We are pleased to announce the programme for 2025-26. All talks will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm.
4 September 2025 | Shipwreck Archaeology in the Lothians and Beyond | Dan Atkinson, Archaeologist, AMS Consultancy |
16 October 2025 | East Lothian in the Early Middle Ages, AD 400-1100 | Tim Clarkson, Historian & Author |
20 November 2025 | Victorian Female Detectives | Sara Lodge, Historian & Author |
11 December 2025 | Members’ Night | |
15 January 2026 | Esmé Stuart d’Aubigny, 1st Duke of Lennox (c 1542-1583): The Journey of a French Noble in Scotland | Elisabeth Rébeillé-Borgella, Historian |
18 February | Haddington Voices European Ethnological Research Centre | Mark Mulhern Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh |
19 March 2026 | Duncan Napier: Founder of Napier’s the Herbalists | Eric Melvin, Historian & Author |
16 April 2026 | Irish Migratory Potato Workers in East Lothian in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries | Heather Holmes, Historian |
15 May | Abbotsford House | Members’ Outing |
And if you’d like to catch up with any talks you may have missed over the years you’ll find them all in our resources section
Non-Members Welcome: Pay at the door
Free for School Pupils and Full-time Students