After the success of our lithics workshops and test pit excavations at Paxton earlier this year, we are offering several more excavation days between Monday 10th-Thursday 13th November.  As part of our ongoing investigation of the prehistory of Paxton we will be undertaking test pitting along the field margins to see if we can identify […]

Join AOC Archaeology Group for this free 2-day practical survey course at Birgham, near Coldstream, focussed on exploring, investigating and recording the historic Birgham Cemetery. The survey will focus primarily on recording the historic gravestones and grave slabs that survive within this historic cemetery, some of which date back to the 17th century, using the […]

Join Culture for Climate Scotland, SBCAN and Connecting Threads to think about the role of rivers in the climate crisis, as climate regulators and indicators of change, and find out what you can do to support healthy hydrology, both upstream and down, for a better world. This event is a SPRINGBOARD local assembly for creative […]

Join Connecting Threads at the Cobby, Kelso for a session of poetry reading, riverside conversation and printmaking in celebration of Tweed, a new full-length poem in Scots by Borders-based poet Craig Aitchison. From the “steepin grund” and “moor gress” at the source of the Tweed near Tweedsmuir, through fickle rapids and history’s “constant rub”, the […]

Join Connecting Threads at Little Art Hub, Galashiels, for a session of poetry reading, riverside conversation and printmaking in celebration of Tweed, a new full-length poem in Scots by Borders-based poet Craig Aitchison. From the “steepin grund” and “moor gress” at the source of the Tweed near Tweedsmuir, through fickle rapids and history’s “constant rub”, […]

Join Connecting Threads in Peebles for the third day of the inaugural Tweed River Festival! The festival is the culmination of Connecting Threads’ 2025 programming theme, Watery Commons. Tickets and times The Tweed River Festival programme has been conceived to facilitate ideas, experiences and conversation across the day. Accordingly, each ticket covers your participation for a full […]