Welcome to the March issue of Pittenweem Post, the monthly newsletter produced by Pittenweem Community Library. There is lots to enjoy in this issue, including news about the re-establishment of the Pittenweem Community Council, Kellie Castle, primary school children performing at Caird Hall, the Coal Farm Diary, Hamish Brown and the Anstruther Philharmonic.
Lesley Glaister doesn’t pull her punches and the reader’s attention is grabbed from the get-go as we stand in the exhausted shoes of Clementine, a nurse struggling to keep sleep at bay in a Casualty Clearing Station and dealing with body parts during the horrors of the First World War. After the war, Clem tries to keep her memories of…
We are very excited to introduce our Spring 2025 series of talks. Once again we have a fantastic line up of speakers who have kindly agreed to support our Community Library in this way. Talk 2 - 24 April - Andrew Whitley - Cereal Offender: stories from the struggle against ultra-processed food Andrew Whitley, author of Bread Matters, early leader…
We are very excited to introduce our Spring 2025 series of talks. Once again we have a fantastic line up of speakers who have kindly agreed to support our Community Library in this way. Talk 3 - 8 May - Peter Yeoman - Sick Picts at the May Monastery: evidence for healing, death and burial at the early medieval monastery…
We are very excited to introduce our Spring 2025 series of talks. Once again we have a fantastic line up of speakers who have kindly agreed to support our Community Library in this way. Talk 4 - 22 May - Philip Long - The work of the National Trust for Scotland Philip Long took over as Chief Executive of the…
We are very excited to introduce our Spring 2025 series of talks. Once again we have a fantastic line up of speakers who have kindly agreed to support our Community Library in this way. Talk 1 - 3 April - Lesley Glaister, novelist - Writing the War Lesley Glaister is a novelist, poet, playwright, and teacher of creative writing –…
We are very excited to introduce our Spring 2025 series of talks. Once again we have a fantastic line up of speakers who have kindly agreed to support our Community Library in this way. The line up is: Talk 1 - 3 April - Lesley Glaister, novelist - Writing the War Talk 2 - 24 April - Andrew Whitley, baker,…