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A gothic sandstone building with pinnacled towers and a spired roof stands behind a paved forecourt, stone benches and potted plants lining the entrance steps.

Featured · 10 November

Designing a Universe: Science, Art and Imagined Worlds

Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, comes to The McManus in Dundee on Tuesday 10 November to talk about her new book, How to Design a Universe: The Science of Real and Virtual Worlds.

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7am · MusicOEUK Aberdeen Breakfast BriefingP&J Live, Aberdeen9am · WorkshopsEdinburgh CollegeDuncan Place Community Hub & Enterprise, Edinburgh9am · WalksAdventure Play SessionWhitekirk Hill, Whitekirk9.30am · WalksFarm Wildlife Walk - Scottish BordersWhitmuirhaugh, Kelso9.30am · WorkshopsFund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101Edinburgh Royal Bank Accelerator9.30am · FamilySt Kentigerns Tiny TotsSt Kentigerns Church, Kilmarnock9.45am · GaelicGaelic Bookbug Session at Paisley Central LibraryPaisley10am · Highland gamesDr Bell's Family Centre - Bumps and Bairns October - December 26Dr Bells Family Centre, Edinburgh10am · WildlifeThird Stage Art: Mixed Media with Katie HammondThe Barn, Banchory10am · WorkshopsQi gong classThe Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith10am · ExhibitionsInside & Out Art Exhibition at Colinton Arts GalleryColinton Arts10am · ArtRainNational Library of Scotland, Old Town10am · ExhibitionsMapping Scotland - Andrew Redmond Barr Art ExhibitionRising Tide Cafe, Portobello10am · WorkshopsBeginners Qi gong classThe Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith10am · WalksNordic WalkingBridgend Inspiring Growth, Edinburgh10am · WorkshopsZumba with David Lowe – CARRICKVALE CC2 Saughton Mains St, Edinburgh10.20am · Workshopszumba with caroline mckellarCraiglockhart Leisure & Tennis Centre, Edinburgh10.30am · BooksCreative making: Pop-up booksNational Library of Scotland, Edinburgh10.30am · BooksMorningside Library Bookbug SessionMorningside Library, Edinburgh10.30am · WorkshopsGlass Fusing Workshop: Christmas Trees at Butt LodgeButt Lodge, Lochranza11am · ArtTASDAGA talk on Raphael, the Renaissance painter every artist once tried to emulate, and why he is less known today.The Crichton, Dumfries11am · Dance'The Dancing Faun': A personal story of a masterpieceNairn Community & Arts Centre11am · MarketsForma | Lignum Handmade Furniture ExpoLeith Makers11am · ToursEdinburgh: Castle, Royal Mile and Greyfriars tourThe Castle Rock Cafe, Edinburgh11am · ToursTour: Newhailes UncoveredNewhailes House & Gardens, Musselburgh11.15am · ToursThe Potter Trail - Exclusive Small Group Edinburgh Guided Tour4 Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh12pm · ToursDunfermline Audio Tour: Dunfermline's Historic Tapestry TourMalcolm's Tower, Edinburgh12pm · ToursMusselburgh Audio Tour: Hidden HeritageBrunton Theatre, Edinburgh12pm · ToursEdinburgh Highlights Audio Tour: Iconic LandmarksEdinburgh Castle12.15pm · WorkshopsZumba at Engage Sport Centre[EN]GAGE Sports and Fitness Centre, Edinburgh12.15pm · WorkshopsZumba with Claire DrysdaleOriam, Edinburgh12.30pm · MusicLight lunchesSt Leonard’s Church Hall, Forres12.35pm · WorkshopsZumba + LiftMusselburgh Sports Centre, Edinburgh1pm · FilmSunset BoulevardEastgate Theatre Eastgate, Peebles, EH45 8AD1pm · WalksDundee History and Culture Walking TourAirlie Place, Dundee1pm · BooksCare and the Mandate of Medical LawEdinburgh2pm · HistoryTweeddale U3A with Traquair archivist Margaret FoxSt Joseph's Neighbourhood Centre, Peebles2pm · WorkshopsHandmade Cactus Candle workshopCC Taste 世味, Edinburgh2.30pm · HistoryDust, Disease and Discovery: Edinburgh’s Hidden Occupational HistorySurgeons' Hall Museums, Edinburgh3pm · ChristmasCreate Your Own Christmas Scented Soy Wax CandleCC Taste 世味, Edinburgh3pm · FamilyBookbug at Palmerston Place8A Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh3.30pm · BooksLego Club, Alexandria Library, Tuesday 10th November, 3:30 - 4:15pmAlexandria Library4.30pm · FamilyASN Stay, Play & Connect Session - HazleheadHazlehead Primary School, Aberdeen5pm · Food and drinkOld Poison: Leith Aperitif & Vermouth Tasting24 Portland Pl, Edinburgh5.30pm · BooksLeng Medal Memories Get-TogetherCentral Library, Dundee6pm · BooksPentlands Book FestivalFrom Colinton to Balerno6pm · FilmFrench Film Festival UKFrench Institute of Scotland, Old Town6pm · ArtFuture Icons: The Vogue x Sotheby's ExperienceUniversity of St Andrews6pm · MusicEarth in Common ChoirPopulus Cafe (Leith Community Croft)6pm · MusicUpstairs Gig – The Frescoes + Euan Black + AmberNice N Sleazy, Glasgow6pm · WorkshopsAquatint EtchingDundee Contemporary Arts6pm · WorkshopsFestive Cooking Class with ThermomixThermomix Scotland Branch, Edinburgh6pm · BooksLactate Threshold Testing Q&A With Vita PerformanceUp and Running, Edinburgh6pm · WellnessCommunity Yoga with MoiraCollective Space, Edinburgh6pm · MusicLife Beats: Untutored life drawing with music and movementCraigmillar Now, Edinburgh6.30pm · MusicMyles SmithThe Luton singer-songwriter behind the hit Stargazing.Glasgow6.30pm · BooksBook Launch - Heart of Scotland, the history and heritage of StirlingChurch of the Holy Rude, Stirling6.30pm · WorkshopsPilates by Catrin - Mat Pilates ClassesMorningside6.30pm · FilmUnauthorised Absence Screening, JedburghJacksons at Jedburgh6.30pm · BooksBook Launch: Spike Munro, Fag EndFruitmarket, Edinburgh6.30pm · WorkshopsTerrific Tuesday ZumbaSaint Stephen's Comely Bank Church, Edinburgh6.30pm · WorkshopsReflective End of Creative Writing WorkshopGood Days (Prev. Punts Pots), Glasgow7pm · ComedyFlo & JoanMusical comedy duo of two sisters, armed with a piano and a percussion section.Glasgow7pm · EventErra + CurrentsA metalcore double bill from the American bands Erra and Currents.Glasgow7pm · MusicMike ViolaAmerican producer, songwriter and singer, decades into a busy career.Glasgow7pm · DanceEmbraceThe Yorkshire band play their number one album Out of Nothing in full, twenty years on.Glasgow7pm · EventUnderscoresAmerican bedroom-pop producer mixing pop, punk and electronic sounds.Glasgow7pm · Traditional musicMatthew & the AtlasBritish folk-rock band balancing acoustic tradition with electronics.Glasgow7pm · BooksAn Evening with Mike Gloistein: Polar Travels; A Life with the British Antarctic SurveyMike Gloistein on more than thirty years with the British Antarctic Survey, and his travels at the poles.Scone Library7pm · EventAn Evening with Scott KyleThe actor and author Scott Kyle, Ross in Outlander, gives a spoken-word evening of stories, photographs, film clips and questions.The Book Nook, Stirling7pm · FilmRBO Season: The Royal Opera, Carmen (Live Screening)The Barn, Banchory7pm · BooksAn evening with Alistair MoffatAK Bell Library, Moffat7pm · BooksDiscovering the Commonwealth War Graves CommissionLoch Leven Community Library7pm · ChristmasAlexandra Shulman in EdinburghThe Royal Scots Club, City of Edinburgh7pm · BooksNick Harkaway in EdinburghPilrig St. Paul's / LARCH, City of Edinburgh7pm · TheatreLive from the Theatre: CarmenDunoon7pm · TheatreKidnappedEden Court, Inverness7pm · TheatreGreenwood Academy Presents Frozen JnrGreenwood Academy, Irvine7pm · SportSocial 5K - The Slow Lane Plodders 🐌Victoria Bar, Leith7pm · DanceSkeld Hall DancingShetland7pm · TheatreAuditions - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimePeebles Community Centre (The Drill Hall)7pm · TheatreThe Royal Ballet – Carmen @ Heart of Hawick - EventsHawick7pm · BooksEdinburgh Writers' ForumThe Edinburgh Bookshop, Bruntsfield7pm · MusicMark AmborÒran Mór, Glasgow7pm · MusicBasement Gig – Nirosta SteelNice N Sleazy, Glasgow7pm · MusicLauren MacColl with Anna Massie - folk music duo concertBoat of Garten Community Hall7pm · Traditional musicLauren MacColl & Anna MassieCarrbridge7pm · MusicBig RedSneaky Pete's, Edinburgh7pm · WellnessIntroduction to Transmission MeditationThe Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh7pm · WorkshopsQi Gong class at Inch HouseInch House Community Centre, Edinburgh7pm · WorkshopsEducating for Tomorrow – An Interactive WorkshopLomond School, Helensburgh7.30pm · Traditional musicGrace CummingsMelbourne folk-rock singer-songwriter and stage actor, with a big, raw voice.Glasgow7.30pm · TheatreRotten Work & The Game of LifeA double bill of dance from Scottish Dance Theatre, Scotland's national contemporary dance company.Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh7.30pm · BooksAttila the StockbrokerThe English punk poet and musician, with more than four thousand gigs behind him.Krakatoa, Aberdeen7.30pm · TheatreKevin Quantum: Anti-Gravity - Thrilling & Beautiful MagicLevitations and illusions from the magician and scientist Kevin Quantum.The Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen7.30pm · TheatreOperation MincemeatThe Olivier-winning musical comedy about the true wartime plot to fool the Nazis with a dead man.Glasgow7.30pm · TheatreThe Haunting of Hill HouseA new stage version of Shirley Jackson's ghost story, tense and unsettling.Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh7.30pm · BooksTweeddale Society: 'The life, work and legacy of Sir Walter Scott', with Prof. David PurdieEastgate Theatre, Peebles7.30pm · SportPeebles Poker LeagueThe Crown Hotel, Peebles7.30pm · MusicPebbledashGlasgow7.30pm · BooksThe Life, Work and Legacy of Sir Walter ScottEastgate Theatre, Peebles7.30pm · ComedySpitfire GirlsShetland7.30pm · MusicMike Viola at The Glad Cafe, GlasgowThe Glad Cafe, Glasgow7.30pm · MusicGrace Cummings Tickets, Tour and Concert DatesKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow7.30pm · DanceCopath Community Line Dance with RachelCockburnspath Village Hall, Cockburnspath7.30pm · ToursEBCo Tour and TastingEskbank Brewing Company, Edinburgh7.30pm · WorkshopsCROW Wellbeing Workshop: The Liberating Power of Nosuite 13, 130 Leith Walk, Edinburgh8pm · ArtSession A9 Still Alive @ 25The Scottish traditional band celebrate twenty-five years as one of the country's best live acts.Eden Court, Inverness8pm · ToursMatthew and the Atlas | Temple 10th Anniversary TourCottiers, Glasgow8pm · CeilidhsEdinburgh Ceilidh ClubMain Hall, Edinburgh8pm · ComedyThe Comedy Cellar Edinburgh Live Stand-Up ComedyThe Canons Gait, Edinburgh8pm · ComedySpandex Comedy - 5 Star Stand Up Comedy In EdinburghDragonfly, Edinburgh8pm · ComedyKillian Sundermann: Killian Dollar BabyThe Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh8.15pm · WellnessWemyss Bay Community Centre Sound Bath TuesdayWemyss Bay Community CentreAll day · WorkshopsThe Front List: Colson WhiteheadAlloaAll day · ArtStudio Smith Tain Winter ShowThe winter show of paintings by Ingebjorg and Inger Smith, with cards, knitwear and gifts, in Tain.TainAll day · TheatreThe Royal Opera: CarmenA screening of the Royal Opera's Carmen, Damiano Michieletto's staging of Bizet's tale of obsession.MontroseAll day · WorkshopsCarrie’s Handweaving at The Make RoomThe weaver Carrie demonstrates hand weaving and sells her woven pieces in a Perth craft studio.PerthAll day · MusicBite Sized Concert Women in Love and LifeAn hour of song and piano about women in love and in life, with tea and a chat afterwards.MusselburghAll day · WalksGuided Walk: Winter Delights at Logan (2)The last guided walk of the season at Logan, the subtropical garden in Galloway, before it closes.EdinburghAll day · EventThe Astronomer Royal for Scotland at The McManusProfessor Catherine Heymans talks about her new book, How to Design a Universe, and what is real in the universe.The McManus, DundeeAll day · Food and drinkAgritourism Monitor Farm Argyll Learning JourneyButeAll day · HistoryHelp shape Scotland’s new Social Prescribing Framework (Castle Douglas)Castle DouglasAll day · BooksFortified Wine Mini FairEdinburghAll day · BooksDecades UnwrappedEdinburgh PrintmakersAll day · FilmWe, The Hated + Q&AGlasgow Film TheatreAll day · WorkshopsBlues Dance ClassDundeeAll day · WellnessHousing Advice at Recovery Corner, DunoonDunoonAll day · TheatreKlara and the Sun (12A)DumfriesAll day · WalksWellbeing WalkEasterbrook Hall carpark, DumfriesAll day · FamilyGuild of Gaming: Family board games