How far can a journey take you without ever losing sight of home? For Kirkcaldy-born poet, writer and scholar Tom Hubbard, the answer spans continents, languages and decades of literary exploration. The Adam Smith Heritage Centre has been celebrating Tom’s remarkable journey through Invitation to the Voyage: Crossing Oceans to Be Home - an exhibition exploring a life shaped by words, travel, cultural exchange and a lasting connection to Fife. Running from 12 September to 16 October 2026, the...

More than 80 people gathered at the historic Old Kirk in Kirkcaldy for a musical afternoon celebrating the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. Held on Sunday 27 September, The Wealth We Share brought together the talented Haver Quartet and Kirkcaldy Music Society for a fascinating journey through the music of Adam Smith’s era, jointly organised by the Adam Smith Global Foundation and Kirkcaldy Music Society, with support from Fife Council. The setting was particularly...

Absences – we all get them. Wondering why we’ve opened the fridge, walking into a room to get… oh what was it again? And they afflict even the geniuses of this world… Adam Smith has been portrayed as the absent-minded professor: a man so deep in thought that the ordinary world around him seemed invisible to him. There are certainly some remarkable stories about his eccentric behaviour. But is it fair to give him this characterisation - and what might it tell us about the man? Let’s review the...