You can now download the recording of James Simpson's talk about the principles of successful building conservation projects.

Falkland Society: Newsletters

 We've been sending monthly mailings to our members and supporters by MailChimp since December 2018. At first these contained just a note of the next meeting, but from April 2020 onwards, wtih meetings supended because of coronavirus, we started including labelling the mailings as Newsletters, and including additional articles of interest. If you missed a mailing, or would like to refresh your memory as to what it said, click on the link below (they are PDF files, and may be quite large).

Note: having downloaded a Newsletter, we suggest you click the "view this email in your browser" link at the top the page, to get a smoother display (some earlier mailings may not have this feature).

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2026

  • May 2026: Craig Cameron; Summer visit to Harthill; Fife Climate Festival; York Miscellany.
  • April 2026: Carron Tobin; Dunkeld Music Book.
  • March 2026: Robin Bell; Falkland Church.
  • February 2026: John Fletcher; AGM; new ways to pay.
  • January 2026: Ross Burgess; Church Visiting in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

2025

  • December 2025: Marietta Crichton Stuart; In Praise of Friendship
  • November 2025: Judith Roebuck; Millais in Perth
  • October 2025: DJ Johnston-Smith: Our Newsletters saved for Posterity
  • May 2025: Robin Evetts; Study day to Culross; Robin Bell; Scotland's Churches at risk
  • April 2025: Robin Bell; Newhaven and Trinity
  • March 2025 correction: Change of date for next meeting
  • March 2025: Robin Evetts; Cambo visit; new uses for churches; study day in Edinburgh.
  • February 2025: Ross Burgess; Visit to Cambo; Study day in Edinburgh; Hidden Histories; Future of Falkland Church; Membership Subscriptions.
  • January 2025: Marietta Crichton Stuart; Contentment is Great Riches.

2024

  • December 2024: Johnnie Balfour; William Hole.
  • November 2024: Leonard Low; James V; Paisley Abbey Conference; Dundee Stone Symposium
  • October 2024: Autmn Message; The Season Opens; The Season Continues; Coffee Concert, Kingsbarns Parish Church; New Committee Member
  • August 2024: Celebrating Falkland!; Muchty Heritage
  • July 2024: Celebrating Falkland!; Publications; Archives; Go Falkland
  • June 2024: Phil Thomas; Falkland Parish Church – an update; Souwne of Organe; A new home for our Archives - continued; Celebrating Falkland; Publications Sub-Committee
  • May 2024: Frank Glynn; A new home for our archives; Celebrating Falkland; Publications; Future events
  • April 2024: Craig Thomas; Treasures of Falkland; Future events
  • March 2024: Catherine, Lady Erskine and Cambo; AGM; Stephen Couling and rewilding
  • February 2024: Talk by Stephen Coulding: 'Trees for Life and the Dundreggan rewwilding project'; the Falkland Historic Buildings Project; what3words; The Church in Falkland.
  • January 2024: Talk by David Munro: 'Drumlanrig Castle: the archival treasures of a great Scottish country house'; The Church of Santa Caterina in Palermo

2023

  • December 2023: Talk by Victoria Perry – 'A Bittersweet Heritage'; Stories of Remembrance – a response from Charles Smith, letter cutter; Cupar's Big Weekend.
  • November 2023: Stories of Remembrance; 'Trees for our Times' exhibition; The new Scottish Galleries.
  • October 2023: Lily Barnes; Doors Open Days; Book review: Steeple Chasing.
  • September 2023: Sarah Brown; Falkland Parish Church; Markinch Church,

(No Newsletter in July or August)

  • June 2023 end of season update: The Falkland Society online; Scottish churches - a community asset?
  • June 2023: Ross Burgess; obituary (Tessa Kilbane); "The Church", Dublin
  • May 2023: Catherine Rice; Lake District travels
  • April 2023: Tom Addyman; Jean Drew exhibition; Ruskin and the Crafts
  • March 2023: Nic Boyes; Ruskin and the Crafts,;obituaries (Rory Young, Dr Jean Balfour, Vanessa Stephen); Flooring the World; Falkland's Spring Gardens.
  • February 2023: Arjun Shivaji Jain: Ruskin and the Crafts; Fife Churches at Risk; Multiple Maries.
  • January 2023: Tess Darwin; Flooring the World.

