I can often be found giving talks on different topics to groups and societies, both in person and online.
Upcoming talks
– Tuesday 20th January 2026, 7pm, ‘Mary Somerville’, Leith History Society
https://www.leithlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/society/programme.htm
– Friday 6th February 2026, 7.30pm, ‘Moon Women: A reflection of human history’, Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
https://www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/moon-women-a-reflection-of-human-history/
– Thursday 12th February 2026, 10am, ‘1911 census and the suffrage movement’, Blackhall Ladies Probus
– Monday 9th March 2026, 7.30pm, ‘Scottish Women Writers in Edinburgh’, Roslin Heritage Society
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
- Women writers in Edinburgh/Scotland
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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