Here on Orkney, we’re nearing the start of the archaeological digs season.
There’s cairns – and there’s cairns
“The cairn has all sorts in it – a stone with a fossil, which we found on a beach. We don’t know what the fossil is, but it’s a bit of deep time, there, in our cairn.”
We Went To The Ness!
Artists in Residence-Jeanne Bouza Rose , Elisabeth Holder and Karen Wallis
What used to happen at the Ness, is still happening at the Ness
What used to happen at the Ness, is still happening at the Ness. Here’s the tale……….
New Finds – Of Different Kinds
“I visited the Stromness Museum http://www.stromnessmuseum.co.uk/ to see the two new winter exhibitions, and started with ‘Great Expectations – curios from the cupboards’ – and that’s what they are!”
Poetry Corner: Thoughts about the drain, discovered at the Ness
It’s not just Sky-stones,/ Carved Balls,/Painted Walls.
Orkney College Art Degree Show 2019
An interview with Kelly Marwick and Samantha Gray; this years Art degree students at Orkney College UHI
‘The Stromness Dress’!
“I receive a catalogue called ‘Culture Vulture’. “
On being more than the sum of our parts?
At the Ness of Brodgar dig, in 2015, the bones of a baby were found, tucked in, by the base of a wall.
Stromness Museum’s New Exhibitions: ‘Makers’ – then and now
“The first exhibition I had a look at, is entitled ‘Artefacts and Inspirations from The Ness of Brodgar’.”