- 3rd October 2018
The weekend of events to mark John Rae’s 205th birthday began with an open day at the Hall of Clestrain on Saturday 29th September, made...
- 14th September 2018
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...
- 6th August 2018
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...
- 6th August 2018
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...
- 19th March 2018
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...
- 9th February 2018
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...
- 19th January 2018
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...
- 1st January 2018
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....
- 29th August 2017
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...
- 10th July 2017
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...
- 13th June 2017
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...