Programme March 19th – 21st 2010.

Friday 19th March The Clubhouse 8.15pm

Welcome: Gerry Hassan and Jean Urquhart

THE FRIDAY NIGHT BIG DEBATE:

The Coming Election: What Should We Do and How Should We Vote?

Anthony Barnett, founder, Charter 88 and the Convention on Modern Liberty discusses the ideas in his major News Statesman essay published this Friday, ‘Hang ‘em’ ‘One of the leading voices in the UK for liberty.’ The Guardian

Saturday 20th March The Clubhouse

10.00-11.15am

What has happened to Our Public Services? The Case of Health

Alyson Pollock, Edinburgh University and author of ‘NHS PLC’

‘A brave, necessary book. And because you know the government thinks you shouldn’t read it, you probably should.’ British Medical Journal

11.30am- 1pm

Tartan Treachery: The Strange Tale of Radio Caledonia and the War

Gavin Bowd, St Andrews University

1.00-2.15pm Lunch

2.15-3.30pm

Scotland’s 20th Century Story: A View

Catriona MacDonald, author of ‘Whaur Extremes Meet: Scotland’s Twentieth Century’

‘Refreshing and original’ The Scotsman ‘A tour de force’ The Sunday Herald

3.45-5.15pm: THE SATURDAY BIG DEBATE.

Politics after the Election: Democracy, Media, Public Life.

Peter Oborne, author of ‘The Triumph of the Political Classes’

‘Oborne never shrinks from challenging the over-spun politicians who cheapen our politics.’ The Observer

Anthony Barnett, founder of Charter 88 and the Convention on Modern Liberty

FRINGE MEETINGS:

6.00pm. Carol Craig, author of the recent ‘The Tears that made the Clyde’

Sunday 21st March The Clubhouse

10.00-11.00am : Ullapool Conversations.

11.15-12.45pm : Film: ‘The First Movie’.

Mark Cousin’s acclaimed film about Iraq and what its like to be a child in war.

‘A terrifically enjoyable and engaging film: open-minded and open-hearted.’ The Guardian