Sorry last email - forgot that it would not include data It was from the National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/events showing forthcoming events. I do wish I still lived there - 3 in particular I would go to. Welcome to the National Library of Scotland's September events programme. Unless otherwise stated, all events, exhibitions and workshops are free and take place in our George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh, EH1 1EW. Exhibitions and Displays Picturing Africa: Illustrating Livingstone's Travels Until 3 November 2013 David Livingstone's African explorations made him world famous. His own notes, sketches and maps, along with the photographs of John Kirk and the drawings and paintings of Thomas Baines were the basis of remarkable images of Africa made popular through bestselling books, illustrated newspapers and magic lantern shows. This exhibition brings together rare and unique material including original artwork, photographs, woodblocks, maps, letters, manuscripts and books of Livingstone and his companions who were responsible for creating some of the most iconic and popular pictures of Africa ever created. 3 September 2013, 18.00 David Livingstone was born into poverty at Blantyre, near Glasgow, in 1813. Largely self-taught as a boy, Scotland's enlightened higher education system allowed him to secure a medical training at Anderson's College in Glasgow in 1836. In 1841 he left for Africa and spent the next 32 years opening up the "Dark Continent". In this lecture Professor Mike Barrett will outline key scientific and geographical discoveries made by Livingstone and in particular discuss the impact of tropical diseases on his travels in Africa. Charlie, Meg and Me 17 September 2013, 18.00 The journey of more than 500 miles undertaken by Bonnie Prince Charlie in the wake of the battle of Culloden has been recreated for the first time by Gregor Ewing. Abandoning the comforts of modern life - not to mention his wife and children - he set out from Culloden Battlefield with just his loyal collie, Meg, for company. His extraordinary experience is recounted in Charlie, Meg and Me.