FORTHCOMING EVENTS

The 150th Anniversary of the birth of John Buchan, first Lord Tweedsmuir. 2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan and I shall be speaking about the life and works of this remarkable man at a number of events in the course of the year.

On 14 June, I shall be speaking to the Canadian chapter of the John Buchan Society at the Donald Gordon Hotel, Kingston, Ontario and on 16 June to the Historical Society of Ottawa at 1 pm. See www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca.

I shall also be speaking in Peebles, home of the John Buchan Story Museum, during the weekend of 23/24 August, when the Museum and the Tweeddale Society will be celebrating the anniversary. www.johnbuchanstory.co.uk. The subject will be ‘John Buchan, Master Storyteller; A Reader’s Perspective’ and I shall also give the talk at the National Library of Scotland, 4 September at 5.30 (www.nls.uk) and Outwith Arts Festival in Dunfermline on 5 September.

COMING SOON: JOHN BUCHAN RECONSIDERED: Thirty-Nine Years of War and Peace, 1901-1940, a collection of essays to celebrate the 150th anniversary of John Buchan’s birth. with a preface by Professor Sir Niall Ferguson. To be published by Handsel Press on 11 August.

Historical Society of Ottawa - John Buchan Society

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Slightly Foxed

On 15 July 2019, I was a guest of Slightly Foxed, the quality quarterly for book lovers, talking on the subject of good garden writing with Matt Collins, nature writer and Head Gardener at London’s Garden Museum. We were joined by Slightly Foxed’s Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood and Philippa Lamb, and we meandered convivially via daredevil plant-hunters, early wild gardening advocates such as Gertrude Jekyll, William Robinson and Vita Sackville-West, and the passing passions and fashions of garden design, with a peek over the hedge at Christopher Lloyd’s Great Dixter along the way. All good fun!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ursula Buchan is a popular public speaker and writer, who has won awards for both books and journalism. She is known for her wit, elegant style and meticulous research. In the past, she has been concerned with gardens and garden history, but now concentrates mainly on social and cultural history. She is available for speaking engagements at literary festivals, historical societies and gardening clubs.

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