Wildlife Photographer of the Year: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street

The largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition in the world comes to Scotland.

Edinburgh International Science Festival: Various venues

Hands-on science for adults, children and families in venues across the city with programme ranging from the entertaining to the controversial and, of course, the icky.

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: McGonagall's Chronicles: Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street

A biography of the late Dundonian poet Sir William Topaz McGonagall, written in "almost rhyming verse" - the only way to honour the man who has come to be known as the world's worst poet.