nightDumfriesAll day · TheatreThe Lost Children of Tuam (12A)DumfriesAll day · Food and drinkAn Evening of RemembrancePerthAll day · BooksAuthor Event (Naomi Kelsey) @ Harbour ChapelThe Harbour Chapel, EdinburghAll day · WorkshopsCEDO Workshop: Taking Your Show To The FringeRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland, GlasgowAll day · WorkshopsScottish Storytelling Centre’s WorkshopsEdinburghOn now · FilmUntil 21 November16th Edinburgh Short Film FestivalShort films fresh from Cannes and Locarno, 27 UK premieres and a Scottish Shorts night, at weekends at Filmhouse and Summerhall.Filmhouse, EdinburghOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 14 NovemberThe Art of Family Life – ExhibitionGlasgowOn now · FilmUntil 21 NovemberEdinburgh Short Film FestivalFilmhouse, EdinburghOn now · ChristmasUntil 10 NovemberWinter, Wonder, WanderThe park's great glasshouses dressed in festive lights for a wander after dark.Duthie Park and David Welch Winter Gardens, AberdeenOn now · TheatreUntil 11 NovemberMusT present FootlooseThe university's musical theatre society stages Footloose, the musical of the 1984 dance film.Byre Theatre, St AndrewsOn now · WalksUntil 10 NovemberMusic at the MuseumFree, drop-in live music at the national museum.National Museum of Scotland, EdinburghOn now · WorkshopsUntil 11 NovemberWeld Your Own Hairpin LegsWeld a set of four hairpin legs over two evenings with welding tutor Gavin of Models and Props.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · WorkshopsUntil 19 NovemberSew Your Own Roll-Top BackpackSew a roll-top backpack from a basic pattern, from cutting to construction, with maker Nicola.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · ArtUntil 14 NovemberWallnuts: new work by local artistsNew paintings, photography and textile art by the Wallnuts group of local artists, at the Harbour Cottage Gallery in Kirkcudbright.Harbour Cottage Gallery, KirkcudbrightOn now · ArtUntil 22 NovemberWorlds ApartCalum Colvin and other well-known Scottish artists hang alongside three new master's graduates at Milton of Crathes.Milton Art Gallery, Milton of Crathes, BanchoryOn now · WildlifeUntil 10 NovemberAutumn in the HighlandsThe Grant Arms – Wildlife & Whisky Hotel, Grantown on SpeyOn now · FilmUntil 12 NovemberNAZAEden Court, InvernessOn now · FamilyUntil 11 NovemberFamily Bat Box BuildWick River CampsiteOn now · WalksUntil 15 NovemberPudsey’s Fairy Trail Walk, Archerfield Walled GardenArcherfield Walled Garden, DirletonOn now · GardensUntil 10 NovemberThe 4th 'WINTER, WONDER, WANDER'Duthie Park and David Welch Winter Gardens, AberdeenOn now · TalksUntil 18 NovemberCelebrating 200 years of the Ramshorn Kirk - Talk SeriesGlasgowOn now · TheatreUntil 11 NovemberVerityEden Court, InvernessOn now · FilmUntil 26 NovemberFatherlandEden Court, InvernessOn now · TheatreUntil 17 NovemberAll Rivers Spill Their Stories to the SeaEden Court, InvernessOn now · TheatreUntil 17 NovemberWhispers in the WoodsEden Court, InvernessOn now · ArtUntil 21 NovemberConversing Building: Flow State by Andrew NicholThe Stove, DumfriesOn now · TheatreUntil 19 NovemberLa Bola NegraGlasgow Film TheatreOn now · WildlifeUntil 12 NovemberWhalefallGlasgowOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 15 NovemberForma | Lignum - Contemporary Furniture and Design ExhibitionLeith Makers, EdinburghOn now · MarketsUntil 22 NovemberStockbridge MarketStockbridge Market Stockbridge Market Saunders Street, Stockbridge and Canonmills, EdinburghOn now · MarketsUntil 22 NovemberSunday Market on the CroftLeith Community Croft, EdinburghOn now · ChristmasUntil 12 NovemberMerry Christmas Aubrey FlintGlasgowOn now · Food and drinkUntil 15 NovemberAberdeenshire Restaurant WeekBalmoral Arms, ScotlandOn now · DanceUntil 10 NovemberHeart of Africa (Live) (Edinburgh)The Jazz Bar, EdinburghOn now · FamilyUntil 23 NovemberMagic CarpetNational Museum of Scotland, EdinburghOn now · WorkshopsUntil 10 NovemberPaediatric First Aid (PFA) CourseBritish Red Cross Centre, EdinburghOn now · FilmUntil 17 NovemberI Play RockyGlasgowOn now · Food and drinkUntil 10 NovemberAfternoon Tea and Cream Tea Daily at Royal Golf HotelRoyal Golf Hotel, DornochOn now · Food and drinkUntil 11 NovemberAfternoon Tea and Cream Tea Daily at Royal Golf HotelRoyal Golf Hotel, DornochOn now · WorkshopsUntil 10 NovemberSewing Techniques WorkshopLearn essential sewing machine techniques for beginners and novices.