Martin Laird

Orcadian artist

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"Say,, a cruise liner burns as much gas as a million cars!... Remember our first car?" "Happy Days". A happy old couple enjoying a cruise. A worried looking abandoned baby floats on a plank of wood in a polluted flooded hellscape.

Happy Days – taking a cruise in the climate crisis

Happy Days – taking a cruise in the climate crisis. Dealing with the climate crisis...

October 25, 20212 min read

Rebel Orkney book signing at J. Gow Rum, Lamb Holm, Saturday 16th October from 2-4pm 2021. Promotional poster.

Rebel Orkney – meet the authors

Rebel Orkney – meet the authors at J. Gow Rum The writer Fiona Grahame and...

October 14, 20212 min read

Erland Cooper - Orkney News interview. Picture of Erland in Orkney with the sea behind him.

Erland Cooper interview

Erland Cooper interview Orcadian musician and composer Erland Cooper was in Orkney recently, and I...

October 13, 20212 min read

Selected work for sale

Power for the People
£70.00 Add to basket
The Road to Deepdale
£300.00 Add to basket
The Rough Wooing, or Silver Darlings
£240.00 Add to basket
Post-ironic Salmond Love
£45.00 Add to basket

Animation

You can watch 'A Gude Cause maks a Strong Erm', the animated story of the Orcadian Woman's Suffrage Society, via the free, open source, and ad-free Peertube network.

Martin Laird

Latest updates

Happy Days – taking a cruise in the climate crisis

Rebel Orkney – meet the authors

Erland Cooper interview

Selected work for sale

Power for the People

The Road to Deepdale

The Rough Wooing, or Silver Darlings

Post-ironic Salmond Love

Animation

A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm - the story of the Orcadian Woman's Suffrage Society

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