“I think it’s time to discuss something that’s helped keep me relatively sane throughout all of this year’s chaos. That something?: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon.”
Nephrite’s Moonlight Confession
Between Islands – Arts & Culture Project Adapts to Online
“In a strange way, the constraints of lockdown have encouraged us to think innovatively about education and public engagement” Professor Frank Rennie, Lews Castle UHI
Maps: The Shapes of Scotland
The use and meaning of maps was the subject of a fascinating online talk from Chris Fleet of the National Library of Scotland.
Museums Make Memories: #MuseumsSparkJoy
Monday 18th of May is International Museums Day.
Proof Positive
“The golf mind coach Bob Rotella always says that the one thing that unites us is that, regardless of whatever is going on around us, we can all choose how we think.”
Make a HOO Coming to Orkney
Sunday 5th Nov, Kirkwall & Tues 7th Nov Hoy
Annual UHI Lecture: Magnus and Kristin Linklater
A Conversation with Kristin and Magnus Linklater will take place from 6pm at the Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall, on Thursday 28 September.
Sensational Sea Hames
Inspired by Orkney’s ‘Festival of the Horse and Boys’ Ploughing Match’ and by the land’s relationship with the sea,
Bernie Bell: “There’s ‘nowt so queer as folk’”
“Often, the only way I can deal with what’s happening around me is to remind myself that …..’There’s ‘nowt so queer as folk’.”
Alec Ross: We Don’t Own the Franchise for Modernity and Technology
“Do we think too much about the past? Shouldn’t we think more about the present? And this – was the past so very different?”
