Ruth Boreham Tours

17/06/2025

This Friday why not top up your Vitamin D/tan while learning about women's history down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace.
📅 Friday 20 June
⏲️ 10am-1pm
💷£25pp (also 2 for 1 deal)

Walk the length of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, from castle to palace, discovering women's history along the way.

04/06/2025

Happening tomorrow afternoon!

Edinburgh is a literary city but not just men wrote books! Join Ruth to find out about female writers, both published & in manuscript.

30/05/2025

The start of a very special tour of 13 women began last night with a sharing circle and toast to our journey and kicked off today with a tour of women's history with the fab 🤗 This is gonna be a magical journey with old and new friends ✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨

29/05/2025

Fancy doing a womens history walking tour with me but can't make the dates I have because they are mainly weekends? Well you are in luck as I have just put on a tour next Thursday afternoon!
Scottish women writers in Edinburgh
📆 Thurs 5 June
⏰ 2.30pm-5pm
💵 £25pp though there is also a 2 for 1 offer on this date

Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-women-writers-in-edinburgh-walking-tour-tickets-1384341445529 for more info and to book!

Edinburgh is a literary city but not just men wrote books! Join Ruth to find out about female writers, both published & in manuscript.

17/05/2025

And done! In 2.5 hours I’ve told 9 lovely people about 22 Marys on my brand new ‘There’s Something About Mary’ tour! Such a variety in time periods, jobs, achievements. Loved it all! Will definitely put this tour on again.

16/05/2025

Just had the best 1.5hrs with 30+ S3/4 high school kids (& 3 amazing teachers) talking lots of women’s history in the old town of Edinburgh! A little hoarse from having to speak louder than normal but on cloud nine from having loved it so much. Last story involved this woman ❤️

13/05/2025

Behold women called Mary! How many can you recognise/know? How many will I talk about on my Mary tour this Saturday afternoon?! Why not join me to find out! There is also a 2 for 1 offer.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1335080474639

10/05/2025

With a public apology secured, Claire Mitchell KC & Zoe Venditozzi fight on for a pardon and are spreading the word with a podcast and tartan memorial

05/05/2025

Looking for a womens history walking tour in Edinburgh this month? You are in luck as I have 4 different ones on offer!

Sat 10, 11am-12.30pm, Canongate
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1133494505579

Sat 17, 1.30pm-4pm, There's Something About Mary!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1335080474639

Sun 18, 10am-1pm, From Castle to Palace
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1133497263829

Sat 31, 11am-1pm, New Town
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1133500433309

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

01/05/2025

Looking for something to listen to on your commute/walk/washing up etc? Want to see what a tour with me might be like, before you buy?! Can I recommend the latest episiode of the brilliant Edinburgh Outdoors podcast 😁

Ruth Boreham is a local provider of women's history walks. We met in the Old Town to enjoy a chat about Scotland's often overlooked, but hugely talented, women writers. We started out in Lady Stair's Close which is home to a beautiful building that houses the Writers' Museum. The Museum focuses on j...

30/04/2025

📣 Bittersweet Defeat 😭

Well the vote is in, and we didn’t win.

The new high school in Rosyth, Fife will not be named Janet McCallum High School. Caledonia it is…

We want to take this opportunity to congratulate the plucky and inspiring Inverkeithing high school students who asked the question: why are there no women in the list of 19 proposed names for the new high school? Why are there no working-class folks?

The students wanted to name their new high school after a local girl – an activist – someone who helped change the world for the better: Suffragette and trade unionist, Janet 'Jenny' McCallum.

There are a lot of very uninspiring things happening in the world atm - but these young people represent such a bright alternative. We need *more* civic engagement, more tenacious campaigns, and more initiatives that help us all 'vision forward' into a better future. More of these, please!

Because of the student's , P&S worked with Janet’s family to recover more of her story – and we did! Janet had a medal presented to her for her work “For Women’s Freedom“ by the WFL. Because of their campaign, Janet McCallums’ name is better known.

👏So WELL DONE to the students behind . YOU are the next generation of changemakers – keep campaigning!

And let us know how we can help...
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27/04/2025