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Annual Lectures 2024
Our Annual Lectures 2024 were held at Kellie Castle, Fife, on 1 June. Our speakers to a sold-out event were Professor Emerita Elizabeth...
Lorimer Society
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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East Neuk of Fife Preservation Society AGM - Monday 1 May, 7pm
Our friends at the East Neuk of Fife Preservation Society are holding their AGM on Monday at 7pm in Earlsferry Town Hall. Dr Bess Rhodes...
Lorimer Society
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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'The Furniture in the Frames'
Recording of an online lecture given by David Jones on 25 March 2022 as part of the event programme in support of the exhibition at the...
Lorimer Society
Jun 18, 20221 min read
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'Never too Late to Learn'
The ‘Never too Late to Learn’ lecture given by Dr Sandra Marwick on Friday 11 March 2022 and linked to the John Henry Lorimer portrait of...
Lorimer Society
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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'Shining a Light on Scottish Art at Kirkcaldy Galleries' - Jane Freel
Recording of an online lecture by Jane Freel, Collections Curator at OnFife, 10 February 2022. Kirkcaldy Galleries has one of the best...
Lorimer Society
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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'Real and Imagined - John Henry's Paintings at Kellie'
Recording of an online talk, given by Dr Antonia Laurence-Allen, National Trust for Scotland’s Regional Curator for Edinburgh and East of...
Lorimer Society
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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'Pioneering Ladies of the New Town in Edinburgh'
Linda McDonald explores the lives of four pioneers of the Women's Suffrage movement in Edinburgh, Sarah Mair, Louisa & Flora Stevenson...
Lorimer Society
Jan 7, 20221 min read
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'The People with the Paintings'
Join Charlotte Lorimer for an online talk, in which she discusses the people in John Henry Lorimer's paintings. The talk accompanies the...
Lorimer Society
Dec 9, 20211 min read
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‘Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer (1856-1936)’
Exhibition now open at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh Daily 10am to 5pm, 6 November 2021 to 20 March 2022 The Lorimer Society is proud to...
Lorimer Society
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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SAHGB SEMINAR: Sir Robert Lorimer and ‘What a A Scotch Gentleman's Home Ought to be'.
Monday 6 September 2021, 18.00-20.00 via Zoom. Register for this SAHGB event here. Join Lorimer Society advisor, Simon Green, to hear...
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Aug 31, 20211 min read
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John Henry Lorimer Exhibition 2021
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 6 November 2021 to 20 March 2022 The Flight of the Swallows, oil on canvas, 1906 by John Henry Lorimer ...
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May 7, 20212 min read
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Guided online tour of ‘Reflections: The light and life of John Henry Lorimer’
Join us for a virtual gallery tour (via Zoom) ahead of the first exhibition on Scottish painter John Henry Lorimer, hosted by The Lorimer...
Lorimer Society
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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Tribute to the Very Reverend Vincent Logan, Emeritus Bishop of Dunkeld
Very Reverend Vincent Logan Bishop of Dunkeld (1941-2021) The Lorimer Society owes its very existence to the vision of the late Very...
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Jan 22, 20211 min read
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Lorimer Archives at Kellie Castle
New blog by Ian Riches, National Trust for Scotland Archivist In honour of the sculptor Hew Lorimer, who died in 1993, members of the...
Lorimer Society
Jan 22, 20211 min read
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'The Lorimer Archive at Kellie Castle' - a lecture by Ian Riches
Recording 2 (of 2) from the Lorimer Society Annual Lectures 2020, via Zoom on 24 October 2020. Ian's talk focuses on the Hew Lorimer...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
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'John Henry Lorimer & Kellie Castle' - lecture by Antonia Laurence-Allen
Recording 1 (of 2) from the Lorimer Society Annual Lectures 2020, via Zoom on 24 October 2020. Looking closely at JHL’s paintings, it is...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Kellie Castle - a short virtual tour with Antonia Laurence-Allen
The National Trust for Scotland has produced a new virtual tour of Kellie Castle, Fife, the former home of the Lorimer family. Join...
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Nov 24, 20201 min read
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Sir Robert Lorimer's 'Puck's Hut' at Benmore - new book
Cherished Plan, The Story of Puck’s Hut at Benmore, by David Gray tells the fascinating story of Sir Robert Lorimer's 1928 memorial to...
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Nov 24, 20201 min read
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Lorimer Society Annual Lectures 2021
Due to the exceptional circumstance of the coronavirus emergency, our Annual Lectures were held online by Zoom in October 2020. We hope...
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Nov 5, 20201 min read
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PAST EVENT - The Lorimer Society Annual Lectures 2020
Saturday 24 October 2020, 10.00-12.00 Free tickets are available via Eventbrite Normally our Annual Lectures take place in June at Kellie...
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Sep 30, 20202 min read
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