Tag: photography

  • St Magnus International Festival 2025

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    It was my great pleasure to act as official photographer for the 2025 St Magnus International Festival. Here you can see a selection of my favourite pictures from the 18 performances I attended. Performances took places throughout Orkney, but the primary concert venue was of course the magnificent setting of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.…

    Sandstone columns in St Magnus Cathedral illuminated by sunlight through stained glass. Dark blue and purple lit Cathedral with bright streaks of colour.
  • Northlight Exhibition, now with added tractors

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    Northlight Exhibition, now with added tractors! There are a few days remaining to see some recent work in the windows of Northlight gallery in Stromness. On show are a selection of paintings and drawings on a variety of themes – all inspired by Orcadian history and culture. Plus photographs of tractors. The work includes an…

    A passing tractor lit up light a Christmas tree. Long exposure photograph with streaks of blue and red.
  • Orcadian Stories – Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog

    Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog Eleanor Turner (née 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…

    Eleanor Turner, portrait in her living room. Black and white photo by Martin Laird.
  • Orcadian Stories – George Rendall: The Rive Gauche

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    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…

    Portrait of George Rendall, black and white with a sepia tinge. Taken in the Daniell Room of the Orkney Club in Kirkwall.
  • Rebel Orkney Fair Saturday exhibition

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    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…

    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday 2021 exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness, from 27th November to 9th December 10am-4pm daily except Sunday. Poster shows Alexander Graham, Janet Fea and Peter Maxwell Davies.
  • Rebel Orkney – meet the authors

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    Rebel Orkney – meet the authors at J. Gow Rum The writer Fiona Grahame and I will be on hand at the J. Gow Rum and Orkney Wine Company shop on Lamb Holm, Orkney, this Saturday, 16th of October 2021, from 2-4pm. If you would like to talk to us about our book Rebel Orkney,…

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