Club Calendar

Artists, composers, film makers, poets, playwrights and architects frequently raise philosophical issues in their work. Sometimes their work anticipates what only much later will become of interest to philosophers. This course will discuss a diverse…

Plants have been used for their healing properties for thousands of years. Evidence of their use by physicians, apothecaries, healers, wise-women, households, nurses, surgeons and quacks can be found in documents spanning from Ancient Egypt…

The African Queen Continuing the Katherine Hepburn focus. The African Queen 1951 (1hr 45m) Co-starring Humphrey Bogart. This wartime adventure set in German East Africa follows a methodist missionary and a rough & ready steamboat…

Our weekly Tuesday art class for members. Ask us for more info to join

The Wednesday Oil Club has tutored sessions in blocks and regular  meets when no tutored block. Get in touch if you would like more info on this. EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 10.45–13.00  28 January 2026 for 8…

Our weekly Life Drawing Class for members Ask for more information if you would like to join this creative session.

Join us for another round of entertainment with a Goose's Quiz Night specially for us - bring a team or join one here!

Come and hear author Barclay Price talk about his book - 'A History of Edinburgh’s Georgian West End'. In the early 1800s Shandwick Place was created as part of a new road from Edinburgh to…

Our weekly Tuesday art class for members. Ask us for more info to join

The Wednesday Oil Club has tutored sessions in blocks and regular  meets when no tutored block. Get in touch if you would like more info on this. EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 10.45–13.00  28 January 2026 for 8…

Our weekly Life Drawing Class for members Ask for more information if you would like to join this creative session.

Timo Marchant is a Leith-based pianist and keyboardist. Having started off as a classical musician, Timo found his passion in jazz, honing his skills under the tutelage of Al Blatter and Richard Michael and completing…

Don Roberto: the Adventure of Being Cunninghame Graham RB Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936), politician, writer, horseman, adventurer, humanitarian, is one of the most consequential figures in late 19th/early 20th century Scottish politics and culture. James Jauncey…

The latest in Jame Beyer's Film Appreciation Group Offerings - Metropolis A complete screening of Fritz Lang's masterpiece to complement our current topic of Film Music. With Gottfried Huppertz® original and magnificent orchestral score-one of…

The Wednesday Oil Club has tutored sessions in blocks and regular  meets when no tutored block. Get in touch if you would like more info on this. EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 10.45–13.00  28 January 2026 for 8…

On the eve of  International Women's Day join us as Joyce Caplan introduces us to a powerful book written in 1853 by Elizabeth Gaskell. She.wrote "Ruth' about a young girl groomed by her seducer, becoming…

The Wednesday Oil Club has tutored sessions in blocks and regular  meets when no tutored block. Get in touch if you would like more info on this. EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 10.45–13.00  28 January 2026 for 8…

The Wednesday Oil Club has tutored sessions in blocks and regular  meets when no tutored block. Get in touch if you would like more info on this. EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 10.45–13.00  28 January 2026 for 8…

After a fantastic first event in 2025 we are delighted to be hosting the 2nd Spring Equinox Legacy Gala Held in the beautiful Prestonfield House, we promise an evening of elegance and inspiration. Enjoy a…