Gaelic, Makars, St Andrews

Guest speaker: Peter Mackay, Scottish Makar

Tuesday 20th October 2026, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club.

We would be delighted to welcome you to our third and last Autumn Talk this year, with popular speaker and Scottish Makar, Peter Mackay speaking on Scots poetry, old and new, in conjunction with the exhibition on Scots language Hamewith at the St Andrews Heritage Museum. 

The St Andrews Preservation Trust is delighted to announce the third series of our Autumn Talks. These have been a great addition to our Winter Talks series that have been running since 2021. We welcome speakers from across St Andrews, Dundee and Fife to share their work or pieces of research. In four years we have grown from smaller audiences of members to audience of 70+ members of the Trust and the local community.

General admission £7, Trust Members £5

Tea, coffee and shortbreads to follow. Donations kindly accepted.

Memberships available at https://tinyurl.com/STAPTMembership.