Martin Laird

Orcadian artist

St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project

By Martin Laird on May 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

St Magnus Cathedral Graffiti Project leaflet launched

New Highway Code rules

By Martin Laird on January 31, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

“The changes are intended to clarify some areas of confusion and introduce a new ‘hierarchy of priority’ which puts safety, and pedestrians, first. “

An Orkney Tapestry with Erland Cooper

By Martin Laird on October 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

An Orkney Tapestry with Erlend Cooper. Orcadian musician and composer Erland Cooper will be featured on the Between the Ears programme An Orkney Tapestry on BBC Radio 3 today (Sunday 10th October), […]

Crypto Art and personal responsibility

By Martin Laird on March 10, 2021 • ( 4 Comments )

This is not a painting - digital art that does not exist

The acronym NFT, which stands for Non-Fungible Token, seems to have the art world buzzing at the moment. As an artist myself I have been looking into the implications of this development […]

Electric Mother II – album release interview

By Martin Laird on February 19, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Electric Mother II album cover by Shaun Gardiner

Orcadian hard rock/metal band Electric Mother have recently released their second album: Electric Mother II. A long time in the making, fans of the genre would do well to give it a […]

Neofeud: a computer game with a social conscience

By Martin Laird on July 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Neofeud is a point-and-click adventure game in the vein of such classics as Beneath a Steel Sky or Broken Sword.

Book review: ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891.

By Martin Laird on June 20, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and What Came Of It by Charles Waddie - scan of publishers page

Review of ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891, available now on the Random Scottish History website.

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm film festival showings

By Martin Laird on July 1, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Stanley Cursiter & Phyllis Hourston. Animation still from A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm, the animated story of The Orcadian Woman’s Suffrage Society, has been selected to be shown at three film festivals this Summer. This provides an opportunity […]

Review: Iron Maiden in Aberdeen

By Martin Laird on August 7, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Iron Maiden playing Aces High, a Spitfire over the stage. Photo by Robert Leslie.

Iron Maiden at Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre On Saturday the 4th of August 2018, heavy metal institution Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast tour to Scotland for a single […]