The Sunday National’s Noticeboard

Free Highlight Talks continue in The Temporary Exhibition Gallery at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. 2.30pm to 3.30pm. Booking for free on Eventbrite is advised. On Wednesday, May 1, Hamish Husband from the Association of Tartan Army Clubs considers the significance and history of Scotland versus England: 150 years of friendly rivalry at fitba.

Billy Kay will be talking about his new book Born In Kyle: A Love Letter Tae An Ayrshire Childhood on Thursday, May 2 at Cupar Library in Fife, on Thursday, May 11 at the Boswell Book Festival in Ayrshire and on

Wednesday, May 29 at Coldside Library, Dundee. For more details, visit www.billykay.scot

Edinburgh Yes Hub is hosting an event titled Scotland, Democracy and the Future at 7pm on Thursday, May 2 at Words and Actions for Peace, 58 Ratcli”e Terrace, Edinburgh. Speakers for the panel discussion will include Euan Hyslop, SNP candidate for Edinburgh West; Scottish Socialist Party spokesperson Colin Fox; Alba MP Kenny MacAskill and Alexander Martin, Independent candidate for Edinburgh South.

All Under One Banner is holding a March for Independence on Saturday, May 4 in Glasgow. See the group’s Facebook page for details and updates.

Lesley Riddoch is touring with her new film Denmark: The State Of Happiness. There are screenings at Corrie and Sannox Village Hall, Arran; 2.30pm on Sunday, April 28 at West Kilbride Village Hall; at 7pm on Thursday, May 2 at The Fraser

Centre, Musselburgh; 7.30pm on Monday, May 27 at Stromness Town Hall, Orkney; 7pm on Tuesday, May 28 at Shetland Museum & Archives. For full tour dates and to book, see lesleyriddoch.com/events.

The 49th Girvan Folk Festival will run in various venues in the town from Friday, May 3 to Sunday, May 5. The usual mixture of concerts and sessions will also include a book reading by Rab Wilson of his work on the miners’ strike, Collier Laddie. Guests will include Craobh Rua, Christine Kydd and Fiona Ross, Scott Gardiner, Claire Mann and Tom Oakes, and the Magnus Turpie Band, among many others.

For more details see www.girvanfolkfestival.org.uk.

Yes Cumbernauld will host roundtable discussions on the values of an independent Scotland on Monday, May 20 in the Muirfield Community Centre, Cumbernauld at 7.30pm.

Dumfries & Galloway Indy Hub has launched a new crowdfunder to keep the D&G Indy Hub van on the road until the May 2026 elections. See bit.ly/DumfriesHub to donate

If you have events you’d like to share with us, get in touch by emailing details to letters@thenational.scot