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · WorkshopsUntil 22 NovemberWinter Lantern WorkshopScottish Maritime Museum, Linthouse Building, IrvineOn now · WorkshopsUntil 16 NovemberPortraiture Workshop with Laura DarlingThe McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and MuseumOn now · WorkshopsUntil 20 NovemberMindfulness Based Living - Free Taster SessionDingwall Community CentreOn now · WorkshopsUntil 12 NovemberChristmas Card Making WorkshopNorth Edinburgh ArtsOn now · WorkshopsUntil 13 NovemberGlass Workshops: Make Your Own Stained Glass Leaded PanelThe Pyramid at Anderston, Glasgow

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On now · WorkshopsUntil 10 NovemberIntroduction to ‘DIY’Learn hand and power tool basics and simple repairs over four evenings with carpenter Stuart Nairn. Sold out.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · BooksUntil 10 NovemberNature Club - Dingwall LibraryDingwall Community LibraryOn now · HistoryUntil 11 NovemberIntimate Lives: The History of Sex and Desire in Edinburgh's Old Town (16+)Gladstone's Land, EdinburghOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 11 NovemberExhibition: Endurance in 3DDundeeOn now · WalksUntil 12 NovemberOutdoor 101: Gear Repair SessionsDrop-in sessions showing how to patch, wax and re-proof waterproof outdoor gear.Re_Store, ObanOn now · WorkshopsUntil 12 NovemberIntroduction to ‘DIY’Learn hand and power tool basics and simple repairs over four evenings with carpenter Stuart Nairn. Sold out.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · FamilyUntil 12 NovemberBeach Cleans in North BerwickScottish Seabird Centre, North BerwickOn now · FamilyUntil 12 NovemberLearn to Ride sessions for kidsAtlantis Leisure, ObanOn now · WorkshopsUntil 13 NovemberLead with clarity. Thrive with wellbeing.Malmaison Dundee
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The Daily for 10 November, from Scotland with love. Aerial view of a concrete road bridge with angled supports spanning a sea loch, twin cloud-wrapped mountain peaks rising behind autumn-coloured hills.

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V&A Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show, DundeeMore info3 April to 17 JanuaryV&A Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion ShowDundeeFrance-Lise McGurn: The Charm OffensiveMore info22 August to 15 NovemberFrance-Lise McGurn: The Charm OffensiveDundeeMore info1 September to 26 NovemberDrawing InspirationGlasgowMore info5 September to 30 NovemberJohn Bellany: AnchoredAnstrutherMore info18 September to 21 NovemberClann-Nighean an Sgadain / Following the FishStornowayMore info26 September to 12 DecemberAlyth Arches ToursAlythA museum exhibit recreates a Victorian street with a horse-drawn cart, gas lamp and a shopfront reading 'Subway' beneath a glazed roof.More info1 October to 31 DecemberMagic on Main Street TrailGlasgowMore info3 October to 18 NovemberCitizens Theatre heritage building toursGlasgowA visitor centre with pitched timber-clad gables and a conical-roofed entrance pavilion stands at the end of a gravel path, bare winter trees surrounding it.More info20 October to 14 NovemberMunro Legacy ExhibitionGlencoeMore info3 to 19 NovemberSignature Food FestivalAberdeenA gothic sandstone building with pinnacled towers and a spired roof stands behind a paved forecourt, stone benches and potted plants lining the entrance steps.More info10 NovemberDesigning a Universe: Science, Art and Imagined WorldsDundeeA stone building with a banner hangs beneath overhanging trees, people seated on a bench outside.More info12 NovemberGreyfriars@12: Magnus Turpie and FriendsEdinburgh

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