ABOUT THE EVENT

Robyn Stapleton, a BBC Traditional Singer of the Year, partners the historian, and Club Member, David Purdie to trace the story of the Scots nation through its songs. For a thousand years Scotland’s history and music has intertwined the Norse of the Northern Isles, the Gaelic of the Highlands and Islands, plus Anglo-Saxon traditions into a heritage unique in Europe.

Songs of peace and war, ballads from border straths and highland glens, and songs of men and women: the Meeting, the Loving and the Parting. Robyn’s beautiful singing and David’s fascinating words are supported by glorious images of Scotland.

Buffet supper included in the cost of admission. Menu to follow.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

David Purdie is an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. His field of enquiry is the 18^th century Enlightenment, his published work including books on the philosopher David Hume, Sir Walter Scott and the poet & songwriter Robert Burns.

He is presently editing a new Edition of Scott’s Redgauntlet – adapted for the modern reader – and incorporating new information on the presence of Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the 1761 coronation of George III.

When not pursuing enlightenment, DP is a speech editor and adviser to several members of the House of Commons.

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