“We’re delighted with the mural and looking forward to more work with the museum in the next school year.”
Our Home Town Stromness
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Poetry Corner: Otago Peninsula
“There, beneath a portcullis of rain/lie the bones of time-rent men and women. “
Photo of the day by Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Photographs by visitor to Orkney Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Graves By the Ocean Where the Cattle May Tread
The drowned men were the remnants of 1200 Covenanters who had been captured at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679)
Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland?
The consultation closes on September 25th 2018
Poetry Corner: My Life’s Stem Was Cut
“I wait while the sun moves/And the bees finish their dance.”
Photo of the day by Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Photographs taken by visitor to Orkney, Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Photo of the day by Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Featuring the photography of visitor to Orkney – Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Task Force to Take Forward Improvements to Mental Health Services for Young People
“I am determined that our mental health service will be refounded on the need to empathise, engage and explain how to get help to often very vulnerable young people.”
Finds Emerge & Skills are Acquired at 54 Victoria Street
This is only the start of what is a most exciting and interesting project set in the heart of Kirkwall.
