28 October 2015

 This year's Scottish Woodland History Conference will focus on  Tracing the Decline of the Caledonian Forest over Four Millenia.

It will be held at Battleby, north of Perth. Organised by the Native Woodlands Discussion Group (NWDG)

Speakers will include Richard Tipping and Rob Wilson, a St Andrews’ dendrochronologist. The NWDG also hopes to have a speaker from Norway. There is little information as yet on the NWDG website (www.nwdg.org.uk), but anyone interested could contact the NWDG admin person: alisonaveris@gmail.com

28 October 2015

 Who's there, besides foul weather? A talk on Clan Macpherson.

Talk by Sandy Macpherson

Highland Archive and Registration Centre, Bught Road, Inverness. Organised by Highland Family History Society

28 October 2015

‘Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland’

Talk by Susan Kruse

Dingwall Community Centre. Suggested donation £3

Susan Kruse reports on the exciting findings of a community project looking at the impact of Thomas Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland.
 

28 October 2015

‘Mulbuie Murder – a tale of lust, luck and legacy’ 

Illustrated talk by Graham Clark.

Dingwall Community Centre. Organised by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA). Minimum donation £2. Further information from 01463 710577.

This is the story of the murder that led to the last public hanging to take place in Inverness in 1835

28 October 2015

Meet the Books: Highlights from the Fraser Mackintosh Rare Book Collection

Inverness Library

Join Dr Ian Blyth from Inverness College, University of the Highlands and Islands, for a hands-on workshop on Wednesday 28th October 12-1pm where he will share his enthusiasm on a book from the collection, to show you why these books matter.

Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming’s Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in the Far Interior of South Africa (1850). A Hunter’s Life gives us a fascinating insight into the now very alien world of nineteenth-century big game hunting. Gordon-Cumming, aka ‘The Lion Hunter’, was born at Altyre near Forres, and was one of the sensations of the 1850s. He took part in the Great Exhibition of 1851, and toured with and lectured on his South African trophies for much of the decade before setting up his own museum in Fort Augustus in 1858. Inverness Library has a copy of the 1850 second edition of A Hunter’s Life, and in the workshop you’ll be able to read, discuss, and learn about why people were so fascinated with this book and its author. After a short introductory talk, we will explore the book together – hands-on, practical and interactive!

Free Event. To book call 01463 236463 www.highlifehighland.com/meet-the-books