The Reivers: Fact or Fiction?

So you reckon you know all about the reivers? Maybe it’s time to think again, because after centuries of story-telling from the Border Ballads to Sir Walter Scott, it’s sometimes hard to tell fact from fiction.

In this interactive talk, we’ll try to untangle the two. What kind of crimes did they commit? Did they have a code of honour? When and why did they disappear? We’ll discuss all of these and more – and who better to lead the session than A.K. Nairn, an award-winning writer of both fact-based books and fiction?