Events for October 12, 2026 › Sunday 8 September

Festival Club at The Reel

Theme – the 50th anniversary of setting foot on the Moon – drawing on Carl Sagan’s writings about the exploration of space. The Mayfield Singers and Paisley Abbey organist George McPhee, with readings by Gerda Stevenson and Dave Grieve.

Dr John Cumming Memorial Lecture

Born in Kirkwall 150 years ago this year, Sir John S. Flett became director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Dr John Flett Brown tells the story of the man and his work, which included much study of the igneous rocks of Orkney and the Old Red Sandstone. Followed by an Orkney afternoon tea. Tickets £10.

With the support of the Cuminga Trust