, 3–4.30pm. £6 (£4). Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Panel discussion exploring the mind of a critic. With Mark Fisher and Neil Cooper. Write Here 2013. FREE Forms of Social Activism Sat 26 Oct, 4.15pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Experts on social issues discuss ways in which activism can be enacted. Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair. Bright Club: Edinburgh Tue 29 Oct, 8.30pm. £5. The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. Staff at Edinburgh’s universities are let out for the night to share their tales about the weird, wonderful, and often very funny, world of research. Paul Laidler Lecture Thu 31 Oct, 6.30pm. £3 (£5 for two). Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street, 557 2479. The artist talks about the relationships involved in the processes of digital printing. Booking essential. FREE Edinburgh Skeptics in the Pub Thu 31 Oct, 7.30–9.30pm. The
Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 07896 745991. Tonight, Geoff Dupuy- Holder talks ‘ghoulies, ghosties and long-leggity beasties’. Renaissance Surgery and Mechanical Prosthetics Wed 6 Nov, 12.45–1.30pm. £7 (£6). The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. A lunchtime lecture in early 16th century surgery, because nothing goes together like a sandwich and talk of amputations. Booking essential. FREE Edinburgh Ragged University Talks Thu 7 Nov, 7–10pm. Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 667 7533. Tonight’s brainy, beery session features Ciaran Healy with ‘Noumenal Contouring: The Secret of Science, the Secret of Skill’ and Prof Ray MIller with ‘To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: 30 years in the Land of Morpheus’. FREE Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914–1918 Mon 11 Nov, 6–7.30pm. Surgeons’ Hall Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, 527 1700. Dr Emily Mayhew gives this Remembrance Day Talk about a casualty who walked himself all the way from the Western Front to a hospital in Britain. An Evening with Sir Roger Moore Mon 11 Nov, 7.30pm. £25. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. See Glasgow, Talks. Workshops Scarf Making, Hand Block Printing Workshop Thu 17 Oct–Thu 14 Nov, 10am–4pm. £75. Forest Centre+, 38 Castle Terrace, 229 4948. Design and print a scarf using hand-carved blocks and printing paint pigments. Suitable for beginners; all materials included. Making and Using Puppets in Storytelling Fri 18 Oct, 2–5pm. £18 (£15). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A hands on workshop with storyteller Sylvia Troon, making your own brand new puppet friend and telling a story with him/her/it. Introduction to Animation for Adults Sat 19 Oct, 10.30am–4.30pm. £40. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Workshop in a range of 2D and 3D animation techniques, from stop-frame to hand-drawn and pixelation. Ages 18+. Writing for Live Performance from an Existing Source Sat 19 Oct, 2–6pm. £15. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Pamela Carter and Stewart Laing, collaborators on the adaptation of Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner, share tips and strategies for translating prose into script. FREE St Andrew (Edinburgh) Speakers Forum Tue 22 Oct, 5 & 19 Nov, 7.30–10pm. Boroughmuir Rugby Club, Meggetland, Colinton Road, 07721 952968. Practice and get confident with public speaking. Screenprinting Wednesdays, 23 Oct–13 Nov, 6.30–9pm. £100 for five weeks. Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts, 59 Home Street, 07816 640298. Experiment with colours and overlay using UV exposure to transfer designs onto screens. Craft Workshop Wednesdays, 23 Oct–13 Nov, 7.30–9.30pm. £10 (£34 for a four class block). Awesome Folk, Montrose House, 1–7 Montrose Terrace, 07717 330338. Learn a variety of different techniques and experiment with a multitude of materials from the Awesome Folk experts. One-Day Life Drawing Workshop Tue 29 Oct, 10am–4pm. £50. The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Take inspiration from the man himself – Leonardo da Vinci – as anatomy teacher Alan McGowan shares the artist’s approach to understanding human structure. Price includes materials, refreshments and entrance to the exhibition. Felting Poppies Sat 2 Nov, 10am– 4pm. £55 (members £49.50). Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248
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TO GO SEE . . . AN EVENING WITH SIR ROGER MOORE 1 There’ll be stories Anyone who’s seen debonair 85-year-old Sir Roger Moore on television recently knows he’s still as sharp as Jaws’ creepy silver teeth and possessed of more anecdotes than he’d need to talk his way out of a crocodile farm. Expect to hear about his days as James Bond, his television roles as Simon Templar in The Saint and alongside Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, and more. 2 Much, much more In a film career which started in 1945 and continues to this day (with a role in the Eliza Dushku-starring The Saint TV remake), he’s played Sherlock Holmes alongside Patrick Macnee’s Watson, and appeared as himself alongside Burt Reynolds in The Cannonball Run. Oh, and he starred with Michael Caine in Michael Winner’s bomb Bullseye!, the Spice Girls in Spice World and Jennifer Garner in Alias. Lots of material there, then. 3 He isn’t just in movies Born in London, Moore has been married four times, has three children, is a friend of the royal families in Denmark, Sweden and Monaco, has survived prostate cancer and is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, a PETA supporter and a Conservative voter. 4 You can read all about it too At both events, Moore will be interviewed by his biographer Gareth Owen. You’ll find the books in the foyer afterwards, we predict. 5 Sharpen your best 007 impression for use in the Q&A afterwards But make sure it’s of him and not the other guy. (David Pol lock) ■ Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Sun 10 Nov; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Mon 11 Nov.
2909. Create handmade jewellery using felting techniques. Fieldwork for First-Timers: Recording Oral History Sat 9 Nov, 10.30am. £36 (members £30). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Learn how to document your family’s history for generations to come. Led by Steve Byrne and Chris Wright of Local Voices. Funky Monkey – Jive/Swing Dance Event Mon 11 Nov, 7–11pm. £8. The Merlin, 168-172 Morningside Road, Southside, 447 4329. Throw some shapes with jive, swing, Latin and blues.
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FRI 18 1950’S PARTY@ BODA Dress up stylishly and fi t in with our style. Check out our Facebook for more info about this event. SUN 20 BEER PONG @ HEMMA 2nd championship in Edinburgh.
SAT 26 ZOMBIE WALK! @ SOFI’S, BODA, VICTORIA, JP, HEMMA
WED 30 JULIE DAWSON @ VICTORIA Art exhibition preview. November
FRI 1 GLÖGG AFTON @ BODA Run here to get the fi rst cup! SAT 2 LOPPIS @ VICTORIA Vintage Swedish style junk sale.
TUE 5 HOT DOGS + BOOZY HOT CHOCOLATE @ HEMMA FRI 8 MISS NIKKI’S 1970’S DISCO @ VICTORIA
Weekly Events
HEMMA COMMANDO TRAINING Every Monday @ 6:30pm JOSEPH PEARCE’S JOGGING CLUB Every Tuesday @ 7pm
SOFI’S CULT MOVIE NIGHTS Every Monday, KNITTING Every 1st Tuesday of the month MUSIC SESSIONS Every Sunday, 7–9pm
VICTORIA LANGUAGE CAFE Every Monday @ 7pm. Call 553 59 00.
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