ULLUMINATE 2026 FESTIVAL DAY ONE
Ullapool Village Hall, Ullapool, IV26 2XE
Friday 6th November 2026
JOIN US FOR A DAY OF STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS AT THE VILLAGE HALL.
LINE-UP:*
10-11am: Post Tipping-Point UK - Re-imagining our future - Continuing our Science in Fiction series, we interview writer Jenni Daiches about her new novel ‘They know where they are going’
11am-12pm: Dùthchas: Where language meets landscape - Sustainable crofter and small business owner Donald McIver speaks from the heart about our connection to landscape through Gaelic place-names.
1-2pm: Stress-busting, mood-raising singing - Learn more about health effects and take part in a singing interlude with our resident community choir leader Sot Otter, award-winning songwriter, composer and multiinstrumentalist.
2-3pm: Fire and ice mind and body reset (Part 1)- Norma MacLeod shares her knowledge and on 7th November invites everyone to try a fire and ice experience themselves at Braemore Space.
3-4pm: Win-win for planet and health - We can make lifestyle choices that are good for our health and wellbeing while also mitigating our impacts on the environment and climate change learn more with Dr Munro Stewart, RCGP Vice President Policy.
4-5pm: Mind Games - Professor Fiona Macpherson, aims to set our minds alight with her research on philosophy of mind and perception looking at senses, experience and hallucination.
*we reserve the right to change timings and content on the day due to unavoidable circumstances.
Join us for an interview with three women who started out with STEM qualifications and found that their career paths took many different directions. Refreshments provided.
LINE-UP:*
10-11am: Post Tipping-Point UK - Re-imagining our future - Continuing our Science in Fiction series, we interview writer Jenni Daiches about her new novel ‘They know where they are going’
11am-12pm: Dùthchas: Where language meets landscape - Sustainable crofter and small business owner Donald McIver speaks from the heart about our connection to landscape through Gaelic place-names.
1-2pm: Stress-busting, mood-raising singing - Learn more about health effects and take part in a singing interlude with our resident community choir leader Sot Otter, award-winning songwriter, composer and multiinstrumentalist.
2-3pm: Fire and ice mind and body reset (Part 1)- Norma MacLeod shares her knowledge and on 7th November invites everyone to try a fire and ice experience themselves at Braemore Space.
3-4pm: Win-win for planet and health - We can make lifestyle choices that are good for our health and wellbeing while also mitigating our impacts on the environment and climate change learn more with Dr Munro Stewart, RCGP Vice President Policy.
4-5pm: Mind Games - Professor Fiona Macpherson, aims to set our minds alight with her research on philosophy of mind and perception looking at senses, experience and hallucination.
*we reserve the right to change timings and content on the day due to unavoidable circumstances.
REFRESHMENTS AND EVENING EVENT:
Women In Stem Event 7.30pm
Join us for an interview with three women who started out with STEM qualifications and found that their career paths took many different directions. Refreshments provided.
MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.ULLUMINATE.ORG/FESTIVAL26
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