Hope and joy shine out of recent announcements in Edinburgh birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment, in both the arenas of culture and science. In fact, I’d go as far as to argue that it is both culture and science working hand in hand which has gotten us this far through the worst global pandemic of our lifetimes. Science not only gave us the vaccine to halt progress of the virus, but the internet technology that allowed scientists to share data, and families to share Facetime. And culture in all of its expressions gave us the emotional strength to endure – whether the culture of volunteering which is so strong in this city, that saw thousands of home-cooked meals delivered to the vulnerable, to the culture of creativity that saw schoolchildren creating their own trails of rainbows and smiles to give heart to strangers they’d never meet, to our iconic festivals pivoting to deliver music, drama and dance online.
Our Edinburgh International Science Festival, the very first of its kind, launches this week with an art trail around the city depicting oft-forgotten women in STEM…
