Friday night 25th March. The Orkney Club in Kirkwall, starting about 8 pm. Admission free.
Eamonn Keyes -Friday Night Gig in the Orkney Club
Review – People Keep Dancing Here – Kathie Touin
By Eamonn Keyes On the surface Orkney is a fairly normal place, where people go about their business each day by going to work, farming, or even enjoying their retirement. The onset […]
Bryttania – Dr. Metal EP
Bryttania formed as a very young Agents Of Fortune (borrowed from the classic 1976 Blue Öyster Cult album title ) in 2017 in Orkney, changing to the current name in 2019, and have regularly been using the Orkney Rock Festival as their main showcase…
After the Spartans: The Next Chapter
His chopping skills impressed us all, and simultaneously with this movie the Man from UNCLE started being shown on UK television, also featuring many scenes involving martial arts. This was unmistakeably the future for a nine year old Spartan hoplite at a loose end…..
The Influence of Ancient Spartan Warfare in Mid-1960s Belfast
Many people will be surprised to discover that even before the Troubles got seriously started in August 1969 that we were rehearsing unknowingly for the main event. And by ‘we’ I mean children of primary school age in some parts of North Belfast, soon to be one of the main conflict areas, and by ‘some parts of North Belfast’ I mean the street where I lived and several surrounding streets.
Open Day at UHI Orkney : Course Options & Learning Choices
By Eamonn Keyes The UHI Orkney Campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands on East Road in Kirkwall held an open day on Thursday, January 25th. This gave prospective students an […]
Obituary – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Sayonara Mister Lawrence
On Sunday we received the sad news of the death from cancer of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer and musician, born in 1952.
Reasons to be Fearful: Part 3
By Eamonn Keyes Preamble I suppose this piece ties in with my Spartan tales to some extent and provides additional context for the life I lived in the 1960s, so it should […]
Open Day at The Cairns Archaeological Excavation Site
On Friday June 30th the archaeological dig at The Cairns in South Ronaldsay held an Open Day, giving the public a valuable opportunity to view the current work and to hear about the discoveries that have been made to date.
The Antikythera Mechanism #OISF
The original remnants were recovered in 1901 from the wreck of a Roman ship off the island of Antikythera in Greece, giving it its name. Initially it looked just like a mass of bronze and wood, corroded after its time under the sea, and was largely ignored as it looked too complex to be contemporary with the other finds in the ship, and was thought to be from a much later period.