2022

  • December 2022: Amy Woodson-Boulton: Flooring the World; the Factory Site; Brithdir Church; obituaries (Bruce Patullo, Karl Franz, HM Queen Elizabeth)
  • November 2022: Mary Contini.
  • October 2022: Benjamin Tindall; Harvest Fest; Flooring the World.
  • September 2022: AGM; Fife Churches at Risk; Archaeology Partnership; Arandora Star.

(No Newsletter in July or August)

  • June 2022: Marietta Crichton Stuart; Arandora Star; Naples.
  • May 2022: Charles Dundas; New Treasurer; Cultural heritage.
  • April 2022: Future of the Falkland Estate; Voices from Venice; The Lomond; Venice in March.
  • March 2022: Ben Tindall; Voices of Venice; Millfield in snowdrop time; Climate action
  • February 2022: Rory Young; Voices of Venice
  • January 2022: Kieran Allan; Scots Italians; Voices of Venice; Falkland Historic Buildings

2021

  • December 2021: Josh Davie's film; Voices of Venice; Celebrating Cupar and Falkland; Falkland Historic Buildings.
  • November 2021: John Ruskin; Falkland Literature and Lyrics Festival; Cupar annual lecture.
  • October 2021: AGM report; Fiona Fisher; New leaflets; Chronicle of 1927; Cupar Societies Fair and cultural events; The Hopetoun Column.
  • September 2021: Abbotsford; Flax and Linen festival; Traditional building skills.
  • August 2021: Wemyss visit; Ruskin and Glenfinlas.
  • July 2021: Open gardens weekend; From Falkland to Moffat.
  • June 2021: David F. Wilson; Falkland Historic Buildings.
  • May 2021: Alexandra Lotz; A rural paradise.
  • April 2021 supplement: Karen Dundas; Alexandra Lotz;
  • April 2021: Karen Dundas; Historic Falkland; Obituary: 7th Marquess of Bute.
  • March 2021: Tom Christian; Falkland Historic Buildings; Rod Kelly.
  • February 2021: Marietta Crichton Stuart; The Wiki; Public lettering.
  • January 2021: Falkland's Historic Buildings; Obituary: George Mackie; Venice; Old Scots language.

2020

  • December 2020: Falkland Historic Buildings; Venice; Tree of the month (Holly)
  • November 2020: New book complete; Nic Boyes; Listed Buidlings Survey; Cash bench; Tree of the month (Silver birch).
  • October 2020: Vanesa Stephen; Photographic competition; Maintai\ning Falkland's heritage: Trees in landscape and literature.
  • September 2020: AGM; Peter Jones; Listed Buildings Survey; Photographay Day; Craft Symposium; Tree of the month (Yew).
  • August 2020: Listed Buildings Survey; Craft Symposium; New book; Tree of the month(Scots pine).
  • July 2020: Season extended; Marietta Crichton Stuart; Falkland Historic Buildings project; Craft Symposium; New book; Tree of the month (Monkey puzzle).
  • June 2020: Padua; Tree of the month (Horse chestnut); Masks or no-masks; Obituary (Oliver O'Grady).
  • May 2020: Falkland Palace Restoration Programme; All roads stop at Falkland; The trenches
  • April 2020 (our first Newsletter described as such): Society publications; Third Marquess of Bute; Malta, Padua and Venice
  • March 2020: Meetings suspended because of Coronavirus

(No mailing in February)

2019

(No Newsletter in July)

  • June 2019: Bruce Manson on 'Local history carved in stone'.
  • May 2019: Christopher Bragg on 'Historic organs of Fife'.
  • April 2019: Dr Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
  • March 2019: Marietta Crichton Stuart on Western Front cemeteries.
  • February 2019: Dr Alex Klausmaier on 'the Berlin Wall'.
  • January 2019: David Munro on 'Remembering Kinross'.

2018

  • December 2018: Dr Alex Woolf on the Earldom of Fife in the 12th century.