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Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon joins award-winning Scottish novelist, poet and screenwriter Jenni Fagan for a fascinating conversation about literature, identity and Fagan’s journey from the care system to becoming one of Scotland’s most distinctive writers.
Introducing our next speakers!
🌍 Fixing Our World
Join Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, author of A Hopeful Political Imagination, and Kojo Koram, author of The Next Fix, for a powerful conversation on politics, power, and possibility.
#BBIF #BeyondBorders #GlobalPolitics
🌍 Scotland in Focus 🏴
We’re excited to welcome Stephen Gethins, Susanne Baumann, and John Kampfner for a timely conversation on the future of Scottish and UK relations.
✨ Don’t miss this insightful discussion at #BeyondBorders
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Step into the Walled Garden this August for an intimate lunchtime performance with Miwa Nagato-Apthorp 🌿
Drawing on folk traditions and multicultural perspectives, Miwa’s songwriting explores history, climate, gender and home.
📅 Sat 29 Aug
⏰ 1:00–1:45pm
Something exciting is coming… 👀
We’re delighted to announce that the full Beyond Borders Festival 2026 programme will be revealed next Monday 🌍✨
🎟️ Early Bird tickets for just 2 more days…
📅 August 29–30, 2026
Stay tuned…
🎟️Early Bird Tickets are officially LIVE 🎟️
Our Early Bird tickets are officially on sale — available from now until June 22nd.
Join us for a weekend of inspiring conversations and much more.
🎫 Don’t miss out →
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🎟️ EARLY BIRD TICKETS 🎟️
Mark your calendars - Early Bird tickets will go live at 9am on Thursday (June 4th)!
Get yours quickly to ensure you don’t miss out 💫
More announcements coming soon 👀
#Festival #EarlyBird #Tickets
✨ SAVE THE DATE! ✨
We are delighted to ask you to join us for this year’s Beyond Borders International Festival on 🗓️ 29-30 August 2026.
A weekend of community, creativity and celebration at Traquair House, Scotland 🌿🏴
More details coming very soon… stay tuned 👀
🎙️New podcast out
John Buchan: A Man For Our Time? with Professor Murray Pittock and Geoffrey Baskerville
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‘Palestine Matters’ now available on all podcast streaming platforms
Listen to @HumzaYousaf, Afif Safieh, @DalrympleWill, & @hzomlot in a dialogue about the future of Palestine and Britain’s historic responsibility.
We hope you enjoy and share 🇵🇸🏴
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The Beyond Borders Scotland Podcast is back with a new season of talks, debates and lectures from this year’s Beyond Borders International Festival
Streaming on all available platforms every second Wednesday
Stay tuned, we hope you enjoy!
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🎨Artist Spotlight: Xisha Angelova
This year at the Beyond Borders International Festival 2025, we are proud to showcase Martyrology of Belarus by Belarusian artist and former 1325 Women in Conflict Fellow.
50% off for students. Festival programme & tickets view bio
#BBIF25
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🚨 SCOTLAND — We’re at #BeyondBordersFestival!
🎬 Film Screening — From the Nakba to Camp David
⚖ Prosecuting the Powerful
🇵🇸 Palestine Matters — Humza Yousaf, Husam Zomlot, Afif Safieh, William Dalrymple
Meet our founders & get your signed copy of Why Didn’t I Know?
📅 Sat 23 Aug | 📍 Traquair House
🎟 Tickets on sale now
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#ScotlandEvents #PalestineMatters #BritainPalestineProject #Nakba #CampDavid
🚨 Speaker Announcement 🚨
We’re excited to welcome Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC to The Beyond Borders Festival 2025!
🎟️ 50% off for students. To view the full festival programme & tickets view the link in bio ⬆️
#BBIF25 #scottishborders #BlinneNíGhrálaighKC
New Podcast Episode alert!✨
In a special youth-led episode from the #BBIF2024, Peebles High School student Duncan Peppe interviews former UN envoys Staffan de Mistura & Stephanie Williams.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#BBIF25 #PeeblesHighSchool
✨Exciting new festival ticket and hotel package!
We’re offering a unique way to experience the festival this year… a stay at The Peebles Hydro, just 15 minutes from the festival site, with full weekend tickets included.
#BBIF25 #PeeblesHydro
🚨SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:@SamDalrymple123
We’re thrilled to welcome Sam Dalrymple to The Beyond Borders Festival 2025 to discuss his new book Shattered Lands.
🎟️ 50% off for students. To view the full festival programme & tickets - link in bio ⬆️
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🌿Not all festivals happen on a stage and at The Beyond Borders International Festival 2025 our programme encourages guests to immerse themselves not just with dialogue but with the historic grounds of Traquair.
View the festival programme for more- the link in bio.
#BBIF25
🎵 Meet the Musicians at The Beyond Borders International Festival 2025
SAT:
Barbara Dickson – Songs of Survival over lunch and Los Chichanos later.
SUN:
Trad-fusion trio Divergence, Kirsty Law’s Unearthing Resistance and Dias Brazil to end the day💫
#BBIF25 #LiveMusic
