OEC Events

Our lectures, walks and visits

We organise a programme of talks each year between October and March, with walks and visits to sites of historical interest in the summer.

Our lectures are held in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL, with live streaming for anyone who cannot be there in person. All talks start at 7pm. 

We also make video recordings of talks available exclusively for members.

Non-members may attend or view each talk for £8. Please contact membership@oldedinburghclub.org.uk

Our 2024-25 lectures

The Old Library in the Quadrangle of the Old College. Creative Commons CC by NC, National Galleries of Scotland

16 October 2024 – Tunnel Vision: How the railways dug their way into the Victorian city by Andy Arthur
13 November 2024 – Shifts, realignments and continuities in Edinburgh housing schemes by Aaron Sheridan
11 December 2024 – Members Evening, with A Councillor, a Merchant, a Lord Provost and an MP by Pat Jones; Leith and the maritime trade by Alison Moodie and The history of the Scottish Military and Naval Academy by Rosslyn MacPhail
15 January 2025 – Stonily grey and strange of aspect: Edinburgh by Roger Emmerson
19 February 2025 – Eighteenth century music in Edinburgh by Brianna Robertson-Kirkland
19 March 2025 – Second generation women doctors by Roger Jeffrey

See our programmes from past years here

2025 walks and visits

Our walks and visits in 2024 featured:

  • The Library at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, led by Leonie Paterson
  • General Register House, led by Tristram Clarke
  • The Trinity Apse, led by Jill Harrison & Lizzie Swarbrick
Jill Harrison with the OEC Members 2024