- 19th January 2022
by Ken McGoogan Canadian globe-trotting, history-hunting storyteller Ken McGoogan author of Fatal Passage, Lady Franklin’s Revenge, and Dead Reckoning:The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage...
- 19th January 2022
Sara Wheeler is a prizewinning broadcaster and non-fiction writer whose ten books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica. The Sunday Times found...
- 14th January 2022
by Dr. Martyn Obbard who is an Emeritus Research Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and adjunct professor in the Environmental...
- 28th October 2021
to be held online using Microsoft Teams at 7.00pm UK time (GMT) on Wednesday 8th December 2021 All welcome We would welcome new/additional Trustees/Helpers If...
- 24th September 2021
An open invite has been extended to Orkney and the rest of the world to celebrate the life and deeds of John Rae on Thursday,...
- 13th September 2021
Our popular open days are back but in a different format. The John Rae Society will hold two Open Days, on 18th and 19th September,...
- 25th July 2021
Our popular open days are back but in a different format. The John Rae Society will hold two Open Days, on 1st and 2nd August,...
- 25th July 2021
Our popular open days are back but in a different format. The John Rae Society will hold two Open Days, on 1st and 2nd August,...
- 8th July 2021
The project will involve examining the ‘Moat’ and exposing what it was like in John Rae’s time. We will be recording features along the proposed...
- 5th March 2021
The future of The Hall of Clestrain and the Archaeological Investigations A Zoom talk by the John Rae Society organised by the Orkney Archaeology Society....
- 4th March 2021
By Ken Stewart Ken Stewart MD FRCSEd FRCOG MBChB is a retired doctor and also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,...
- 4th March 2021
By Ian Waddell Q.C. Please note that this talk has been canceled due to bereavement. If you have purchased tickets then you should be getting...