Past Events
2018
18th April
16th February
15th February
29th January
Kilmarnock Howff Burns Club
Clootie Dumpling Lecture 2018
An illustrated talk about the life of Sir James Shaw, or Jimmy Shaw as he's known in these parts. Shaw was undoubtedly the largest benefactor to Jean Armour and her children after the death of Robert and was a major fundraiser to the Ayrshire and Edinburgh monuments.
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Bishopbriggs Probus Group. Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs
Illustrated talk on Alexander Nasmyth, his paintings of Robert Burns and their Masonic connections.
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Author Talk. Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Robert Burns in Edinburgh Illustrated talk.
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Torrance Heritage & History Group. Torrance
An Illustrated talk on the 14 months or so that Robert Burns spent in the city. The talk will be prefaced with a very short introduction to Burns' place in the Scottish Enlightenment.
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2017
5th August
1st June
14th February
Dumfries Luncheon Club , Station Hotel, Dumfries
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
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FreshAyr, Ayr organised with the Ayr Writers' Club
Reading from Robert Burns in Edinburgh with illustrations.
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The Glasgow Haggis Club
Illustrated talk on The paintings of Alexander Nasmyth, Robert Burns and the Masonic Connections.
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14th January
Robert Burns Conference, Birthplace Museum, Alloway.
Illustrated talk on Alexander Nasmyth, Robert Burns and their Masonic connections
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22nd November
Ayr Writer's Club Bookfayre (or possibly Bookfair) but I prefer the archaic Fayre!
I went along with Ron Grossett of Waverley Books to lend support.
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2016
9th November
25th September
21st July
10th June
28th January
NHS Retirees Group, Dumfries
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
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Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway.
Illustrated talk on Sir James Shaw
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Waterstones Sauchiehall St Glasgow
Robert Burns in Edinburgh illustrated talk.
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Hospital Broadcasting Service, Glasgow
Recording Programme on Burns'life and music to be broadcast on the anniversary of his death on 21st July.
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East Ayrshire Libraries, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
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2015
5th October
31st August
17th June
28th May
14th March
11th March
Springfield Cambridge Women's Guild, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
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The Kilt Studio, Bathgate.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
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National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
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Aye Write, Glasgow's Book Festival
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh
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Blackwell's Bookshop, Edinburgh.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
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February
January
25th January
Waterstones, East Kilbride.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
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Probus Club, Kirkintilloch.
Illustrated talk on Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
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Celtic Connections, Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow
The Burns Scotland Lecture 2014
Illustrated talk on The Shaw Burns, a work thought to be by Alexander Nasmyth.