“You could weave a tale, about the fisherman’s hand, and how it came to be where you found it………”
HMS Pheasant 1917: A Story Needing To Be Told
Although miniscule compared to the millions who died in the slaughter of World War 1, for the men’s families, the loss of their loved ones was devastating.
Clestrain at the Orkney Archive
On Saturday 27th April there will be a Research Day in the Archive Room, Orkney Library and Archive in Kirkwall from 10 am – 4 pm
Training Workshops for Cathedral Graffiti Project Get Underway
“who is to say where “rock art ends and Graffiti starts?”
Mainland Mainland at Northlight 19th May – 11th June
From the 19th May until 11th June guest curator Meg Telfer will present a programme of artworks called Mainland Mainland at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness.
Professor Stefan Brink Joins Institute of Northern Studies UHI
” I am eager to meet students at all levels and am looking forward to supervising new work on the Viking Age.”
Indoor things to do – if the weather is bad!
If the Orkney weather isn’t good, there are indoor places, too………….
The Brodgar Graffiti Project – Sunday 3rd Feb. 2019
“reading of the St. Magnus Graffiti Project got me thinking about all the graffiti I’ve noticed on the stones at the Ring of Brodgar “
Echoes. Shadows. Nothing Ceases To Be.
“I was having a conversation with a friend about how fleeting life, and our time here on this earth, can appear to be”
The Last & First of Brodgar
“on the last weekend of May, we were wondering where we would go as our first farther away outing – walking farther afield, outdoors, should be OK. “