Seven good ideas for seven days, from theatre to food hustings – The National

1DO you fancy helping out the Beatson Cancer charity and having a lot of fun. The charity are hosting a live virtual escape room, taking the trend for escape rooms online during these trying times. This year, as well as you having the option to try and escape at your own pace, there will also be an option to take part live and set a time against other teams, getting clues if required. Grab some mates and some beers and do some good. April 2 at 1pm and April 4 at 8pm. For all the details and to book, head over to http://www.facebook.com/events/1072594796572161

2 SCOTLANDS food is a political issue and a fascinating one at that. Want to know a bit more?Covid-19 has emphasised the inequity in our food system and action is required to ensure that when we rebuild from the pandemic we support a food system centred on the wellbeing of people and the planet. Brian Taylor, former Political Editor of BBC Scotland is going to chair online hustings and party spokespersons will outline their plans and their partys policies for addressing the challenges facing Scotlands food system. The event will cover four key themes related to our food system: Climate & Nature, Jobs, Health, and Poverty. Live online 5.30 - 7.30pm on March 30. Join in and put your questions about the food system to the candidates. A free event. For tickets head to http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-food-hustings-tickets-141961944999

3THE past year has been incredibly challenging for women across Scotland. The Scottish Womens Convention aims to gather together these womens voices to help shape the way policy is approached by decision-makers as we move forward and emerge from the current situation. The group hope to cover the unique experiences of women throughout Scotland, how they have been impacted and what needs to be done in future.

This is a live zoom event and tickets are available via Eventbrite. This Tuesday starting at 6pm.

4 YOUNG women need mentors. Its still very much a mans world despite our fabulous feminist FM here in Scotland. The Young Womens movement is holding an online event to explore the value, power, implementation and urgent need for female mentors in business, politics, activism, education and more. Wednesday at 5:30pm. For more info go to http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-power-of-female-mentors-tickets

5 THE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Festival Into The New is back and, this year, online. A stoater of a show is available tonight, Mothers Milk. In a space cluttered with discarded costumes and glasses of milk, a single female body dresses, undresses, drinks and dances again and again in a choreographic attempt to embody the lineage of women that brought her into being. Fascinating and poignant. Head over to http://www.rcs.ac.uk/festivals/event/mothers-milk/. Tonight at 8pm

6 GLASGOW short film festival comes around again and they are showing a genius of a short flick. Evoking the sweaty, physical intimacy of a messy night out, Bangers & Mosh offers viewers some much needed visceral thrills, dragging us from an astonishingly pitch-perfect recreation of a 1991 illegal warehouse rave to the nihilistic hedonism of Bogota. Head to http://www.glasgowshort.org/shows/bangers-mosh. All films available to stream for the whole of the festival pay what you can is the order of the day.

7 ALSO showing at the Glasgow short film festival is Barbed Wire Love Hush-a-bye-baby. This flick surrounds the times of the troubles on the island of Ireland and tells tales from those who stayed, those who left and those who passed through. Available to stream all week at http://www.gsff.filmchief.com/hub

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Seven good ideas for seven days, from theatre to food hustings - The National