For children

Scaley Tails & Twinkling Tiaras with Vivian French

McDonald Road Library, 2 McDonald Road, EH7 4LU
2.30pm -3.30pm
For ages 5 to 8
Free – Booking required. Free tickets will be available from McDonald Road Library two weeks before this event. Tel: 0131 529 5636

Walking tour

Tour of the Old City Wall

Graeme Cruickshank leads a walk around the old town walls of Edinburgh, examiing various surviving stretches of the three main systems: the capital's King's Wall, the Flodden Wall and the Telfer Wall.
Meet at 2.30pm at the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, EH1 1EW
Free but booking is essential. Tel: 0131 623 4675 or email NLS