We have heard from our friends in Canada that there is an expedition to the arctic planned in 2019 in [...]

The other day one of our Trustees received an email from Michael Palin saying that he is very happy to [...]

This year’s birthday celebrations for John Rae were considerably more complex than the previous year’s free party with live music! [...]

The other day we were approched by Michael Palin ( he of Monty Python and travel documentaries ) as [...]

John Rae Festival 5 to 8 May 2017 Last year, the John Rae Society took the first financial step towards [...]

As part of the 2017 Orkney Nature Festival, the John Rae Society ran a Family John Rae Explorer Trail around [...]

John Rae Society Festival 2017To celebrate the first step in September 2016 towards the acquisition of the Hall of Clestrain [...]

How did it go? Report from the festivalProgramme for the festival publishedThe John Rae Society is pleased to [...]

In January 2017 we paid for a structural survey of the Hall of Clestrain by Steve Wood of David Narro [...]