‘A born leader of men’: Sir Ernest Shackleton in Edinburgh
On a freezing winter night, an enthusiastic audience gathered to hear one of the greatest polar heroes of them all
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Horses’ heads to the east, and other rules of RSGS membership
It’s 1886, and we’re celebrating the second anniversary of the Society with an elegant ‘conversazione’ – but be careful where you park your horse
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Isobel Wylie Hutchison: the Calling of Bride
A gentle Scotswoman whose love of botany drew her to the lands of the far north
Patrick Geddes: heart, hand and head
A scientist and a revolutionary, Patrick Geddes taught us not just about the living world, but about life itself
Things they said: Sir Patrick Geddes
“We live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.”
Jo Woolf 
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