Beyond Borders Scotland

26/08/2025

21/08/2025

20/08/2025

🎨Artist Spotlight: Xisha Angelova

This year at the Beyond Borders International Festival 2025, we are proud to showcase Martyrology of Belarus by Belarusian artist and former 1325 Women in Conflict Fellow, Xisha Angelova.

Since 2020, Xisha has painted over 1,100 portraits of Belarusian political prisoners, exhibited across Europe, including at St John’s Church, Edinburgh.

Her new installation takes shape within the Traquair House maze, drawing from Greek mythology to reimagine dictatorship as the Minotaur, freedom as Theseus, and Ariadne’s thread as a metaphor for humanity amid violence and oppression.

You will encounter over 200 portraits and life-size works in this immersive journey through resistance, and liberation.

Tickets are selling fast so get them quick!

🎟️ 50% off for students. To view the full festival programme & tickets view the link in bio ⬆️

18/08/2025

🚨 Speaker Announcement 🚨

We are excited to welcome Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC to The Beyond Borders Festival 2025!

Her powerful submissions in South Africa’s genocide case at the International Court of Justice made headlines across the globe.

So join us as she sits down with Oscar Guardiola-Rivera to discuss her remarkable path as an international human rights lawyer.

This talk will be a real matter of conviction - one you don’t want to miss!

🎟️ 50% off for students. To view the full festival programme & tickets view the link in bio ⬆️

15/08/2025

🎙 A Diplomatic Life is a special youth-led episode of the Beyond Borders Scotland Podcast, recorded live at the Beyond Borders International Festival 2024.

Hosted by Duncan Peppe, a student from Peebles High School, this conversation with former UN envoys Staffan de Mistura & Stephanie Williams dives deep into the human side of global diplomacy.

🎧Listen now on whenever you get your podcasts or tap the link in our bio⬆️

🎟️Tickets are still available through the link in our bio. Students receive 50% off.

13/08/2025

✨Exciting new festival ticket and hotel package!

We’re offering a unique way to experience the festival this year… a stay at The Peebles Hydro, just 15 minutes from the festival site, with full weekend tickets included.

Your package includes:

✨A B&B room at The Peebles Hydro for Saturday 23rd August.
✨Full weekend festival tickets.
✨Minibus service to and from Traquair House.

Only 7 packages are available so get in touch now!!!

To enquire: [email protected]

📅 View our festival programme click the link in our bio!

13/08/2025

🚨SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Sam Dalrymple.

We are thrilled to welcome Sam Dalrymple to The Beyond Borders Festival 2025 to discuss his new book Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia.

Sam, co-host of The Empire Podcast, is a historian, award-winning filmmaker, Oxford graduate, Persian & Sanskrit scholar, and co-founder of Project Dastaan. He also frequents work on his Substack 📖

So if your looking for a talk that explores
history, legacies, and new perspectives on partition. This is the one for you! 🫵🏼

Don’t miss this chance to hear the story behind Shattered Lands.

🎟️ 50% off for students. To view the full festival programme & tickets view the link in bio ⬆️

10/08/2025

🌿Not all festivals happen on a stage..

So at The Beyond Borders International Festival 2025 our programme encourages guests to immerse themselves not just with dialogue but with the historic grounds of Traquair.

Saturday.

🎤Storytelling Walk – with Mary Kenny.
📜 Poetry Walk – Share verses with the Traquair Poetry Club.
📖Tales of the Scottish Borders – Alasdair Allan & Catherine Maxwell Stuart.

Sunday.

🍃Foraging Walk – Taste the wild with Fi Martynoga.
🎶 A Ukrainian Odyssey – Nigel Osborne.

For more information or to buy festival tickets- view the link in our bio ⬆️

🎟️Students get 50% off all tickets.

08/08/2025

🎶 Meet the Musicians 🎶

Meet the musicians of The Beyond Borders International Festival 2025, playing across the festival weekend! Starting on Saturday with…
�✨ Songs of Survival with the legendary Barbara Dickson – feel the power of resilience and hope as you enjoy lunch in harmony, with latin vibes from Los Chichanos later in the day.

On Sunday…
Enjoy live trad-fusion by Divergence over lunch, Unearthing Resistance with Kirsty Law, and close the day with soulful rhythms from Dias Brazil in the Walled Garden.

🎟️To buy tickets or view the full festival programme, view the link in our bio⬆️
Students get 50% off tickets.
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06/08/2025

🚨SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Nicola Sturgeon.

We are honoured to welcome Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister, to our Beyond Borders International Festival 2025 programme.

In conversation with broadcaster Allan Little, Nicola will discuss her new memoir Frankly- a bold, introspective look into her life in politics and beyond.

Quite frankly this is a talk you don’t want to miss…

🎟️ 50% off for students to view full programme & tickets view the link in bio ⬆️

04/08/2025

Palestine Matters🇵🇸So this year at the Beyond Borders International Festival 2025 we are delighted to announce the release of a programme curated to put Palestine at the forefront over the festival weekend.

Join us as we amplify Palestinian voices through art, dialogue, and resistance. This powerful programme challenges borders and reminds us that solidarity is not limited by geography ✊🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

To view the full festival programme or buy tickets for the weekend, please view the link in bio!

22/07/2025

Does a storytelling walk through the scenic grounds of Traquair sound like your ideal Saturday morning? Or perhaps you wish to peruse local stalls and enjoy a cup of coffee from The Garden Cafe?

This year at the Beyond Borders Festival we are offering a new ticketing option. In addition to our weekend and day ticketing options, we now offer festival tickets for access to ONLY The Walled Garden programmed events, music, cafes and stalls.

Please refer to the our festival programme for locations of events you wish to attend before purchasing tickets.

Programme and tickets are available through the link in bio ⬆️

‼️Please note purchasing tickets for “The Walled Garden access” will NOT give access to main tent talks. Standard weekend tickets will provide access to all areas of the festival (Walled Garden and Main Tent)

Any questions or queries please email:
[email protected]

We look forward to seeing you soon 💙