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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.

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