Category: Culture

Art, music, literature, and other cultural events taking place in Orkney.

Poetry Corner

On this day in 1958 Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize for Literature, here is his poem “A Dream”.

Kirkwall’s former Clyde Class lifeboat “Grace Patterson Ritchie”.

Nemesis is set both before and after Resident Evil 2 and actually does more of what people think 2 would do than what 2 actually did.

“The exhibits were a good example of the ‘human’ side of archaeological excavations. “

Around 15 people gathered to celebrate the inauguration of the final section of the St Magnus Way.

“it’s heartening to see island renewal projects being led by young people”

Released in 1994 for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Castlevania Bloodlines takes a very different route than Castlevania 4.

Georg Ludwig von Hannover was crowned as King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.

Some of the most iconic features of Scotland’s coasts are the many lighthouses that were so crucial in preventing shipwrecks, saving lives and goods.

“Driving along the A964 in the parish of Orphir, you might notice, by the side of the road, an interesting stone structure. “