Collecting Music: Conference in Edinburgh, 11-12 July 2014

On Collecting: Music, Materiality and Ownership

11-12 July 2014

Reid School of Music/National Museum of Scotland 

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http://sites.ace.ed.ac.uk/oncollecting/

"A collaborative conference between the Reid School of Music at the University of Edinburgh and the National Museum of Scotland, to be held at the Museum on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July, 2014.  Featuring two roundtables with invited speakers..."

Edinburgh Festivals 2011

'Whittaker' went to Edinburgh yesterday.  NOT to attend the Edinburgh Fringe or Festival - and frankly, it felt as though I was the only person on the Royal Mile having no connection with the Festival madness.

• www.edinburgh-festivals.com

It was pouring with rain.  You couldn't move an inch without bumping into a happy, smiling face wearing a transparent plastic poncho and handing out soggy leaflets.  By pulling my umbrella down well over my face, I managed not to be stopped for the whole mile.  And that was an achievement, believe me - particularly since my brolly must have turned inside out a couple of dozen times by the time I reached the National Library of Scotland.

Still, perhaps the weather will improve and it'll be more fun as a consequence.  If it's still raining, go and see the Banned Books exhibition in the National Library of Scotland, and the newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland.