Northings | Catherine Turnbull | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/catherineturnbull/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Catherine Turnbull's friends. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 1393bb8e7e4b609699c0ef54e2060024 Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/15684/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000 0 3c08ab8aa9a5dea4f3a25c26eef589bf Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Cape Farewell at the Pier, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/09/cape-farewell-at-the-pier/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:03:18 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, 8 November 2012
CAPE FAREWELL was created in 2001 to ‘ instigate a cultural response to climate change’.

IT’S NOW an international not-for-profit organisation based at the […]

]]> 0 46c10ec58ea92b3d5ff1c100f54e9be2 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Traces of Nature, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/26/traces-of-nature/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:15:24 +0000 ThumbnailNorthlight Studio, Stromness, Orkney, until 29 September 2012
REBECCA Marr is more than a photographer.

YOU drop by this starry little exhibition on a dreich day, between getting the mince and posting the […]

]]> 0 773a75b5700618284a9a3f937c5385aa Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Derek Williams Collection, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/07/derek-williams-collection/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:30:05 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 17 November 2012
DEREK Williams was a chartered surveyor from Cardiff.

SOUNDS like the start of a particularly British psychological thriller, doesn’t it. Maybe a […]

]]> 0 a44ea26ac5f4a46256fb76cb98010697 Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/10065/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000 0 8fbf37dd71f72977fd816e8c6f7e970a Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/9619/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000 0 4e151057f86a95de9dddd20db3154271 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Diana Lesley and Other Exhibitions, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/13/diana-lesley-and-other-exhibitions/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:17:13 +0000 ThumbnailNorthlight Gallery, Stromness, Orkney, until 16 July 2012, and elsewhere
SPIT in Stromness these days and you hit an artist.

THEY’RE all here doing stone pictures (mostly awful – take my tip, just visit the […]

]]> 0 d98e9a1fd4c6195d377b99ddc3294a5d Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8986/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000 0 031e189fe13bc316e85154583fb51409 Morag MacInnes commented on the post, A New Way to Contribute to Northings, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/01/a-new-way-to-contribute-to-northings/comment-page-1/#comment-3673 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:19:51 +0000 good thinking!

]]> 28759d8a756b406d61819d119ee8322a Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, St Magnus International Festival 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/29/st-magnus-international-festival-2012/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:10:11 +0000 ThumbnailVarious venues, Orkney, 22-27 June 2012
THE exuberance of this year’s festival is obvious from the programming – it’s bursting out of the straight-jacket that’s a week.

EVENTS start before the opening […]

]]> 0 c5e06d93dffbe04e3b84ca5612e93259 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Christine Borland and Gunnie Moberg, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/06/25/christine-borland-and-gunnie-moberg/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:17:33 +0000 ThumbnailPier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 18 August 2012
THE PIER is hoaching with folk asking where the toilets are and why there isn’t a café.

UPSTAIRS there’s a chap looking after a visiting celeb. He waves […]

]]> 0 038618a88f3fe13fab2a1cfa645ff7a5 Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/8804/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000 0 3b85afc7932f17f49499100c55827bff Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, In Print, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/04/13/in-print/ Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:19:54 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 9 June 2012
IF FOR any reason the spring forecast – economic, political, or temperature-wise, whichever you will – has been getting you down, this exhibition will put […]

]]> 0 defdc16b2687b9d649433720bd8560dc Morag MacInnes commented on the post, A Time to Keep - Lise Sinclair and Astvaldur Traustasson, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/03/09/a-time-to-keep-lise-sinclair-and-astvaldur-traustasson/comment-page-1/#comment-2268 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:38:43 +0000 hi there Ruth – the C D is out here and in Shetland certainly!

]]> ebb081cc0f186f0a997cb626b7e16ac5 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, A Time to Keep - Lise Sinclair and Astvaldur Traustasson, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/03/09/a-time-to-keep-lise-sinclair-and-astvaldur-traustasson/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:14:14 +0000 ThumbnailSt Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, 8 March 2012, and touring WHAT happens when a fine poet bounces off another fine poet? You get a new insight into both. COMPOSER and writer Lise Sinclair is from a croft on Fair Isle, and her writing, at times wistful, at times gutsy, is thoroughly bedded down in her island. With […]

]]> 0 1ec92fd0eae44d46c64663f24d057fa2 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Rik Hammond and William Kirkness , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/02/23/rik-hammond-and-william-kirkness/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:15 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 17 March 2011 THIS IS an intriguing pairing. BOTH shows, in their different ways, are enigmatic, almost teasing. This can be delightful and also frustrating – I’ll try and explain why. Rik Hammond had three weeks at the Ness of Brodgar site – yes, that one, the one you saw through […]

]]> 0 e5c9d917c8da9b3fac912447561cc163 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Rik Hammond – Recent Drawings, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/02/17/rik-hammond-%e2%80%93-recent-drawings/ Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:18:13 +0000 ThumbnailOrkney Museum, Kirkwall, Orkney until 24 February YOU know how M&S in Inverness assumes an importance totally out of proportion if you live in the rural North? SO when you are catching the bus up the A9 you have to go in and get a wee snack to sustain you whilst you listen to all the Golspie, […]

]]> 0 6bbf4297ff3c8524a2262c6636ec734a Bogbain Farm and Judi Sutherland are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6947/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:54 +0000 0 868b2a1d54336602f0ed000e4729ca3a Bogbain Farm and Brian O hEadhra are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6895/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:09 +0000 0 1bb2a8d7a1ed45b8b8fb772ef4a0c314 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Pier Arts Centre Christmas Open Exhibition, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/12/26/christmas-open-exhibition/ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:35:24 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 24 December 2011 I’M A newcomer to the world of the Swirry – that’s the Scottish Womens’ Rural Institute to the uninitiated amongst you. I WAS  prepared for competition, for high standards, for quality – but not quite prepared for the fierce gaze of neighbouring Swirry ladies as you unload your […]

]]> 0 c019fed4a15b8726fe262859ad565ead Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Laura Drever, Britt Harcus, Celia Clark , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/12/09/laura-drever-britt-harcus-celia-clark/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:14:05 +0000 Thumbnail39 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, until 9 December 2011 THREE very different artists have taken over an empty commercial premises in the middle of town and filled it with wildly contrasting work. IT’S AN interesting show, not just aesthetically, but philosophically, because it nicely encapsulates the problem which has beset makers since…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb0f33e7690649b2ed3632bf855c8c22 Bogbain Farm and lindsaydunbar are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/6396/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:59:19 +0000 0 7279d4f0f4cf4a557d6639f4ff9800c2 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, All things seem possible in May, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/10/31/all-things-seem-possible-in-may/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:39:52 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, 29 October 2011 I THINK we should let artists out more often. They’re a solitary bunch, squirreling away in the studio or contemplating a cliff: but when they get together you can’t shut them up and the results can be very thought-provoking. The Pier was host to this animated – very animated  […]

]]> 0 d06077c853658005d07a495309c96d9e Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, The lamp in the seaward window – the art of Sylvia Wishart , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/09/06/the-lamp-in-the-seaward-window-%e2%80%93-the-art-of-sylvia-wishart/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:31:12 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 5 November 2011 SYLVIA WISHART (1936-2008) began life in a house on Clouston’s Pier, in the centre of Stromness, a couple of doors away from where, fifteen years earlier, George Mackay Brown was born. Their lives were intertwined a bit: but Sylvia was her own woman, and cut her own solitary […]

]]> 0 244eadd44b089ed70210ccbc0a6869b9 Bogbain Farm and Shirley Buchan are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5578/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:10:27 +0000 0 d33a9eec8859187c6cb8ebd3e26f4c9e Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Paintings by Alfred Wallis and William G Thomson, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/07/27/paintings-by-alfred-wallis-and-william-g-thomson/ Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:21:26 +0000 ThumbnailPier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 14 August 2011 I OFTEN think that the art world – despite all its protestations and its open days and its community workshops – is a very closed shop indeed. It reminds me of the Magic Circle – you only get in if you know the secret of the trick and […]

]]> 0 e133f050afd76ed599f7965e9825d1d2 Bogbain Farm and Katherine Webster are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5347/ Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:13:04 +0000 0 9bae5c3c302a47c0a3a5a11485d08a58 Norman Bissell commented on the post, Ainmeil Thar Cheudan: A Centenary Celebration of Sorley MacLean, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/23/ainmeil-thar-cheudan-a-centenary-celebration-of-sorley-maclean/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:18:25 +0000 Many thanks, both Margarets. Filming was taking place throughout the event but I’m not sure if that included the concert. John Purser and Margaret Bennett played some music during their talks which should become available on film at some time through UWSS or SMO. The music would make a great CD – we can but […]

]]> ca9af6976e4777088371a273985c8fd6 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Jim Lambie Beach Boy, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/24/jim-lambie-beach-boy/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:13:41 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 13 August 2011 SEE, this is what happens when you get old – young turks take your history and re-invent it better. Constant Reader, I was there in the 60s, and unlike many, remember it. I remember  my Biba trouser suit, my long white socks, the day I asked the Stromness […]

]]> 0 a322828ddd76afbb52dd361e64c5e32f Norman Bissell wrote a new post, Ainmeil Thar Cheudan: A Centenary Celebration of Sorley MacLean, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/23/ainmeil-thar-cheudan-a-centenary-celebration-of-sorley-maclean/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:22 +0000 ThumbnailSabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, 15-17 June 2011 FROM start to finish this celebration of the life and work of Sorley MacLean, which was jointly organised by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the Scottish Centre for Island Studies at the University of the West of Scotland, was an absolute triumph . From the moment I sat down […]

]]> 0 9eb973d72ba8ee9b9ed5bc4dd3e51681 Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Open Windows: 45 Artists in 45 Windows, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/06/16/open-windows-45-artists-in-45-windows/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:22:00 +0000 ThumbnailPierhead to Museum, Stromness, Orkney, until 26 June 2011 WELL, this is a jolly wheeze. I remember reading somewhere about a community project in Wales  I think, which did the same thing in a village; and I’m just back from Brighton, where, on a totally different scale, enormous Regency piles gave themselves over to Art for the week of […]

]]> 0 26044938663ccb26fb2f1414c2d4d128 Bogbain Farm and Cherry Ambrose are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/5043/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:40:38 +0000 0 f276185fd5126423526fb67e476e6536 Bogbain Farm and Peter Urpeth are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4982/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:57:40 +0000 0 b9163cdf56de9f913da7ae5a8d38f3bb Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4926/ Fri, 27 May 2011 11:10:24 +0000 0 edb53b780253a4fb60df97aecb718a90 Bogbain Farm and Catherine Turnbull are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4892/ Sun, 22 May 2011 22:56:33 +0000 0 b9c7c2c1d184c90ec158c104314f2fa5 Morag MacInnes and Catherine Turnbull are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4890/ Sun, 22 May 2011 22:56:30 +0000 0 8d1bdf10359f04cd2b41dc859c2f9bb0 Amanda J Rae and Catherine Turnbull are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4888/ Sun, 22 May 2011 22:56:11 +0000 0 439913e6a9a3cd6367e23c9d7fb24605 Amanda J Rae and Margaret Joan MacIsaac are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4805/ Sat, 14 May 2011 18:03:15 +0000 0 3e1fa24b915e0b48b1d95b5fba81d28a Amanda J Rae and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4795/ Fri, 13 May 2011 13:55:22 +0000 0 d2a006cae4fc7a4999e9d91016d7053e Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Jeremy Baster: Wood Paper Stone, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/05/04/jeremy-baster-wood-paper-stone/ Wed, 04 May 2011 11:15:51 +0000 ThumbnailPier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, until 29 May 2011 IT’S sort of nice to know that Orkney has had an Islands Councillor who spent whatever time he squeezed from the bloodless stone that is local government printmaking, indeed helping to found Soulisquoy Printmakers, producers of many beautiful tranquil things. What better, after a long hard d…[Read more]

]]> 0 abe657fdff8a843a1359dc42523688fd Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4710/ Wed, 04 May 2011 10:13:51 +0000 0 06b986c0d3f946fdf10c60a4106fffdb Morag MacInnes wrote a new post, Orkney Book Festival: Ron Ferguson and Ragnhild Ljosland, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2011/04/20/orkney-book-festival-ron-ferguson-and-ragnhild-ljosland/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:24:02 +0000 ThumbnailRon Ferguson GMB Memorial lecture, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness / Ragnhild Ljosland, Orkney Library, 15 April 2011 RON Ferguson is a weel kent, weel loved face in Orkney – a minister who writes, a journalist who ministers, a loyal supporter of lost causes, if his love for Cowdenbeath FC is anything to go by. His packed-out Memorial Lecture, the […]

]]> 0 5bc0c10cb4be76628798d62a82ce17ad Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4375/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:17:07 +0000 0 95439284a11afbc7fa94edf7aaaeba07 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4194/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:16:03 +0000 0 b162a34ca469b30a019a181daf30dae9 Amanda J Rae and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4145/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:34:53 +0000 0 c6ca88e318e765c90fb64162d69457c7 Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4129/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:13:26 +0000 0 48e9daaa7e6ce92d143f24d44c6b7adb Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4123/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:34:12 +0000 0 e9d4d1f575e0853eef159c5ac06b217b Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4102/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:51:26 +0000 0 c041a94cfc5892b48548d2c35be344fa Amanda J Rae and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4100/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:51:19 +0000 0 a0fcbd74fe7066e51321c1c912be442e Bogbain Farm and are now friends http://northings.com/activity/p/4096/ Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:56:01 +0000 0