Upcoming Talk Events

Aug 2025

A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening With Adam Kay

A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening With Adam Kay

19/08/2025    
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
£30 (Includes Book)
Join BAFTA-winning writer and comedian Adam Kay for an evening of hilarious and horrifying anecdotes.
A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening With Adam Kay

A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening With Adam Kay

20/08/2025    
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
£30 (Includes Book)
Join BAFTA-winning writer and comedian Adam Kay for an evening of hilarious and horrifying anecdotes.
Buchan 150th Anniversary || Ursula Buchan: John Buchan, the Master Storyteller

Buchan 150th Anniversary || Ursula Buchan: John Buchan, the Master Storyteller

24/08/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
£12
Award-winning journalist and author Ursula Buchan—granddaughter of John Buchan—offers a personal and engaging insight into his life and work. Based on her celebrated biography Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps, this talk explores Buchan’s enduring literary legacy through a reader’s lens, in the very region he loved best.
Back to Nature || Ash Rise + Q&A

Back to Nature || Ash Rise + Q&A

27/08/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
PWYD (£5, £10, £15)
The Scottish Furniture Makers Association in partnership with Scottish Forestry and the Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers present Ash Rise, a documentary film telling the story of this beautiful tree, its historic and contemporary brilliance as a material and the challenges of ash die-back.
Back to Nature || Balancing The Scales + Q&A

Back to Nature || Balancing The Scales + Q&A

28/08/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
PWYD (£5, £10, £15)
A groundbreaking new documentary from Beaver Trust and acclaimed filmmaker Nina Constable, funded by The European Nature Trust. Narrated by Dame Joanna Lumley, the film is the first in Britain to explore the intricate relationship between reintroduced beavers and the delicate conservation needs of migratory fish populations.

Sep 2025

Meet The Buchanans + Q&A with Director

Meet The Buchanans + Q&A with Director

04/09/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
£10
Meet the Buchanans, an offbeat documentary observing the run up to the inauguration of millionaire Scottish landowner Mike Buchanan as the newly confirmed Clan Buchanan Highland Chief – the first in 300 years. 

Oct 2025

The Big Bike Film Night 2025

The Big Bike Film Night 2025

04/10/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
£20 - £10
The screening sensation known as The Big Bike Film Night returns to Peebles, celebrating cycling with its 2025 programme of short bike films devised to delight the two-wheel devotee.
Tweeddale Society || The History of Manor Kirk

Tweeddale Society || The History of Manor Kirk

14/10/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
Linda Haldane shares fascinating stories from her in-depth research into the people, events, and milestones that shaped Manor Kirk over its 150-year history—an engaging glimpse into the life of this much-loved local church.
Unearthing and Conserving the Peebles Hoard

Unearthing and Conserving the Peebles Hoard

16/10/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£15
The Peebles Hoard is one of the most remarkable hoards ever found in Scotland. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of bronze, leather and wooden objects, as well as a sword in a scabbard. Many of these objects have never been found before in Scotland. 
Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain

Simon Yates - Pleasure & Pain

23/10/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£20
‘Touching the Void’ mountaineer, Simon Yates, is a veteran of over eighty expeditions to high/remote mountains around the globe and shows no signs of slowing down. This is his story of the last decade, of new adventures and climbs in the far north and south, along with summits in South America, Central Asia and the Himalaya.

Nov 2025

Brett Tippie - The Right Line

Brett Tippie - The Right Line

06/11/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£20
Brett Tippie is a multi-talented professional extreme sports athlete – a pioneer of Freeride Mountain Biking who kicked off his career while simultaneously competing on the World Cup circuit for Giant Slalom & Snowboard Cross for the Canadian National Team!
Tweeddale Society || The reivers: fact or fiction?

Tweeddale Society || The reivers: fact or fiction?

11/11/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
Local author A.K. Nairn dives into the myths and realities of the Border Reivers, separating truth from tall tales in this engaging, interactive talk inspired by the history behind his bestselling murder mystery series.
Ed James: Fear of Any Kind

Ed James: Fear of Any Kind

20/11/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
£12
Bestselling Tartan Noir author Ed James returns to the Borders to discuss Fear of Any Kind, his latest DI Rob Marshall thriller set in Hawick. Drawing inspiration from John Buchan and the landscapes of the Borders, Ed explores themes of memory, justice, and place—with gripping plots rooted in the region’s past and present.

Dec 2025

Tweeddale Society || The Lost Royal Lodgings in Edinburgh Castle

Tweeddale Society || The Lost Royal Lodgings in Edinburgh Castle

09/12/2025    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
Archaeologist Peter Yeoman uncovers the forgotten royal lodgings of Edinburgh Castle—where Mary, Queen of Scots gave birth to James VI—revealing how a long-lost palace became the symbolic birthplace of Great Britain.

Jan 2026

Tweeddale Society || The Last Earl

Tweeddale Society || The Last Earl

13/01/2026    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
The story of Traquair's last and most eccentric earl drawn from research in the archives and tracing his life from a childhood in Spain, his education in Cumbria to his life at Traquair where he focussed his energies on improving the estate as well as organising wasp hunts, sharpening razors, promoting the new railway and visiting the Great Exhibition in 1851,19 times!

Feb 2026

Leo Houlding - Exposed

Leo Houlding - Exposed

03/02/2026    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£20 - 16
Join legendary climber Leo Houlding for his next new show, Exposed, a gripping live experience with stunning visuals, film, and storytelling from the world’s wildest places.
Tweeddale Society || Tales of a Country Vet

Tweeddale Society || Tales of a Country Vet

10/02/2026    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
Every day is different as a country vet, from vasectomising a ferret, to a caesarean on a cow, lame horses to ferral cats. Some days are fun, some nights are awful, but I still love being a modern-day James Herriot.

Mar 2026

Tweeddale Society || Getting the most out of Scotland’s People

Tweeddale Society || Getting the most out of Scotland’s People

10/03/2026    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£12
Veronica Schreuder is an archivist in the Outreach and Learning team at National Records of Scotland. She researches and writes for the Scotland’s People website, develops exhibitions and welcomes groups of all ages to General Register House, Edinburgh, where they can discover more about the collections held in the archives.