Tag: Peter Maxwell Davies

  • Orcadian Stories – Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog

    Orcadian Stories – Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog

    Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog Eleanor Turner (nรฉe Laird & Caird) was part of the St Magnus Festival committee in its earliest days. In this short film, part of the Orcadian Stories series filmed for The Orkney News as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022, Eleanor remembers her time as secretary. She recalls fond…

  • Orcadian Stories – George Rendall: The Rive Gauche

    Orcadian Stories – George Rendall: The Rive Gauche

    The second film in the Orcadian Stories interview series is now available to watch on YouTube via The Orkney News Channel – George Rendall: The Rive Gauche. In this film, former Secretary and Chairman of the St. Magnus Festival, George Rendall, tells some stories of his time with the Festival. George also reflects upon how…

  • Rebel Orkney Fair Saturday exhibition

    Rebel Orkney Fair Saturday exhibition

    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness. For the past few years Fiona Grahame (editor of The Orkney News), Cary Welling (curator of Northlight Gallery) and I have held events in association with St. Andrews Fair Saturday, which exists as an antidote to the rampant consumerism of Black Friday. For 2021…