I can often be found giving talks on different topics to groups and societies, both in person and online.
Upcoming talks
Saturday 31 August, 10.30am, “History of the Usher Hall”,
Lauriston Castle
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/history-usher-hall
Thursday 19 September, 7.30pm, “Women, work and World War
One”, The Old Musselburgh Club
Friday 11 October, 7.30pm, “Mary Somerville”, Airdrie
Astronomical Association
https://www.airdrieobservatory.com/about
Monday 28 October, 7.30pm, “Scottish Women’s Land Army”,
Penicuik Historical Society
http://penicuikheritage.org.uk/
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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