The Sunday National’s Noticeboard

The next cross-party Scottish Republican Socialist Movement meeting is at 1.30pm today at the Old Burnt Barns in Glasgow (corner of London Road and Ross Street). New members welcome.

The Bruce, a new cathedral opera written for the 750th anniversary of the birth of Robert the Bruce by composer and pianist Rakhat-Bi Tolegenuly Abdyssagin, from Kazakhstan, will be performed at 5pm today at Dunfermline Abbey. See www. trybooking.com to book.

Blazing The Trail, an evening of film, poetry and music to celebrate the adventurous life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, is at 6pm on Wednesday at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. This special event for International Women’s Day pays tribute to a true trailblazer, explorer, botanist, writer, and artist who was said to be the first Scottish woman to ever set foot on Greenland. It will feature a selection of Hutchison’s films taken during her travels to remote regions of the world, including Greenland and Alaska, between 1927 and 1936. See Eventbrite to reserve a free place.

Free Highlight Talks continue in the Robertson Room at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway at 2.30pm on Wednesday. Author L Bruce Keith will present Bridgescapes, based on his book of the same title – a journey through Scotland celebrating the country’s bridge-building heritage with references to and quotations from Robert Burns. Booking a free place via Eventbrite is advised.

Professor Fiona Skillen will give a lecture focusing on the development of women's football in Scotland from the 1880s to the outbreak of World War Two, at Thursday at Augustine United Church in Edinburgh. See Eventbrite to reserve a free place.

Author Kate Foster will be talking about her new book The Maiden, which is Waterstone's Scottish Book of the Month, at 6pm on Wednesday, March 13 at Waterstones, Perth. The novel is a 17th-century-set whodunnit revolving around a noblewoman accused of the shocking murder of her lover. Free, all welcome.

Lesley Riddoch is touring with her new film Denmark: The State Of Happiness. There are screenings at 7pm on Friday, March 15 at Adelaide Place Baptist Church in Glasgow; and 6.30pm on Thursday, March 28 at Cameo Picturehouse in Edinburgh. Lesley will be doing Q&A sessions after the screenings. For full tour dates and to book see lesleyriddoch.com/events.

Bill Hare will give a talk about his new book, Scottish Art And Artists In Historical And Contemporary Context, at 6.30pm on Tuesday, March 19 in Central Library’s George Washington Browne Room, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. From body politics and the Athenian way to Scottish artists in Venice, the book reveals the importance and intellectual power a generation of Scottish artists have had over decades through a compilation of in-depth essays and interviews. See www.ticketsource.co. uk to book a free ticket.

A screening of To See Ourselves, Jane McAllister’s documentary about the 2014 independence referendum, is taking place at 6.30pm on Friday, March 22 at Strathearn

Arts in Crieff. To buy tickets, see toseeourselves.film/see-the-film

All Under One Banner is holding Marches for Independence on Saturday, May 4 in Glasgow; Saturday, June 22 in Stirling; Saturday, August 3 in Elgin, and Saturday, September 7 in Edinburgh. See the group’s Facebook page for details and updates.

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