Ruth Boreham Tours

Uncover the women's history of Edinburgh with tour guide and historian Ruth.

02/11/2026

Me and Elsie Inglis! She will be mentioned for two different reasons in the two tours I am running this Saturday, 7 November (alongside other women’s history!)

12pm for one hour ‘Heart of Old Town’

And 2pm - 3.30pm ‘Canongate’

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26/10/2026

What are two things that connect all these women? (Do you recognise any of them?!)

1) they were all called Mary

2) they feature in a walking tour I am doing this Saturday called ‘There’s Something About Mary’ where in 2.5 hours I talk about many women from different fields/areas who all knew Edinburgh in some shape or form and all were called Mary! 😂

Why not come along and find out more!

And if you have another name I should do a tour around do let me know! 😂

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24/10/2026

Did a fairly last minute tour for a lovely woman this morning who made me this keyring as a thank you!

18/10/2026

While the weather is getting a little colder, and the nights are now longer than the days, I am still running tours! Obviously with the recommendation that you wrap up warm, but when the day is like today, sunny and crisp, finding out more about Edinburgh from the women who lived/worked/visited here can be a great thing to do! And a great reason to then treat yourself to a hot chocolate afterwards 😉

Here is a list of the tours I am running over the next 6 weeks. Want to come on a tour but can't make any of the dates? Get in touch and I can arrange something!

Maybe see you on one?

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11/10/2026

If you are going to see the brilliant 'Sylvia' musical Capital Theatres - Festival Theatre, Studio & King's Theatre this coming week, and are curious to find out more about the suffrage movement in Edinburgh, why not join me on my 'Give us the Vote' walking tour in two weeks times.

📆 Sunday 25 October
⏰ 10.30am-1pm
💷 £25pp
🚶‍♀️‍➡️Usher hall to bottom of Calton Hill
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10/10/2026

Today I went with a group of US uni students to Linlithgow and Stirling, telling them history at both places (mainly Mary Queen of Scots and Jacobite). Such a lovely group. I also bought myself a Mary Queen of Scots rubber duck, made a weird face when taking a selfie (photo 2), sat in the window in Linlithgow palace I sat in over 20 years when I was locked in and shouting for help (photo 6), looked at lots of things that were there and things that weren’t, and had brilliant conversations.

09/10/2026

This is the face of someone who has just had the best two hours doing a tour for an amazing group of students from Denmark. Talking women’s history but also class history, whose stories get remembered, how remembered, etc. Loved it so so much! And at the end they gave me a wee present - a book by one of their favourite authors and a thank you card with an old map of Copenhagen on.

I am on such a high after this tour! But also have hope for the future if young people like those are anything to go by.

08/10/2026

Lovely review left on Tripadvisor from someone who came on my tour on Saturday. Reviews really help get the word about my tours out there - thank you! ❤️

04/10/2026

Another day another tour, this one my one hour ‘heart of the old town’ tour. With one amazing person on it and we talked non-stop for 60 mins! Loved it. One of the women I mentioned is shown here - Dr Jess McGregor who, with Elsie Inglis, ran a hospital in the building behind me, but died young in Canada so is not often mentioned alongside her friend Elsie.

03/10/2026

Heading home after my Women of the Enlightenment tour with 5 lovely people, 2 who have been on my tours before ❤️ So many different women and topics discussed. One of the tour had heard of philosopher Lady Mary Shepherd before which lead to a great chat! And I loved talking about Joanna Baillie - seen in this photo with me - who I am becoming quite fascinated by. Happy Ruth

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