Current Talks

Talks are held in Morningside Parish Church Hall at 7.15 p.m, with refreshments available from 6.45 p.m. Each season of talks runs from October until the following April.

The Charles Smith Lecture that opens each of our sessions commemorates the local author and founder of the Morningside Heritage Association.

Visitors are very welcome (a contribution of £3.00 is requested).

2025

16 October, The Charles Smith Lecture
Letters of Muriel Spark; Professor Dan Gunn

04 November
Esta Henry – Life and Times of the Queen of the High Street; Andy Arthur

02 December
Christmas between the wars; Ruth Boreham

2026

 06 January
James Clerk Maxwell, His life, technical innovations, family and friends; Professor Peter Grant

03 February
George Washington Browne, Prolific Edinburgh Architect and his Public Library Revolution; Mike Lewis

03 March
Scottish Lighthouses, Literature and Robert Louis Stevenson; Dr Alison Morrison-Low

07 April
The Athens of the North: Greek Inscriptions in Edinburgh; Ian McHaffie