Club Calendar

We’re once again hosting another exciting BBC Radio 4 Bookclub on 23rd October from 1pm to 2pm. This time the focus is Pachinko by author and journalist Min Jin Lee! Members bookings: email bookclub@bbc.co.uk to…

Following his first outing as a fledgling writer, James Beyer shares his experiences of mounting a theatrical production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – the highs and lows, the difficulties, the frustrations; and the excitement…

Samhain is a Gaelic festival on 1st November marking the end of the harvest season in autumn and beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year. How this became our current Halloween is…

Join us in the Dining Room for this special Halloween edition of Film Club! Popcorn, ice cream and Halloween cherry punch is included with each ticket. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume for a…

From Neaera to the New Town: works by Angela Brown Angela Brown is an artist who has lived many lives. From studying Ancient History at Oxford University to managing international banking projects with HSBC, from…

Songs of Remembrance By David Wilson Join us for a concert of reflective songs and instrumental pieces themed around Remembrance. The programme features a number of modern settings by SAC member David Wilson, instrumental pieces…

During the period 3500 to 1500 BC, over 1300 stone circles were built in the British Isles. The chalklands in Wiltshire contain many neolithic sites such as Avebury, Silbury Hill and the many burial barrows.…

Saturday 14th November 2026, 12:00 How to Design a Universe Scotland’s Astronomer Royal, Prof. Catherine Heymans, is having an existential crisis! Ever since her son asked, ‘could we be living inside a computer game?’ she’s…

FILM CLUB Autumn Season 2026 The new season will focus on the films of George Clooney. A seasoned US actor and activist, his choices of roles and directing reflect his diverse interests. The season will…

It has been said that there are two criteria that determine the quality of a culture, that define civilisation, they are art and science. Traditionally the study of art has been referred to as aesthetics,…

OP-POP-PERA presents Three Queens from the Opera – ‘Fabby arias from three real Queens from the Op-er-a!’ (FringeReview) Michael Scott returns to the gorgeous surroundings of the Scottish Arts Club with his very own opera…

Award winning chanteuse, Christine Bovill, returns to The Scottish Art Club with an intimate evening of song. It has been a remarkable career: a performer considered one of the “finest interpreters of French song” with…

FILM CLUB Autumn Season 2026 The new season will focus on the films of George Clooney. A seasoned US actor and activist, his choices of roles and directing reflect his diverse interests. The season will…

What drove Robert Louis Stevenson away from Edinburgh? And what remained close to his heart? SAC member Joyce Caplan examines Louis’ relationship with the city and shares some first-hand memories of RLS in his twenties…