Talks 2022–23

The talks for this season take place in St Catherine’s Argyle Church, Grange Road. The dates/times are as follows:

2023: January 17 and February 21 at 19.30;
March 21 AGM at 19.00 followed by the talk at 19.45

Doors open and refreshments served at 19.00 (18.30 on March21).

Date

Talk

Presenter(s)

October 18th





Scotland's Hidden Treasure

The story of the oldest Royal Regalia in Britain - hidden
not once, not twice,
but
three times,
in some remarkable places!

Kath Hay
Publishing support
& Guest speaker

November 15th

Click here for details of Brian's novel





An Edinburgh Suicide




A novel featuring figures from the Dusk of the Scottish Enlightenment: Hugh Miller, Thomas Chalmers, Thomas De Quincey, Christopher North, Robert Chambers, Gregor MacGregor and
Daniel Dunglas Home. 


Brian McLaughlin

Author




December 20th





10 Quite Interesting Things about Human Intelligence


Some results from large-scale cognitive testing studies, taken from Ian's 2020 book

Ian Deary

University of Edinburgh



2023

January 17th



The Language of Stones

Material Imagination and the Geology Study Centre near Siccar Point, E. Lothian

Dagmar Weston

Retired lecturer,

University of Edinburgh


February 21st

Click here for details of Hillary's book.

Scotland 2070: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Hillary Sillitto

Author

March 21st



To access AGM papers click here.



To access slides of talk click here.





Doors open 18.30

19.00   AGM

19.45   TALK

How to build a bee restaurant
in your garden:



Planting for pollinators
in small gardens


Graham Stone

Professor of Ecology,

University of Edinburgh

Click here to view details of the Talks season 2021–22.
Please click here for details of previous events in 2020, 2019, 2018 and pre-2018.