Ruth Boreham Tours

19/05/2026

Today I did a brand new tour - 2.5 hours all about Mary Queen of Scots and the time she lived in. So interesting to do. It was for a group of students from the US who are studying her and others.

Although it was a tour I created for them, I’m now thinking I might add it to my list of tours. Would you be interested?

29/04/2026

Well this was an exciting email to get!! Huge thanks to everyone who has been on one of my tours and left a review on Tripadvisor - I am a 2026 Travelers’ Choice Awards winner!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤️

27/04/2026

Most of my tours happen on a Sat/Sun but not this one!! If you’ve wanted to go on a tour but can’t normally make them, this Friday is your chance!

Why not spend an hour with me to hear about some women from Edinburgh’s past?

Find out more https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-history-tour-heart-of-edinburgh-old-town-1-hour-tickets-1979624134075

09/04/2026

Loved being part of the Protests & Suffragettes team reviewing a book about Kitty, Duchess of Atholl for Bella Caledonia. I mention Kitty on my Castle to Palace tour and it was fascinating to find out more about her.

07/04/2026

I now have a newsletter and have just sent the first edition! I plan on sending one every three months or so, with news of new tours, dates, talks etc. If you are interested in receiving this, please sign up here 😊

https://ruthboreham.eo.page/r97dj

27/03/2026

Huge thanks to all who came to my talk Gladstone's Land NTS last night. I had so much fun talking about ‘Herstory: All the single ladies’. So many interesting chats with everyone in the room that I didn’t manage to talk about all those I had planned to! A room full of amazing women talking about how women from the past are or aren’t remembered, and how being single does not mean your life is over (whatever society may try and convince you otherwise!) Loved it - more please!

At the end one woman, who has come to every talk I’ve given at Gladstone’s Land, came up to tell me i should write a book about them all, then get Beyoncé to sponsor it 😁

21/03/2026

The start and finish of a day of tours, in the New Town and Canongate, with wonderful people, interesting chat, and gorgeous sunshine!

19/03/2026

Looking for something to do this Saturday? Why not join me for a womens history walking tour?! There are two to choose from - and both have a 2 for 1 offer!

Saturday 21 March

New Town
10.30am-1pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979621665692

Canongate
2.30pm-4pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979622452044

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

17/03/2026

I spy with my little eye … me! Very excited to have been invited back to Gladstone’s Land, this time talking about Scottish women through the centuries who didn't marry, as society demanded of them, instead creating lives of their own as campaigners, gardeners, artists, writers, travellers and more.

Thursday 26 March, 7pm

Join us for International Woman's Month Lecture by Ruth Boreham

09/03/2026

Waiting for a bus heading home from Rosslyn where I gave a talk tonight on Scottish women writers in Edinburgh. Hard to choose which ones to talk about but these are the 9 I settled on. How many have you heard of before?
Marie Maitland
Esther Inglis
Elizabeth Hamilton
Carolina Oliphant
Mary Somerville
Isabella Bird Bishop
Jemima Blackburn
Catherine Carswell
Dorothy E Stevenson