Catherine Heymans · Astronomer Royal for Scotland

How to Design a Universe

The Science of Real and Virtual Worlds

Events & appearances across the UK

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September 2026

• 5 Sept

  Kirkcudbright

  Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival
  Sold Out
• 11 Sept

  Edinburgh

  Dynamic Earth Book Launch
  Full House
• 18 Sept

  Ayr

  Photonica Festival of Astrophotography
• 23 Sept

  Glasgow

  Glasgow Science Centre: David Elder Lecture
  Sold Out
• 26 Sept

  Wigtown

  Wigtown Book Festival
  Sold Out

October 2026

• 1 Oct

  Aberdeen

  Aberdeen Science Centre
• 2 Oct

  Elgin

  Sigma: Moray's Astronomy Club
  Full House
• 3 Oct

  Inverness

  Science in the Atrium
• 11 Oct

  London: Excel

  New Scientist Live
  Full House
• 12 Oct

  London: Greenwich

  Flamsteed Astronomical Society at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
  Full House
• 13 Oct

  Winchester

  Winchester Science Centre
• 15 Oct

  Southampton

  STAG Public Lecture 2026, University of Southampton
  Sold Out
• 28 Oct

  Edinburgh

  Creepy Cosmos: Halloween for grown-ups
• 30 Oct

  Edinburgh

  Creepy Cosmos: Halloween for families

November 2026

• 8 Nov

  Glasgow

  Glasgow Humanist Society
• 10 Nov

  Dundee

  The McManus
• 12 Nov

  Linlithgow

  Linlithgow Museum
• 14 Nov

  Edinburgh

  Scottish Arts Club Details to be announced
• 18 Nov

  Manchester

  Jodrell Bank Jodcast Live Details to be announced
• 19 Nov

  Preston

  The Jeremiah Horrocks Public Lecture
• 24 Nov

  Dalgety Bay

  Dalgety Bay Astronomy Club

December 2026

• 7 Dec

  Edinburgh

  Senior Fellows Club, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Details to be announced
• 9 Dec

  Sutton-in-Ashfield

  Sherwood Observatory & Planetarium Details to be announced