The achievements and life of pioneering Scottish explorer and surveyor Dr John Rae were celebrated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today. Fronted...
Published: Monday, 06 August 2018 13:52 A chance to buy Michael Palin’s new book “ Erebus the story of a ship” . Every one bought...
A couple of months ago we had an email from the Travel company Adventure Canada Tours to ask if we could arrange access for 200...
- 14th June 2018
A talk by Adam Doskey, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignRoyal Hotel, Stromness Wednesday 11th July 2018, 7.30pm We were...
In the Wake of John Rae A review of the talk by Tom Muir at Stromness Town Hall Monday 2nd April 2018, 7.30pm An audience...
John Rae Festival 4th to 6th May 2018 Following the success of the inaugural Festival in May 2017, the John Rae Society held another John...
This book review was first published by the Ormsby Review on https://bcbooklook.com The bane of the British Admirality Finding John Rae is a creative non-fiction...
We have heard from our friends in Canada that there is an expedition to the arctic planned in 2019 in commemoration of John Rae’s exploits....
The other day one of our Trustees received an email from Michael Palin saying that he is very happy to support all the work that...
This year’s birthday celebrations for John Rae were considerably more complex than the previous year’s free party with live music! A combination of events came...
The other day workmen from Paddy Casey, the builders, suitably attired for the task, set about to clear the inches of pigeon poo that lay...
The other day we were approched by Michael Palin ( he of Monty Python and travel documentaries ) as he is currently working on a...