Bookbug Week is taking place this week (15–21 May), encouraging little ones and their families to dance to their favourite songs and rhymes and then cosy up with a story.
‘On Children’, a Poem for International Day of Families
“You may give them your love but not your thoughts,/ For they have their own thoughts.” Kahlil Gibran
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 12th May 2023
On the 12th of May, 2023, join the millions of people around the world who will be participating on this day by holding various events to raise awareness for fibromyalgia, an invisible and life altering chronic condition.
When the Barriers Closed & the Ferry Stopped
“The islanders complain they are now totally cut off. Before the war the islanders could rely on a regular two vessel service, but this was withdrawn when the barrier was opened.” – Sunday Post 08.02.1948
Miss Agnes Shearer Takes Flight to Wick, 1931
“The plane was piloted by Flying Officer Fresson, and the flight was intended to put to the test a suggestion made to the Press a day or two previously by the well-known Orcadian airman, Oscar Garden, who considered passenger transport by air over the Pentland Firth to be an institution of the near future.”
Celebrate the Dawn Chorus
Morning and evening are especially good times just to take a break from what you are doing and listen. Some of the tiniest birds have the loudest song.
‘Protest’ Comes to Orkney
Protest, the new play from Hannah Lavery (Lament for Sheku Bayoh, Drift) and directed by Northern Stage’s own Natalie Ibu (Artistic Director of Northern Stage, Road, The White Card), comes to Orkney Theatre on Thursday 18 May.
Solar Winds and Limpid Seas – Exhibition
On now until the 30th of May is an exhibition of work by Giuliana Criscuolo, ‘Solar Winds and Limpid Seas’ at The Workshop & Loft Gallery, St Margarets Hope. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.
Times’ Passing, Exhibition by Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson is an artist living in Orkney who is interested in hidden and untold stories. He uses digital and mixed media art to create curiosity as to what those stories might have been as well as giving opportunities for new stories to emerge.
Charting the Development of Maps
How we see our landscapes through the use of maps is the theme of a fascinating exhibition in Orkney Library, Kirkwall.