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Design Exhibition Scotland

Celebrating exceptional objects for the everyday, Design Exhibition Scotland champions design excellence & exploration. Now in its second year, DES 2019 celebrates the work of over 30 designers and artists, all of whom are exploring form, process and materials to create outstanding & indispensable functional objects such as tables, chairs & lights. Free and open to all. More information on talks, tours, and debates HERE.

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Venue
Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place

'The Poet, the Songstress and the King's Composer'

'Chris and Clive Rickards perform songs, music and verse from the pens of Robert Burns, Baroness Caroline Nairne, and James Oswald. Focusing on women, from all strands of society, their stories weave a rich tapestry: sometimes funny, sometimes sad. All human life is there.' Admission free. All donations go towards the upkeep of Phoebe Traquair's murals. Shows start at 1.00pm and last about an hour.

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Venue
Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place

Edinburgh Climate Festival

This free family event aims to raise climate-change awareness and to increase public knowledge on how to live more sustainably and ultimatlely inspire and empower the public to take action on the current climate crisis.

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Venue
The Meadows