I can often be found giving talks on different topics to groups and societies, both in person and online.
Upcoming talks
Saturday 9 November, 10.30am, “History of the Usher Hall”,
Lauriston Castle (postponed from 31 August due to illness)
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/history-usher-hall
Tuesday 3 December, 2.30pm, “My time as a researcher on Who
Do You Think You Are”, Universities Retired Staff Association
https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-reward/staff-benefits/ursa
Tuesday 3 December, 7.15pm, “The Gretna Rail Disaster”,
Morningside Heritage Association
https://www.morningsideheritage.org/current-talks/
Thursday 12 December, 10.30am, “Christmas during the two
World Wars”, Lauriston Castle
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-during-two-world-wars
Here are the talks I do most regularly, though do get in touch if there is a topic you are interested in which isn’t listed.
- Mary Somerville
- History of the Usher Hall
- Women’s Land Army in Scotland
- Christmas during the two World Wars
- My time as a researcher on ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ tv series
- The suffrage movement in Scotland
- ‘No Vote, No Census’; the 1911 census in Scotland and suffragettes
- Women, Work and the First World War
- Gretna train crash during First World War
- Elizabeth Murray, Duchess of Lauderdale
- Amazing women in Scottish history
- John Murray Archive
I have also taught an 8 week course of lectures for Open Association, part of St Andrews University, on women in history in Scotland 1860s-1930s.
Ruth Boreham
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