We were perched high above Stromness, almost atop Brinkie’s Brae, with the not surprisingly fabulous night time views down over the ferry, Hamnavoe and the Holms. Tumim & Prendergast – Matilda Tumim and Christopher Prendergast, who are married, sharing a domestic life, and artist collaborators – have returned with their work from a successful…[Read more]

Orkney Museum, Kirkwall, until 28 October 2006 IF YOU ARE planning to visit this exhibition – and I would certainly recommend that you do – make sure that you have plenty of time. This is a show that requires the viewer to invest concentration, imagination and thought. As the show took a long time to create, [...]

St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, 30 September-1 October 2006 THREE LOCAL singers attempted to set up a weekend event in August, looking at different singing genres and teaching good technique. For some reason they only got a few people showing an interest and they decided to pull the event. But the same three singers, showing a lot [...]

Orkney College, Kirkwall, 7-15 June 2006 THE PREVIEW for the annual exhibition by Orkney College’s art and design courses was a busy affair. Lots of people bustling around the displays, and lots of students who were rightly very proud of their work, their efforts and the development they have made in the last year. The preview [...]