Ruth Boreham Tours

23/04/2025

Following on from my post on 5th April about thinking of creating a tour just about women called Mary, I have done it! Why not join me - how many will I mention?! (more dates will be added at a later date if there is interest)



📅 Sat 17 May
⏲️1.30pm-4pm
💷£25pp (also 2 for 1 offer)

A women's history walking tour in Edinburgh where every woman you will hear about is called Mary!

22/04/2025

📣New Blog!

Who were the women poets, scholars, editors, and translators shaping Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic magazines? 🖋️Find out in a new blog from .bsky.social

📚 Read now: https://womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/04/21/women-contributors-in-ruaraidh-erskines-magazines/

18/04/2025

If you are in Edinburgh this weekend and want wanting a lovely exhibition to visit before it closes on Monday, I thoroughly recommend National Library of Scotland ‘Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480 to 1630’. I finally got to see it today and loved the items to do with Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross and Esther Inglis, both of whom I talk about on some of my tours.

18/04/2025

Love this question from National Galleries of Scotland! This is my answer - what would yours be?

“Mary Rose Hill Burton, cause I am trying to find out more about her but can find very little, so while looking for and eating Easter eggs I could get all the information I want! 😁”

Is a chocolate overload inbound for you this weekend? Because we certainly can't wait 🥚🍫

Happy egg hunting 😉

'If you could go on an Easter egg hunt with any artist, who would it be and why?

We'd love to read your answers in the comments below!'

12/04/2025

Lovely tweet from someone who was on my tour this morning 😊

08/04/2025

Why not join me this Saturday to explore the history of New Town through the women who visited, worked or lived there.
⏱️ 11am-1pm
💷 £20pp

A walking tour of Edinburgh New Town, highlighting women from history.

05/04/2025

Am thinking of creating a women’s history walking tour in Edinburgh that’s called ‘It’s all about Mary’ and just talks about women called Mary! 😁 (I’m not even joking - I’m discovering quite a few)

02/04/2025

Someone asked if I could do a Canongate tour this Sunday afternoon - absolutely I replied! Especially as the weather map is showing it will be sunny at the time! Why not join us?
Sun 6th April
2pm-3.30pm
£15pp

Discover the history of Canongate, a separate burgh from Edinburgh until 19th century, and the women who lived/worked here.

27/03/2025

Am looking forward to running this tour on Sat afternoon, 1.5 hrs in the Canongate looking at women's history, as it will give me the chance to highlight one of the many things Dr Elsie Inglis did! Why not join me to find out more?!

Discover the history of Canongate, a separate burgh from Edinburgh until 19th century, and the women who lived/worked here.

25/03/2025

Want to do one of my tours but can’t cause they’re usually on Saturdays? Well you’re in luck! This Friday 11am-1pm join me to hear about some of the women who knew Edinburgh New Town 😊

A walking tour of Edinburgh New Town, highlighting women from history.

24/03/2025

I am very excited to see news of this book being published in September as it means I can now tell everyone there is a chapter in it by me!! (there are many amazing chapters by amazing writers on amazing women and I can’t wait to read them all!)

Women Who Dared

23/03/2025

Morning ! How brilliant to see this article in The Herald - read about this amazing working class suffragette then please go & vote in this student led campaign!! Please share as well

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25028933.campaign-name-scottish-school-suffragette/

20/03/2025

If you joined me on my suffrage walks for International Women’s Day you will have heard me talk about Janet, an amazing working class suffragette, and the hope of high school pupils in Fife to have their school named after her. If you didn’t, you can find out more from this post by the brilliant Protests & Suffragettes - please vote!!!!!!

17/03/2025

You lucky people, there are TWO opportunities to join me on a tour this coming weekend! I know, I am spoiling you 😉

Friday 21st Mar, 2.30pm, 2hours
Discover Mary Queen of Scots on the streets of Edinburgh
Designed to help those who are studying MQS for Nat 5, but open to anyone who has an interest in finding out more about this most infamous of queens!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discover-mary-queen-of-scots-on-the-streets-of-edinburgh-tickets-1278984339589

Saturday 22nd Mar, 10am-12.30pm
Explore both the old and new towns of Edinburgh, hearing mainly about women who worked/lived/visited here in the 18th and 19th centuries.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-history-tour-both-towns-in-the-18th19th-centuries-tickets-1236612414019

Explore both the old and new towns of Edinburgh, hearing mainly about women who worked/lived/visited here in the 18th and 19th centuries.

16/03/2025

A lovely email from someone who came to one of my talks recently ❤️

15/03/2025

NEW: Campaigners have written to every Edinburgh councillor over the proposed statue of Dr Elsie Inglis, calling the design and artist selection 'deeply flawed'

14/03/2025

Why not join me this Saturday afternoon, discovering the women's history of the new town for 2 hours? From artists, to fighters for rights, to one who did an amazing thing to help but for the wrong reasons, there is much to find out!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-history-walking-tour-of-edinburgh-new-town-2-hours-tickets-1133464616179

A walking tour of Edinburgh New Town, highlighting women from history.